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

 

 

 

 

 

. 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.

 

 

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