gimmeagig
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Hi,
I'm not sure if my post should go here or under carpets.
I Just cleaned carpets in big a police station. In addition to the carpeted areas ( in the offices) here are also long hallways of linoleum floors which have been waxed. After I got done cleaning the carpets I noticed a lot of drop shaped spots on the hard floor where it seemed like the wax had been attacked by a liquid and softened. Could not be wiped down. The wax seemed like it had melted and it looked even a little dirty.
The drips could have maybe come from my hydroforce pre sprayer as I was carrying it from one carpet area into another. But I'm not sure, my hydroforce does not drip that much and it would have been cold prespray. I looked at the sections on the vinyl where my fittings of the pressure line were touching. Those were fine. So heat could not have been a factor.
The prespray I was using was a hi PH enzyme with a little bit of citrus booster in it.
I feel horrible about this because the hard floors were done by a friend of mine ( who has been doing hard floors for years). And I know how much work it is. He was also puzzled by this. And he might have to strip them again.
I tested the spray by putting a few drops in an inconspicuous area. But I could not see a definite reaction maybe a little loss of shine but no melting.
The building is never closed and someone else might have spilled something to cause that. Also yesterday we did a similar section in a different part of the building and there were no spots. So it might not have been me.
But I don't know for sure and I'm hoping one of you guys who might have experience with linoleum and carpets might know if wax and Enzymes are for some reason incompatible.
Thank you
I'm not sure if my post should go here or under carpets.
I Just cleaned carpets in big a police station. In addition to the carpeted areas ( in the offices) here are also long hallways of linoleum floors which have been waxed. After I got done cleaning the carpets I noticed a lot of drop shaped spots on the hard floor where it seemed like the wax had been attacked by a liquid and softened. Could not be wiped down. The wax seemed like it had melted and it looked even a little dirty.
The drips could have maybe come from my hydroforce pre sprayer as I was carrying it from one carpet area into another. But I'm not sure, my hydroforce does not drip that much and it would have been cold prespray. I looked at the sections on the vinyl where my fittings of the pressure line were touching. Those were fine. So heat could not have been a factor.
The prespray I was using was a hi PH enzyme with a little bit of citrus booster in it.
I feel horrible about this because the hard floors were done by a friend of mine ( who has been doing hard floors for years). And I know how much work it is. He was also puzzled by this. And he might have to strip them again.
I tested the spray by putting a few drops in an inconspicuous area. But I could not see a definite reaction maybe a little loss of shine but no melting.
The building is never closed and someone else might have spilled something to cause that. Also yesterday we did a similar section in a different part of the building and there were no spots. So it might not have been me.
But I don't know for sure and I'm hoping one of you guys who might have experience with linoleum and carpets might know if wax and Enzymes are for some reason incompatible.
Thank you