I work at a private K-12 where we have all kinds of activity during the day with little kids' assemblies, assembly rehearsals, band rehearsals, and the like. We have a very large custodial and maintenance staff who come in to dry and wet mop before each rehearsal and performance. I have worked in other theaters before where I've had to do it, so I totally know what a blessing it is to have someone else take care of it. I also stress the importance of this service since our shop is only about 380 square feet and not even a full 8' ceiling and we have to do ALL of our building on the stage with only 3-5 days to completely load in, light and paint. We kick up quite a lot of dust.
That said, I do have a question to hear some opinions on:
The custodians always use a strong industrial cleaner when they mop our deck. That makes the spike tape pull up and it becomes impossible to paint the stage afterwards because paint won't want to stick to the floor. I've said we just need to use water and no soap, but one argument came back that when dancers sweat and trumpeters empty their spit valves we need to mop with something that will kill those things. Wouldn't that bacteria just die on a clean, dry surface? Thoughts?
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