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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: nick p on July 26, 2007, 12:16:49 pm

Title: vinyl flooring
Post by: nick p on July 26, 2007, 12:16:49 pm

Hi

What is the best way to clean vinyl flooring got a snooker club to do which has a vinyl floor thanks for any replies

cheers nick

Title: Re: vinyl flooring
Post by: nick p on July 26, 2007, 06:11:48 pm

any suggestions please

Title: Re: vinyl flooring
Post by: Billy Russell on July 26, 2007, 09:14:23 pm

hello nick!

Has the floor got any seal or emulsion polish on!

Title: Re: vinyl flooring
Post by: nick p on July 26, 2007, 09:55:12 pm

hi will it has a polish on it

cheers nick

Title: Re: vinyl flooring
Post by: Jonny jones on July 26, 2007, 10:07:02 pm

hi nick,  you need to strip it using an emulsion polish striper, carefree stripper is the one i use, read what it says on the jar,  put that on the floor diluted with hot water, then scrub it with a black pad,  suck all the resedue off the floor with a wet vac, then neutralise with viniger, depending on how thick the polish is you might need more than one scrub off,   after the viniger has dried depending if they want you to re aply polish, put 2-3 coats of carefree eturnum,  might be expensive but well worth it.

good luck nick

kind regards jonny

let acstle take the hassle

Title: Re: vinyl flooring
Post by: Bertie Boo on July 26, 2007, 10:59:53 pm

Johnny i have a bottle of Carefree stripper and its the dogs bollo#ks. I have almost none left, can you tell me who stocks it as i was given this bottle.

Also, there is no mention of vinegar rinsing, can you explain that bit ?

Cheers

Stephen

Title: Re: vinyl flooring
Post by: premier floorcare on July 26, 2007, 11:26:32 pm

be careful you need to identify what the floor covering is it could be marmoleum in which case carefree stripper is too harsh

Title: Re: vinyl flooring
Post by: nick p on July 27, 2007, 10:28:14 am

hi
thanks for replys i use alot of evans products would there easy strip and sure strip be ok to use

cheers nick

Title: Re: vinyl flooring
Post by: Jonny jones on July 27, 2007, 05:35:30 pm

hi bertie

well the reason for the viniger, is that the stripper is high in alkaline and you need the acid in the viniger to neutrialise it, well that what i was tought and ive been doing it for over ten years now.
use boiling water though its better for the neutralise

carefree striper just google it and its defo out there.

and for the harsh thing its better to do it a little at a time than lots in one time ,  what i mean is dilute a little at a time and do it as many time as u like not neat and mess the floor up in one time.

thanx jonny

let castle take the hassle

Title: Re: vinyl flooring
Post by: Bertie Boo on July 27, 2007, 06:42:38 pm

Hey Johnny

thanks for that, so what does neutralising the soloution actually do ?

cheers

Stephen

Title: Re: vinyl flooring
Post by: Len Gribble on July 28, 2007, 06:13:53 pm

Castle

Why hot water with stripper.

Premier

How do you identify?

Is marmoleum porous?

Len

Title: Re: vinyl flooring
Post by: premier floorcare on July 28, 2007, 07:36:52 pm

marmoleum is a natural product & is porous. high strength alkaline strippers can strip out the natural oils, take off the factory finish, & bleach, & or make marmoleum bleed its colour. vinyl is usually impervious to strong alkaline strippers Identification is simple if you know what to look for. acidic rinse is used after stripping to neutralize the floor so that the polish has a neutral surface to attach too.  leaving alkaline residue on the floor will not allow the polish to cure properly and will eat away at the polish. It can cause streaking and a milky appearance and can also make the floor slippy, boiling water in my experience should not be used & is totally unnecessary. cold or warm water for both stripping & rinse. But as always follow the instructions on the
bottle

Title: Re: vinyl flooring
Post by: Len Gribble on July 28, 2007, 08:34:32 pm

Premier

What do I look for (identification)

Len

Title: Re: vinyl flooring
Post by: premier floorcare on July 29, 2007, 12:02:57 am

http://www.forbo-flooring.co.uk/

Title: Re: vinyl flooring
Post by: Len Gribble on July 29, 2007, 07:06:45 am

Premier

Thanks but I thought something along the line of what carpet cleaners do burns test.


Len