Deer tearing up LVP

[BIG WOOD]

I’m waiting on them to send me the video of shewing the deer out at 2am, but here’s what I had to clean up today

The deer knocked the glass off of the pane of the glass door. And the pane dropped off and didn’t break, surprisingly. I think because it fell on the LVP floor that has a rubber backing so it took the impact of the glass without cracking it. And the deer walked into the empty store and chilled out for a day or so.

It started panicking and put scratches all over the floor, shat and pissed on it.

And who’s the best in the area to work on it? Well, they called me so I’ll assume I’m that guy

Zoom in to look at the scratches. I’m not certain how they’ll look when the sunlight hits it after cleaning so any tips to remove the scratches I could try would help

 

[BIG WOOD]

Crazy thing is, a month ago this building was an art gallery business. Just think how much fancy valuable art would’ve been destroyed of that deer running everywhere demolishing that art

 

[hogjowl]

So, let me make certain that I understand you correctly. Someone calls you on an unusual job and your mind takes you immediately into Mikey P narcissist land.
Another good grief moment.

 

[Mikey P]

So, let me make certain that I understand you correctly. Someone calls you on an unusual job and your mind takes you immediately into Mikey P narcissist land.
Another good grief moment.

Don't be silly, he texted me hours before posting this.

I already gave him his one option, which is to try and hide the scratches with a heat gun.

He asked if he could burnish them out..,

Insurance claim.

 

[BIG WOOD]

Don't be silly, he texted me hours before posting this.

I already gave him his one option, which is to try and hide the scratches with a heat gun.

He asked if he could burnish them out..,

Insurance claim.

Burnishing causes heat which is why I suggested that. You just said no with no explanation. Have you tried that before? Do you even have a burnisher?

A burnisher would be a safer approach than a heat gun that might melt the LVP

Keep in mind this isn’t just on a concentrated single area. This is over 2500sq ft everywhere

You’re the entitled teacher here. If I were you, I’d start taking notes for when scratches come up in your future classes.

 

[hogjowl]

Now see? You try and keep a guy from being an idiot and he justifies himself by being a moron.
Isn’t that special?

 

[FB19087]

Just think how much fancy valuable art would’ve been destroyed of that deer running everywhere demolishing that art

In Taccoa GA? I'm guessing zero fancy valuable art would have been destroyed.

 

[hogjowl]

^

 

[Mikey P]

Burnishing causes heat which is why I suggested that. You just said no with no explanation. Have you tried that before? Do you even have a burnisher?

A burnisher would be a safer approach than a heat gun that might melt the LVP

Keep in mind this isn’t just on a concentrated single area. This is over 2500sq ft everywhere

You’re the entitled teacher here. If I were you, I’d start taking notes for when scratches come up in your future classes.

Carpet squares...

 

[Kenny Hayes]

In Taccoa GA? I'm guessing zero fancy valuable art would have been destroyed.

Owie!

 

[Kenny Hayes]

No burnishing will get that out. Maybe a light sanding screen might, but on LVP, who wants to mess with it. Insurance claim is the best option unless they have a 2% deductible What do you all say, don’t make it your problem.

 

[Clean Rug Doug]

2500sf full of scratches? One deer? My guess is most of those scratches were pre-existing.

I could only clean the mess. I can't claim to have removed even one scratch from LVP.

 

[BIG WOOD]

No burnishing will get that out. Maybe a light sanding screen might, but on LVP, who wants to mess with it. Insurance claim is the best option unless they have a 2% deductible What do you all say, don’t make it your problem.

I have no desire to make it my problem. Thanks for your recommendation. I told them the floor might not be salvageable so they’re not expecting any miracles.

 

[BIG WOOD]

2500sf full of scratches? One deer? My guess is most of those scratches were pre-existing.

I could only clean the mess. I can't claim to have removed even one scratch from LVP.

I hope he sends me the video soon because it shows that the scratches you see in the pictures are all very similar from the deer trying to gain traction but kept slipping and falling from its hoofs. There are some different scratches from the tenant but they look nothing like the ones on the picture.

 

[BIG WOOD]

In Taccoa GA? I'm guessing zero fancy valuable art would have been destroyed.

I thought more were the floor but when I pulled up the pictures, it shows most of them hanging on the wall.

 

[BIG WOOD]

Carpet squares...

I was hoping that’s what was gonna be on the floor. But when I arrived, this was thrown in my lap. They have a new business looking to move in so it needed to be presentable Monday.

The customer has been a good customer for several years, so I’m trying my best to help

This is what separates us from the chemdry/zeroidiot companies.

If I can’t get rid of the scratches, I’ll be honest and tell them.

 

[BIG WOOD]

Now see? You try and keep a guy from being an idiot and he justifies himself by being a moron.
Isn’t that special?

If I was an idiot or a moron, I would have went the other route and bought some chemical wax finish from Home Depot or the "other guy" and slopped it on the LVP

But since I'm not any of those, I figured I'd ask you guys about it before I told the customer there was nothing I could do

 

[Kenny Hayes]

They have a new business looking to move in so it needed to be presentable Monday.

There in lies the problem! Seems your only option would be as Doug said. Seems to me you don’t even have time for a test area

 

[BIG WOOD]

There in lies the problem! Seems your only option would be as Doug said. Seems to me you don’t even have time for a test area

The main reason they asked me to come was to remove the deer urine and droppings. He said if I could remove the scratches, that'd be great but they understood if I couldn't' get them out. I just started this thread trying to learn something new about this type of crap flooring

 

[Kenny Hayes]

If you had the time you could do tests to see what it would take. With my main church account over the 35yrs., I used that as my laboratory. (they always allowed for it to their benefit)

 

[Mikey P]

What happened with this ?

 

[Nomad74]

Did you give the deer Belly Rubs?

 

[BIG WOOD]

What happened with this ?

View: https://youtu.be/wq2_zMe4PjU?si=oVlqWT-mbgU1z_Bo


I was watching this video and concluded that this is the best process to fix their problem. I estimated the time it would
take to treat each scratch, and told them the price of this on top of the price I already charged cleaning probably didn't justify just replacing the floor if the new tenant has a problem with it...

He said he'll tell the boss man about it, and if they want me to go further with it, then they'll let me know. I never heard back from them.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

View: https://youtu.be/wq2_zMe4PjU?si=oVlqWT-mbgU1z_Bo


I was watching this video and concluded that this is the best process to fix their problem. I estimated the time it would
take to treat each scratch, and told them the price of this on top of the price I already charged cleaning probably didn't justify just replacing the floor if the new tenant has a problem with it...

He said he'll tell the boss man about it, and if they want me to go further with it, then they'll let me know. I never heard back from them.

I'm sure this will be an insurance claim

While this was more visible and intense abuse, it speaks to one of the many failures of this flooring when it comes to how easily it scratches.


Carpet is coming back, and for justifiable reasons

I am continually surprised how much of it is wool. I'm seeing it (through my customers' eyes to be clear) not just in the bigger cities, but in smaller, nearly rural areas of northwest and south central PA, as well as West Virginia.