Floor care hints

Floors may be difficult to care for when not treated prope’rly. Refer to the chart below for solutions to floor problems.

Problem			Cause		Solution
Slippery			Too much wax.		Remove wax. Apply thin even coat.
	Floor
	Floor	. Detergent not rins-			Remove wax. Rinse detergent from
			ed from floor.		floor before rewaxing.
				Floor not dry when	Remove wax. Let floor dry thoroug-
			wax applied.		ly before rewaxing.
				Floor not polished	Polish with polishing brushes; then
				properly.	buff.
	Dull Floor			Not enough wax.	Apply another thin coat of wax.
					Polish and buff.
				Floor not dry when	Clean and rewax floor.
			wax applied.
				Floor not clean	Clean and rewax floor.
			when wax applied.
	Streaked			Uneven application	Clean and rewax floor. Apply wax
	Floor			of wax.	evenly.
				Heavy build-up of	Remove wax, then apply thin coat.
				wax.
				Applying one type	Clean and rewax floor. (Use only
				of wax over	one type of wax on floor.)
				another.
				Floor not properly	Clean and rewax floor.
				cleaned or rinsed.
				Oil mop used on	Clean and rewax floor. (Do not use
				floor.	oil mop on waxed floor.)
	Yellow or			Too many applica-	Clean and rewax floor. Apply thin
	Grayed			tions of wax.	coat of wax.
	Floors

Too much wax in areas of light traf- fit.

Clean and rewax floor. (Apply only one coat of wax in these areas. 1

Scratched Gritty dirt on floor.		Clean and rewax floor. If floor is
Floor		waxed, only wax gets scratched.
		(Use vacuum cleaner to remove
		dirt.)
Black	Scuffing from rub-	To remove from waxed floor,
Marks	ber heels.	dampen fine steel wool with wax
		and rub spots. Polish.
Powdering	Self-polishing wax	Clean and rewax floor. (Do not mix
of Wax	applied over sol-	waxes. 1
	vent-base wax.
	Floor not clean	Clean and rewax floor.
	when wax applied.