I am an amateur to the cleaning business and have been hired to strip and reseal some laminate floors. The person that sealed it last seems to have used some sort of rubber sealant, and I am having an incredibly hard time getting it off. I don't have a professional floor scrubber, so have just been using a mop, a scrub brush, and a wet/dry vaccuum. I have been using Zep Heavy Duty Floor Stripper. Are there any stronger floor strippers out there that I can use? Any suggestions or tips??
Ammonia will will cast off any of the acrylic coating that used to be as soon as a transparent coat polymer seal that anyone implemented. Just like every wax sort coating they flip yellow and have got to be eliminated. Talk to a ground enterprise and get a written reason behind the ground colour and an estimate for maintenance to supply to the owner.
You need to rent a electric floor stripper, they are heavy, use a wide variety of pads, and work fast and efficiently. doing this floor by hand is an effort in futility. I purchased a used floor stripper for $75.00 and have used it numerous times. Check with any janitorial supply store and ask a few questions. They will have the liquid floor strippers and pads you require, the aerosol spray for difficult corners, and heavy duty wax available for sale. Use a squeegee to push the dissolved (liquid ) old wax to a central location and suck it up with a shop vac. Clean the shop vac thoroughly after each use. Occasionally you can attend a class at the janitorial supply center when they are held, get on their mailing list. Give the floor 3 coats of new wax with long intervals between each coat. Use a box fan to speed up the drying process.
