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today we're going to look at a floor strip and finish demo
that was completed at the Burlington Art
Center in Burlington Ontario. After many years a build-up
you too many to refinish your floors. To begin
clear the room up all the furniture and clean your floors and you would
routinely
making sure to remove all dust and debris. Make sure to have all the tools
you would need. Find the list on our website at www.corpchem.com
Mix floor stripper
in a mop and bucket according to specifications and apply generously to
the floor to be stripped.
Make sure to work in manageable areas
and apply to corners and edge. Wear non-slip shoes
or use shoe covers as this process causes the floor become very slippery.
After some time you will notice the floor finish turns to slurry.
Make sure to keep the areas you were working in wet by re-applying more stripper.
Now using your equipment
use black strip in pads to scrub the floors. You can use an auto scrubber
or swing machine for this process. With your auto-scrubber
to strip your floors, only engage the pad driver. Use your swing machine
and the lowest speed setting to scrub the floors.
If you have both pieces of equipment available in and extra set of hands one person can use
the swing machine
along edges and work on the areas that have a high finish buildup
Use a Doodlebug with dominator pad
or razor scraper on a pole to get those really tough
edges
Time to apply a bit more stripper and scrub your floors again.
Now it is time to pick up the slurry by using your auto-scrubber
with the vacuum motor on. Have one person squeegee
the slurry from the edges for easy pick-up. if an auto-scrubber is not
available
use a wet dry vac with a squeegee attachment. If necessary
reapply stripper to areas where there may be residual finish. Now use your
auto-scrubber
or mop with just water to pick up any residue. Spot check random areas after
drying
with your hand. No white dust is a good sign
Start to apply finish
by working area for this from the exit. Apply finish to tricky corners and
edges
using a micro fiber finish application Pad and floor finish bucket.
apply finish with your micro fiber pad
and run a bead on the width the room to draw from. Now moving side to side
apply finish to the area making sure to grab finish from the bead
keep a wet edge. If you can work out the timing
two people can apply finish effectively for better productivity.
Make sure to get the room
as much ventilation as possible for addequate drying. The speed of coat application
and number of coats gives you different finishes for different products
however in the end you should get beautiful results.
Here's a quick look at the before and after shots of this demo.
If you would like to request a demo of your own visit the contact page
on www.corpchem.com