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Title: Floor waxing question
Post by: Nathanael Jones on August 08, 2009, 08:38:22 pm
My father in law has a problem with some floor waxing work he's doing.

He's done these floors before & he's using the same maintainer & wax as last year, but this time the wax is forming "droplets" on the floor instead of spreading evenly. All floors have been thoroughly cleaned, dried etc etc,..

Any idea's what could be causing this?
Title: Re: Floor waxing question
Post by: stalwart on August 08, 2009, 09:55:27 pm
Just a stab in the dark this,would the floor have been cleaned with a water base cleaner perhaps at a time from someone else and its rejecting his wax ???

Would his wax be oil based??????????????????

Again,just a stab in the dark
Title: Re: Floor waxing question
Post by: Nathanael Jones on August 08, 2009, 10:24:10 pm
Sorry, just used the term "Wax" loosely,..its actually "Evans High Solids Wet Look Floor Polish" which I assume is water based itself.
Title: Re: Floor waxing question
Post by: vacman on August 08, 2009, 11:57:52 pm
Never use a term 'loosely' as the wrong advice will flow  ;)
Title: Re: Floor waxing question
Post by: Jonny jones on August 13, 2009, 11:25:56 pm
hi

the evans product you are talking about needs a clean area to be put on, he needs to now strip the floor using evans polish stripper then neutralise the floor using hot water and viniger, then wait until completely dry, then using a clean mop or aplicator you need to apply two to three evan coats depending on the shine he requires,

good luck

thanx jonny
Title: Re: Floor waxing question
Post by: Nathanael Jones on August 14, 2009, 08:18:52 am
He has stripped the floor,... I didn't ask him if he'd neutralised though,... I'll check!!

He says the droplets are forming and its taking 5 or 6 coats to get a smooth/even shine on the floor. I had suggested an acrylic basecoat too,...
Title: Re: Floor waxing question
Post by: trevor perry on August 14, 2009, 06:47:22 pm
it could be a bad batch off floor polish i once had this happen to me.