Floor Stripping and Waxing Services in NYC

Bring Your Commercial Floors Back to a High-Gloss Finish

A commercial floor in NYC takes a beating. Foot traffic, winter salt, and street grit grind down the finish until floors look dull and worn, and it shows the moment someone walks in. Blue Chip provides floor stripping and waxing in NYC for offices, schools, retail stores, and commercial buildings across the city, restoring worn floors to a clean, durable, high-gloss finish. It’s all part of our floor care services across NYC.

Every job is performed by our own W-2 staff, screened, bonded, insured, and uniformed, never subcontractors. We schedule the work around your hours, including evenings and weekends, so your floors are ready for traffic by the time your building opens.

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Why NYC Businesses Trust Blue Chip With Their Floors

The best floor stripping and waxing services in NYC come down to consistency: trained crews, the right products for each floor, and a schedule that keeps the shine from fading.

Here’s what you get with Blue Chip:

  • Care That Saves You Money
    Stripping, waxing, and buffing on the right schedule extend the life of your flooring and delay the major cost of replacing it. Regular maintenance is far cheaper than a new floor.
  • Our Own W-2 Staff, Never Subcontractors
    Floor work is done by Blue Chip employees, screened, bonded, insured, and uniformed, so only well-trained people handle your floors and your building.
  • More Than 30 Years in NYC
    We’ve cared for floors across the city’s offices, schools, and commercial buildings, and we know what holds up here.
  • Schedule Built Around Your Floors
    Foot traffic, floor type, and how the space is used all shape how often each surface needs attention. We set a maintenance schedule to match, instead of a fixed cycle.

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Our Floor Stripping and Waxing Process

A finish that lasts comes from doing every step right. Our commercial floor wax services follow the full cycle:

  • Stripping
    Removing old, built-up finish and grime down to a clean surface, ready for a fresh coat.
  • Waxing & Refinishing
    Applying and building up a protective finish, coat by coat, for a durable, high-gloss shine.
  • Buffing & Polishing
    Restoring gloss and smoothing out scuffs between full strip-and-wax cycles.
  • Floor Restoration
    Deeper work for hard-surface floors that need more than a standard strip and wax to come back.
  • Routine Maintenance
    Ongoing scrubbing and care that keeps floors sharp and stretches the time between full cycles.

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Average Employee Tenure

Floors and Buildings We Strip and Wax in NYC

We strip and wax floors in commercial buildings of every kind across NYC. VCT and vinyl are the classic strip-and-wax surfaces, and we match the products and process to each floor.

Buildings we serve include:

  • Office Buildings
    Lobby, corridor, and workspace floors that set the first impression for tenants and visitors.
  • Schools
    Classroom and hallway floors, with full strip-and-wax work scheduled over summer and holiday breaks.
  • Retail Storefronts
    Sales floors kept clean and glossy through constant customer traffic.
  • Medical Offices
    Hard floors kept clean and presentable across patient-facing spaces.
  • Banks and Financial Institutions
    Lobby and branch floors kept polished and professional, worked around banking hours.
  • Fitness Centers
    Hard-surface floors in gyms and studios, kept clean and finished through constant traffic.
  • Apartment and Condo Buildings
    Lobby, hallway, and common-area floors that residents see every day.

We take on other commercial properties across the city as well, and every job gets the right equipment and the right finish for the floor.

Floor Stripping and Waxing Service Areas in NYC

We provide floor stripping and waxing across all five boroughs of New York City, with the same crews and the same standard, wherever your building is. One building or a portfolio, your floors get the same attention.

Manhattan

From office towers in Midtown to retail and lobbies across the borough, we keep high-traffic Manhattan floors glossy and sharp.

Brooklyn

We strip and wax floors for offices, retail, and commercial buildings across Brooklyn.

Queens

Our crews maintain commercial floors throughout Queens, including its growing business corridors.

The Bronx

We provide floor stripping, waxing, and buffing for Bronx businesses and buildings.

Staten Island

We keep Staten Island commercial floors clean, finished, and well-maintained year-round.

FAQs About Floor Stripping and Waxing in NYC

How often should commercial floors be stripped and waxed?

Traffic is the biggest factor. Commercial floors typically need a full strip and wax once or twice a year, with regular buffing in between to keep the finish sharp. High-traffic spaces like lobbies and corridors may need it more often, and lower-traffic areas less. We’ll recommend a schedule based on how your floors are used.

How long does floor stripping and waxing take to dry?

Each coat of finish needs time to dry before the next goes down, and the final coat needs to cure before the floor takes traffic. That’s why commercial floor stripping and waxing is typically scheduled overnight or over a weekend: the crew strips, refinishes, and buffs while the building is quiet, and your floors are ready for traffic by the next business day.

What types of commercial floors do you strip and wax?

VCT and vinyl are the classic strip-and-wax floors, and they make up most of this work in NYC’s offices, schools, and stores. We also care for terrazzo, tile, concrete, hardwood, and natural stone through our broader floor care program, matching the method and products to each surface, since some floors take a finish and others need polishing or restoration instead.

What are the benefits of commercial floor buffing between strip and wax cycles?

Buffing restores gloss, smooths out scuffs and light scratches, and refreshes a floor’s finish without a full strip and wax. When done regularly, it keeps floors looking well-maintained between deeper services and helps the finish last longer, which protects the floor underneath and stretches the time between full cycles.

How much does floor stripping and waxing cost in NYC?

Cost comes down to your square footage, the condition of the existing finish, the number of coats needed, and how often you need service. Every floor is different, so instead of a flat rate, we build a price around your floors and schedule, and stay very competitive for the NYC market. Request a free quote, and we’ll walk you through it.

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Steven R.

Professional and pleasant to work with. Additionally, they were able to accommodate our schedule changes, even with late notice.

Dana H.

Great people, great service, and an overall great management team.

Albert S.

We have used Blue Chip services for our events for several years. The crew is ALWAYS on time, prepared and thorough. I would highly recommend them for any outdoor, festival or event work.

Kristine O.

Our cleaners get the job done thoroughly, are on time, are communicative, take initiative and are a pleasure to work with. The management communicates with us quickly and efficiently.

Jessica B.

Used Blue Chip for a 25k person event and they were spectacular. The team was completely receptive to our needs and exceeded our performance expectations. I would definitely hire them again for any large scale event.

William M.

The team at Blue Chip did an excellent job buffing and waxing the hallways and common areas of our 12 floor dormitory building. Their staff was punctual, professional, and they worked around our scheduling needs. Would highly recommend to other property managers and owners.

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