just finished a job for one of my monthly comm accounts and as I was leaving a dentist from the office below came up and asked me to look at his office. Some carpet, 14 chairs thats no prob. But he also has quite a bit of hardwood floors that he wants recoated. My question is, do I have to scratch the surface of the floor for the recoat to stick. It didnt seem like it had any right now, so can I just clean it up and apply like you would wax to the floor.

Also, tile & grout, looks to be in pretty good shape, I was just going to use either my cimex or challenger then just wet vac and rinse. Do you feel I get satisfactory results.

Thanks
Bill Y

The hardwood floors have to scuffed up and vacuumed before a new coating can be applied.

Mike

The hardwood floors have to scuffed up and vacuumed before a new coating can be applied.

Mike

Bill,
Why don't you contact someone who is more familiar with hardwood floors and sub it out or just refer the dentist to 'em.
You should be able to do a good job using the cimex with nylon brushes and an appropriate tile cleaner on the tile and grout.

hey kevin,
well the hardwood floors are really just in need of a good re-coat. If they were in need of sanding, I totally agree, sub it out, its a major job to do that and takes days. But a re-coat is really pretty easy job, quick, great results and a good money maker.

I am hoping to use the cimex for the tile & grout, but have not done one yet. Have you? How wereyour results? What cleaners, sealers did you use?

Thanks for the feedback.

Bill Y

Bill,

I have to admit I don't know what Rick has in the way of tile/grout cleaning equipment. In the past, I used Bridgepoint's Viper Venom and/or Viper Renew along with Spinergy 7 to neutralize. I would use the Cimex with the soft Nylon brushes for any extra agitation with a hand held brush to scrub the grout lines near the walls, etc. I would then use the SX 12 with my truckmount afterwards.
For hardwood, well, I haven't done any of that. Any distributor has various hardwood products. Check with them.

Rick,
Anything you would recommend for the tile/grout?

Hardwood floor info..

Basic Coatings
http://www.basiccoatings.com/asp/contractors/prod_tykote.asp

RX for wood
http://www.monklandfloorsanding.co.uk/#/nodustfinishing/4520725826
http://www.baneclene.com/catalog/wood-manual.html


Bona
http://www.bona.com/ca/Canada/Bona_products/Professional_Products/

HG
http://www.hg.eu/uk/