Q: A charter school that I clean has a dance floor that was redone over the summer. They did not sand the floor, I believe they just resurfaced the floor. It is sticky. Dancers are sticking and falling. Any thing you could suggest to get the floor back to normal?
A: It couldn’t be floor finish itself which is still sticky. It has to be something else which has been applied, or found it’s way onto the finish. I would get a pail of Tie Tac cleaner from Poloplaz. www.poloplaz.com. It does an excellent job of removing contaminants. Mix some in a spray bottle and spray an area, then buff it with a polisher and white pad. After doing this to the entire floor, wet a towel with the cleaner and wrap it around a push broom. Go up and down the floor like a Zamboni machine, adjusting the towel to have a clean edge as needed.
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