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Floor care hints
Floors may be difficult to care for when not treated properly. Refer to the
chart below for solutions to floor problems.
Problem
Cause
Solution
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Too much wax. Remove wax. Apply thin even coat.
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
of wax over
Clean and rewax floor. (Use only
another.
one type of wax on floor.
1
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.
1
Yellow or Too many
applica-
Clean and rewax floor. Apply thin
Grayed
tions of wax.
coat of wax.
Fioors
Too much wax in Clean and rewax floor. (Apply only
areas of light
traf-
one coat of wax in these areas.
1
fit.
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.)
vent-base wax.
Floor not clean
Clean and rewax floor.
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when wax applied.