I gave them a bid a year ago to strip and wax..

[Kenny Hayes]

Done is spelled D U N!

 

[Mikey P]

Not bad, Rookie! Quit jacking around too!!

Not bad for SPP


It would have been better with a full strip, but homie dint play day nomo

 

[Kenny Hayes]

Thank your lucky stars he didn’t. Who wants to stomp around and smell stripper all day

 

[Mikey P]

He

Thank your lucky stars he didn’t. Who wants to stomp around and smell stripper all day

He?

 

[Kenny Hayes]

Want to pay? Don’t make me call you Marty’s
word He, she, whomever!!

 

[Kenny Hayes]

So, did you use a 175 and spp’s?

 

[AlienAgent]

Discovering SPPs was a game changer for me. Running them under a Cimex Diamond Finisher and 70# of additional weight was even more so.

Anyone ever try those Twister pads?

 

[Mikey P]

Discovering SPPs was a game changer for me. Running them under a Cimex Diamond Finisher and 70# of additional weight was even more so.

Anyone ever try those Twister pads?

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Twisters ate subpar DIPs, try Pyros from MB Stone

 

[Mikey P]

 

[Mikey P]

So I stopped by today to get my free bagels and coffee and when it comes time for her to hand me the cash, guess which price she remembers from our very visible online...

 

[Mikey P]

And of course now she decides to mention the wax she can see on the rubber coving.


And I still got a damn headache.

 

[Willy P]

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b5005059034/

Don't get it on the fresh wax! Did you use a flat mop for application?Also, if you can find one, a burnisher to harden the wax would add to the durability, plus you can make decent money doing maintenance polishing

 

[Nomad74]

Red Flags

 

[AlienAgent]

Twisters ate subpar DIPs, try Pyros from MB Stone

What grit would you recommend for VCT scrub and recoat or “chemical free stripping”?

 

[Hack Attack]

What grit would you recommend for VCT scrub and recoat or “chemical free stripping”?

SPP

 

[AlienAgent]

SPP

I want something more aggressive and longer lasting.

 

[Mikey P]

I want something more aggressive and longer lasting.

I don't know if something like that exists in pad form but maybe a malish brush

 

[Kenny Hayes]

Spp’s are pretty aggressive if you use them like stripping. Flood the floor with a 175 and neutral cleaner in a tank. Once you get vacuumed up, you can see if some might not be off. Take a square to those areas dry. Easy peasy.

 

[Kenny Hayes]

That ranks up there with padding or using a Cimex on commercial carpet

 

[AlienAgent]

Some pics from yesterday’s job.

We used SPPs under the Cimex Diamond Finisher plus 70 pounds of weights, Zep Neutral Cleaner 2 opg, and Spartan iShine for the finish. The finish is dry and walkable in these pics.

 

[Kenny Hayes]

I discovered that the Cimex still doesn’t do as well as a 175 imo. You can’t heel it to get tough marks or areas like a 175. I’ve used both, and the 175 is still King imo. I thought I would use my old Cimex for that, but I abandoned that idea.

 

[Nate The Great]

And of course now she decides to mention the wax she can see on the rubber coving.


And I still got a damn headache.

From the passive aggressive approach to shame the Landlord publicly, what makes you think she wouldn't do it to you? More than a red flag IMHO..

 

[Jim Pemberton]

Unless you know something that I don't about the parties involved..attempting to accomodate people who whine about the cost of fixing things is like trying to appease terrorists

I refer you back to the cautions I gave you when this first came up.

I read a book by, and later attended a class taught by Larry Steinmetz.

This was his summary of why you don't want to do business with "price buyers":

According to Dr. Steinmetz:

1. They take all of your time.

2. The do all the complaining.

3. They forget to pay you.

4. They tell your other customers how little they paid.

5. They will only order from you again if your price is too low.

6. They destroy your price credibility.

7. They won't hesitate to lie and steal from you.

Let me add this one:

8. They will complain the loudest and be the most unreasonable about any complaints related to you or your service. (See also Mr Ladwig's observation above)

There are people beyond even your boyish, ladykiller charm Michael

I predict trouble

I hope I'm wrong....

 

[AlienAgent]

I discovered that the Cimex still doesn’t do as well as a 175 imo. You can’t heel it to get tough marks or areas like a 175. I’ve used both, and the 175 is still King imo. I thought I would use my old Cimex for that, but I abandoned that idea.

Add 70# to the front and increase the rpms and it does great. The one I’m using for VCT is a stone polisher model. The 175 does way better than the standard issue Cimex for sure though.

 

[Willy P]

Some pics from yesterday’s job.

We used SPPs under the Cimex Diamond Finisher plus 70 pounds of weights, Zep Neutral Cleaner 2 opg, and Spartan iShine for the finish. The finish is dry and walkable in these pics.

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I remember Jim's post about regulars picking fly shit out of pepper (with boxing gloves) - BUT - are you going to wax the cove base? Nice job Joe! Armstrong excelon 0.80 gauge I bet.

 

[Andy]

And I still got a damn headache

butyl in the stripper would give me a headache. All the cleaners I use now are non-butyl.

 

[Dolly Llama]

I love the smell of butyl, acetone and lacquer thinner

..L.T.A.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

I love the smell of butyl, acetone and lacquer thinner

..L.T.A.

Butyl based prespray, chlorinated solvent spotters and cleaners, and kerosene are the smells of my teen age years and my 20s when I lived on the road showing truck mounts and cleaning restaurants all night

 

[Nate The Great]

Butyl based prespray, chlorinated solvent spotters and cleaners, and kerosene are the smells of my teen age years and my 20s when I lived on the road showing truck mounts and cleaning restaurants all night

Fire damage and the smell of soot is ingrained in my memory since I was 7yo.. Space spray, 9-D-9, Crystal Odor Counteractant (looks like kitty litter) I hate the smell of.. I'd rather extract sewage then smell chemicals or soot.. And I don't do sewage cleanup.. Golden Eagle thermo fogging was fun times though..

 

[Dolly Llama]

9-D-9

I liked the smell of that stuff too.

The new(er) non chlorinated brake parts cleaner is one I don't care for.
The old stuff I liked (and it cleaned parts better too)

Hate xylene.

Covid changed my smell (lost smell and taste for over a month)
Now, many of those scents in air fresheners, soaps, laundry detergents and Bounce dryer sheets I used to like, stink on a scale ranging from mildly stinky to gawdawfull putrid.

..L.T.A.