Tate
Access Flooring: maintenance
Maintenance of Floorazzo Marble and Glass TILE
Following
the guidelines below allows users to obtain the maximum life from Floorazzo
tile surfaces. This natural stone product comes sealed from the factory
with three coats of Johnsons Plaza Plus sealer/wax.
For preservation
of all tiled floor panels, the most important thing to remember is that
application of excessive amounts of water to the floor when mopping
will degrade the glue bond of the tiles to the panels.
Do:
1.
Keep the floor clean by light damp-mopping with a neutral (ph 7-8.5)
non abrasive cleaner such as Tski R50 or equivalent.
2. When using a mop and bucket, change the solution regularly.
3. When the finish in a heavy traffic area appears dull or scratched
reseal with a light application of Johnsons Plaza Plus or equivalent.
Clean the area thoroughly and apply three light coats to the affected
area with a lint free paint roller
4. Provide protection from sand and chemicals tracked in on shoes by
providing "walk-off mats" at entrances.
Don't:
1. Saturate the floor, use as little water as possible.
2. Use strong abrasives or scrapers to remove stains.
3. Use bleach, paint removers or stripping agents.
Damp
Mopping Procedure for FloorazzoTile
When light soiling is widespread and spot cleaning is impractical, use
this damp-mopping procedure:
1. Sweep or vacuum your floor thoroughly.
2. Damp-mop with warm water and commercial neutral, non abrasive floor
cleaner.
3. Dip a sponge mop into a bucket of warm water, wring it out well,
and push the sponge across the floor, pressing hard enough to loosen
the surface dirt.
4. Damp-mop a small area at a time, wringing the sponge out frequently
to ensure the dirt is lifted and not simply redistributed.
5. When damp-mopping a large floor, change the water several times so
the dirt doesn't get redeposited on the floor.
6. A good sponge mop for cleaning is one with a soft nylon brush or
low abrasion pad attached to the front edge.
7. Rinsing is the most important step. Detergent directions often state
rinsing is not necessary. While this is true on some surfaces, any detergent
film left on a floor will hold tracked-in dirt.
8. Ideally, use one sponge mop and bucket to clean the floor and another
mop and bucket solely for rinsing.
Restorative
Maintenance
After years of normal foot traffic damp moping could leave a trace of
a traffic pattern. When that occurs the floor can be returned to factory
finish through a restorative maintenance process.
1. Remove all surface soil, debris, sand and grit by sweeping, dust
mopping or vacuuming.
2. Strip old finishes from floor surface. Do not use high pH stripers.
Use rotary scrubber or automatic scrubber with stripping pad and striper
solution. Use more mechanical action than chemical to remove old finishes
3. Use as little water as possible; do not saturate the floor.
4. Pick up solution with wet vac.
5. Rinse with clean water two times and wet vac up solution.
6. Allow floor to thoroughly dry.
7. Apply three coats of Johnsons Plaza Plus following initial application
procedures as supplied by Johnson. For preservation of all tiled floor
panels, the most important thing to remember is that application of
abundant amounts of water to the floor when mopping can attack and degrade
the glue bond of the tiles to the panels.
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