Polished floors are unforgiving. A stiff nylon brush strip that is fine on VCT will leave witness marks on a hardwood gym floor, a terrazzo lobby or a high-polish retail slab - and the marks show up under the lights, not under the mop. The ProTeam 106589 kit is the soft-brush answer: a 14-inch scalloped felt floor tool on a two-piece telescopic aluminum wand, sized for the custodian or building service contractor who is responsible for finished hard surfaces and cannot afford to burnish scratches into them.
Built for
- Hardwood, terrazzo, sealed concrete and high-polish finishes
- Lobbies, retail floors, gymnasiums, worship spaces and corridors
- Nightly dust pickup ahead of a burnish or auto-scrub cycle
- Operators of different heights sharing one machine on a route
What scalloped felt does
ProTeam builds this style of head with a scalloped felt brush that excels at lifting dust out of seams and joints, paired with a flat rear brush that finishes the surface gently. The company describes the felt material as soft but firm, with good abrasion resistance, and recommends it for hardwood and high-polished finishes. The scallops matter on plank and tile: they open up the leading edge so debris sitting in a seam gets pulled rather than skated over.
The telescopic wand
A telescopic wand adjusts length without tools, which does two things on a real route. It lets a five-foot-four technician and a six-foot-two technician share the same machine without either working bent or over-extended, and it collapses to get under desks, pews and fixed seating where a full-length wand cannot go. Aluminum keeps the weight down on a shift where the operator is already carrying the vacuum.
Where it fits in a hard-floor program
Vacuuming a hard floor before wet work is not optional if you care about the finish. Grit left on the slab gets ground in by the pad or the mop, and it is the single biggest cause of dulling between refinish cycles. A wide felt tool on a backpack is the fastest way to pull that grit off without adding a second piece of equipment to the route.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: ProTeam
- Part number: 106589
- Floor tool: 14-inch hard surface with scalloped felt brush
- Wand: two-piece telescopic aluminum
- Coupling: 1.5-inch
- Recommended surfaces: hardwood, terrazzo, sealed and high-polish finishes
Frequently asked questions
Is a felt brush safe on hardwood and polished floors?
Yes - that is what it is designed for. ProTeam describes the felt material as soft but firm with good abrasion resistance, and recommends it for hardwood and high-polished finishes. Stiffer nylon strips are the ones to avoid on delicate finishes.
What does scalloped mean on a floor tool?
The leading brush strip is cut with scallops rather than being straight. The gaps let the tool pull dust out of plank seams, grout lines and expansion joints instead of riding over them.
Why choose a telescopic wand over a fixed two-piece wand?
It adjusts to the operator's height and collapses to reach under low furniture. On shared machines it means nobody works stooped or over-extended for a whole shift.
Will this tool work on carpet?
No. It is a hard-surface head. For low-pile commercial carpet, use a carpet floor tool or a Sidewinder carpet head.
Should I vacuum a hard floor before scrubbing it?
Yes. Grit left on the slab is what dulls a finish - the pad or mop grinds it in. Pulling it off dry first is the cheapest thing you can do to extend time between refinish cycles.
Discount Cleaning Products is an authorized dealer for the brands we carry. Orders are picked and shipped from US-based stock, and our team can help you confirm wand couplings, tool widths and fitment before you order so the kit works with the machine you already run.
