Surface maintenance machines having visual indicia for maintenance intervals

A method of creating a surface maintenance machine having indicators of a maintenance schedule, the method comprising:

• providing a surface maintenance machine, the maintenance machine comprising:
• a mobile body,
• a solution tank for containing a supply of a cleaning fluid,
• wheels for supporting and transporting the mobile body and,
• one or more surface maintenance tools supported by the mobile body,
• a first set of service components,
• a second set of service components;
• installing first markings on the surface maintenance machine that bear a first visual indicia, the first markings corresponding to the first service components of the surface maintenance machine, the first visual indicia being consistent with a first maintenance frequency, the first markings being provided as part of or adjacent to the first service components;
• and
• installing second markings on the surface maintenance machine that bear a second visual indicia, the second visual indicia being visually different from the first visual indicia, the second markings corresponding to the second service components of the surface maintenance machine, the second visual indicia being consistent with a second maintenance frequency different from the first maintenance frequency, the second markings being provided as part of or adjacent to the second service components.

A surface maintenance machine having indicators of a maintenance schedule, comprising:

• a mobile body;
• a solution tank for containing a supply of a cleaning fluid;
• wheels for supporting and transporting the mobile body;
• one or more surface maintenance tools supported by the mobile body,
• a first set of service components and,
• a second set of service components;
• first markings on the surface maintenance machine that bear a first visual indicia, the first markings corresponding to first service components of the surface maintenance machine, the first visual indicia being consistent with a first maintenance frequency, the first markings being provided as part of or adjacent to the first service components;
• and
• second markings on the surface maintenance machine that bear a second visual indicia, the second visual indicia being visually different from the first visual indicia, the second markings corresponding to second service components of the surface maintenance machine, the second visual indicia being consistent with a second maintenance frequency different from the first maintenance frequency, the second markings being provided as part of or adjacent to the second service components.