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Post by mrclean2u on Nov 18, 2007 5:44:41 GMT -5
Can anyone tell me why a floor I had recently stripped would turn yellow? I'm not sure of the type of floor but it's from roll like linoleum but thicker and it feels rubber based.
The floor was off white before the stripper was applied and turn a light mustard yellow after stripping. I took my pocket knife and scraped a tiny area and found out it was just the surface. I did a light strip so I don't know what happened. It also foamed alot and it waxed kind of tough, but the owner of the pharmacy never knew the difference plus the yellow matched the ceiling color.
I have pictures if anyone needs to see.
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Post by Kevin on Nov 18, 2007 9:11:41 GMT -5
Could be a wide variety of answers. You did not remove the finish, (why was there finish on linoleum anyway?) You burnt the floor with the chemical, If that is actually the composite material. It can be from lots of matting in the store or maybe direct sunlight.
Lets see the pictures.
The owner of the pharmacy must be a very relaxed person or simply not care. I surely would know, if I looked at my floors after paying for floor work and they had a yellow haze.
If I was the owner of that pharmacy, you would make the floors back to the original off white, either by excessive cleaning or paying for a new floor. One way or the other you would pay.
This is a good example of where experience, knowledge of chemicals and surfaces comes into play. Playing with chemicals on others floors is risky business.
A good example would be my office floors, 1929 Terrazzo. If you were hired to clean my floors and you damaged them. I would sue you for the full amount to restore my floors. I would do my best to resolve it with you first. I would then take it up with your insurance company. The entire cost to repair or make like new, the cost of the process of lost business to shut down while the floors are being poored. If you did not have insurance. I would go directly after your company, if your not a corporation. I would go after you, until the cost of the new floors are paid for.
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Post by Grizzly on Nov 18, 2007 20:15:50 GMT -5
Let me see the pictures, soundsl like it may be marmoleum, (linoleum trade name) and you stripped with high pH stripper and burnt the floor. Also sounds as if you didn't neutralize the floor after stripping. Can be repaired . Let me see the pictures, send to dalgleish@cynmarcleaning.com. Also try leaving bright halogen lights on a spot overnight.
Bill
P.s. Kevin: there is always an ECT layer on the linoleum applied for shipping . (easy care ) to keep the moisture from reacting with the linseed oils in the linoleum.
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Post by Kevin on Nov 19, 2007 7:02:43 GMT -5
I do not hink there is a factory finish, or any chemical applied to the lino. I have tried to find some link of information and nothing is present. If any finish, or coating is applied it is a waterbased. Armstrong Link For LinoleumMarmoleum Link
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Post by Grizzly on Nov 19, 2007 8:04:18 GMT -5
Go to the Forbo site, they apply an easy care thin finish to protect for shipping. At least that is what they teach at the certification course.
Bill
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Post by mrclean2u on Nov 19, 2007 16:15:39 GMT -5
Here are some pics before and after waxing. Could be a wide variety of answers. You did not remove the finish, (why was there finish on linoleum anyway?) You burnt the floor with the chemical, If that is actually the composite material. It can be from lots of matting in the store or maybe direct sunlight. Lets see the pictures. The owner of the pharmacy must be a very relaxed person or simply not care. I surely would know, if I looked at my floors after paying for floor work and they had a yellow haze. If I was the owner of that pharmacy, you would make the floors back to the original off white, either by excessive cleaning or paying for a new floor. One way or the other you would pay. This is a good example of where experience, knowledge of chemicals and surfaces comes into play. Playing with chemicals on others floors is risky business. A good example would be my office floors, 1929 Terrazzo. If you were hired to clean my floors and you damaged them. I would sue you for the full amount to restore my floors. I would do my best to resolve it with you first. I would then take it up with your insurance company. The entire cost to repair or make like new, the cost of the process of lost business to shut down while the floors are being poored. If you did not have insurance. I would go directly after your company, if your not a corporation. I would go after you, until the cost of the new floors are paid for.
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Post by evetsclean on Jan 8, 2008 20:54:28 GMT -5
I'm curious to know what the outcome was here. If that is the kind of floor I think it is, and I could be wrong, but if it is, it requires a very specific stripper and finish, made for that material, and sold by the manufacturer of the floor. I have worked with a material in the past that was like that, and using the wrong products was damaging to the flooring.
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