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[Mikey P]

Stripped travertine all day today, Close to twenty coats of Trewax on this 10 year old floor. :shock:

Homeowner finally got sick of the scratches and nasty look and started to take the crap off wiht a razor blade :shock:

Each area took at least twice to get it all off, apply stripper, scrub with black pad, Nylagrit scrubbed again and edged, floor wand rinse, strip again with Oxy Blaster added to the stripper and rinsed with the Turbo,.Airpathed, missing grout filled and tomorrow we'll be back to Dry Treat it. Ugh.

Hoses were coated with wax, as were our shoes, tools and lungs...



After pics to come..

 

[Bee Busy]

ugghh...brutal...not fun work.... at least it's not saltillo, but good for the bank acct, I'm sure u charged accordingly

 

[bob vawter]

Stripped travertine all day today, Close to twenty coats of Trewax on this 10 year old floor. :shock:

Homeowner finally got sick of the scratches and nasty look and started to take the crap off wiht a razor blade :shock:

Each area took at least twice to get it all off, apply stripper, scrub with black pad, Nylagrit scrubbed again and edged, floor wand rinse, strip again with Oxy Blaster added to the stripper and rinsed with the Turbo,.Airpathed, missing grout filled and tomorrow we'll be back to Dry Treat it. Ugh.

Hoses were coated with wax, as were our shoes, tools and lungs...



After pics to come..

Havn't you learned anything from looking at ME.........? thathurts

 

[Mikey P]

but you sucked it in for $49 an hour..



This barffest was worth $1900

 

[bob vawter]

one day when you can't walk across the room......

it won't madder...........

 

[Brian R]

How many man hours, chems, gas etc etc etc did it take?




Ok, just how many hours after your done total?

 

[Mikey P]

3 men, 27 hours.

 

[Ross Buettner]

I know alot of people who go, "OOOOH SHINEEEEEEEY! Wax my ceramic!"

Till that happens..... man.

 

[Bee Busy]

u mentioned lungs...hopefully u guys had fullfaced respirators on during those 9 hours

 

[bob vawter]

fullfaced ....what.....?
Mikey...if you could look into a crystal ball and see that you wuz gonna wind up lik me..........eight stents and oxygen..............

would ya quit?

 

[Mikey P]

I only do one or two of these a year Bob.


my PS of choice smells like clean diapers.

 

[bob vawter]

ya...well i was running the butyl thru the emusifier jug which misted up and became extremly airborn........but it would peel an inch of grease off.....

 

[Hoody]

I was wondering if you had to use a brush to get the wax out of the grout lines, or did the pad take care of it?

 

[Mikey P]

The pad gummed up to quick.
Nylagrit to the rescue.

Two men 9 hours total for 700sf

 

[RGH269]

Did a church fellowship hall 3500sf took one man ME 4 days to get all the wax off. To say the guy doing it before me wasn't giving them what they thought was an under statement
I did get an annual contract with them am on my third year now. Make very good money off it plus they have me clean all their carpet once a year.

 

[Bob Foster]

I'd be curious how one of those new pine-based turpenes would do at stripping.

 

[Brian R]

3 men, 27 hours.

:?:

 

[Hoody]

Mike supervised for 9 hours.

 

[Brian R]

Was just trying to figure the hourly wage.... And maybe even the profit etc.

 

[Connor]

Stripped travertine all day today, Close to twenty coats of Trewax on this 10 year old floor. :shock:

The room is now larger.

 

[BradFenstermaker]

Nice work Mike, I had very light coat of mop n glo surprise me on Tuesday to deal with.

Where did you get the Nylagrit brush driver ?

 

[Mikey P]

Jon Don


Every hard floor pro should one.

 

[floorguy]

only scrubs for pads.....

any stripping...BRUSHES period....


and i have had me head in butyl since i was 10...just fine over here...

candy asses

 

[Lee Stockwell]

3M SPP pads would have stripped it without butyl. For us they have revolutionized stripping.

You would have to follow with the brushes for the crevices.

 

[Jamesh921]

Hoses were coated with wax

I learned that if you start at the door and clean/rinse as you go "into" the room, you end up with clean hoses.

Just make sure your shoes are clean of any chems before you start rinsing.