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Ongoing
Maintenance Issues
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Finish
Lacks Shine When Burnished |
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Cause |
Solution |
| Improper
floor pad selection. |
Sport
Kote® (#222) requires a semi-aggressive pad for best
results. |
| Floor
pad not cleaned and turned often enough. |
Be
sure to keep pads free of debris and replace them when worn. |
| Floor
machine underpowered, misused or in need of repair. |
Properly
maintained equipment will produce best results. |
| Floor
not properly dust mopped and cleaned prior to burnishing. |
Always
thoroughly clean floor before burnishing. |
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Finish Is Ghosting Or Looks Hazy |
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Cause |
Solution |
| Moisture
standing on finish. |
Always
trail mop after auto-scrubbing. Do not let moisture stand
on floor. If ghosting will not disappear on its own, restore
using Citrus Scrub 'N Shine
(#525) and burnish floor. |
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Floor Is Slippery |
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Cause |
Solution |
| Floor
is not dust mopped and cleaned enough. |
Keeping
floors dust mopped and clean is the best prevention against
slips and falls. |
| Overuse
or misuse of mop treatment. |
To
remove slickness, thoroughly scrub floor with Nu-Tral
Cleaner (#507) or Citrus
Scrub 'N Shine (#525). Follow dustmop treatment label
directions carefully. |
| Floor
is accidentally contaminated with food, water or sweat. |
Promptly
remove spills from floor. |
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Finish Is Yellowing |
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Cause |
Solution |
| The
use of oil-modified products. |
Oil-modified products such as High Solids
Gym Finish (#234) will "amber" over time (darkening
occurs most during first year) when applied to new or newly
sanded floors. There is no solution to this problem other
than sanding floor to bare wood and recoating with water-based
products. |
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Finish Black Marks and Scuffs Excessively |
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Cause |
Solution |
| Street
shoes or inappropriate activity allowed on floor. |
Deep
scrub using Citrus Scrub
'N Shine (#525) and burnish floor. Tennis shoes eliminate
black marking on gym floors. Some activities, such as in-line
skating, are not appropriate on gym floors. |
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Finish Graying, Picking Up Soil |
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Least
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Cause |
Solution |
| Floor
is not dust mopped and cleaned often enough. |
Deep
scrub and recoat floor. Keeping floors dust mopped and clean
is the best prevention against soil penetration. |
| Improper
or insufficient floor matting. |
Deep
scrub and recoat floor. Walk-off mats should run perpendicular
to the doorway so at least 5-8 steps are taken on the matting.
Trapping soil at the door keeps it off the floor and greatly
extends the life of finish. |
| Blacktop
parking lot recently resealed. |
Try
deep scrubbing using Sport Prep (#1127) and applying two coats of finish.
Note: Coal tar contamination from freshly sealed parking lots
can only be controlled through extensive matting and thorough
cleaning. |
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Finish Worn Off In Traffic Lanes |
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Most
Likely
Least
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Cause |
Solution |
| Insufficient
dust mopping. |
Removing
particulate soil (grit) through frequent dust mopping is critical
to extending finish life. Recoating is the only solution to
this problem. |
| Improper
or insufficient floor matting. |
Walk-off
mats should run perpendicular to the doorway so at least 5-8
steps are taken on the matting. Trapping soil at the door
keeps it off the floor and greatly extends the life of finish. |
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Finish
Has Taken On Alligator Skin Look |
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Cause |
Solution |
| Ice
melter contamination. |
Increase
length of matting at entranceways and cleaning frequency of
mats. Make sure to spot mop entranceways thoroughly when ice-melting
compound is being used and to change mop water frequently.
Use Blue Concentrate (#2085)
in place of Nu-Tral Cleaner
(#507) for more thorough cleaning. Minor damage can be
repaired by deep scrubbing using Sport Prep (#1127) and apply one or two coats of finish.
Severe damage may require sand-screening. |
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