Neutral cleaner VS Neutralizer after Stripping VCT

[Andy12]

Greetings to all ,

After stripping the VCT floor I should rinse with neutral cleaner and not a neutralizer?




Thanks ANDY

 

[starrett]

A neutralizer(ie acetic acid), to neutralize the high alkalinity of the stripper.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

After squeegeeing off the bulk of the stripped residue we rinse with a dilute white vinegar solution.

 

[floorguy]

water....

after you have squeeged and sucked it all up...go back and reflood the area with water....and pretend your stripping again...

it neutralizes
it reactivates any dried stripper,
and dilutes the crap out of it

and its kinda like that final mop...

because you do mop after you have sucked that up to....

 

[RGH269]

After squeegeeing off the bulk of the stripped residue we rinse with a dilute white vinegar solution.

X2

 

[Andy12]

Greetings thanks for all the help and the tips.


Lee
1st white vinegar? What would be the ratio mix in water? Thanks



Doug
2ND So I just mop the floor a few times with just clear water? Thanks

I found “ Easy Paks” Neutralizer Conditioner/Odor Counteractant Neutralizes alkaline residue after floor stripping and cleaning.

Has anyone use this before.


Thanks for all the comments and help

 

[Andy12]

Doug sorry I miss read your post.

You put down the clear water as you would the stripper and then pick it up with the wet vac or I would Mop it.

Thanks.

 

[Jeremy]

A little neutral cleaner and about a qt of vinager per bucket of rinse water is what I use... Works fine for me.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Our preference, if we are using traditional stripper, is to apply it with the hydroforce 10:1

For the rinse we cut the white vinegar in half and apply it with the hydroforce 10:1


If we are using the newer "non-stripper" system we replace stripper with 1 cup mild detergent in a 10:1 hydroforce.

To rinse this we use plain water as needed using the hydroforce simply as a delivery device.

We have very little need for mops and buckets any more.

 

[dealtimeman]

water....

after you have squeeged and sucked it all up...go back and reflood the area with water....and pretend your stripping again...

it neutralizes
it reactivates any dried stripper,
and dilutes the crap out of it

and its kinda like that final mop...

because you do mop after you have sucked that up to....

I agree, we flood the floor twice and mop till water comes out clear. Always easier with an automatic scrubber of some kind.

We use this this aquaclean with the optional hard surface kit , it is only 80 pounds and easy to get in and out of the truck. It also rinses the floor well and limits the number of times we have to mop.

 

[floorguy]

scrub it with your 175...that helps get in all the pores....

now if you have an autoscrubber then its different

 

[juniorc82]

you have to neytralize the floor before you lay wax. I mop the floor with some white vinigar diluted in the mop water

 

[floorguy]

you dont HAVE to...

never have never will......

much like using sealer...

it is old school....and not a HAVE TO

but you do HAVE to rinse it good...

 

[dealtimeman]

you dont HAVE to...

never have never will......

much like using sealer...

it is old school....and not a HAVE TO

but you do HAVE to rinse it good...

Again I agree if you flush the floor as you are supposed to there is no need for an acid or neutralizing of any kind. If on your,Final mop, the water is clear, floor is ready for finish.

If the floor is heavily damaged by office chairs rolling around or something repeatedly scratching the floor I will seal in the areas with a floor sealer other than than no sealer is needed as most finishes available today are self sealing by design.

 

[hogjowl]

I neutralized floors back when Stockwell was middle aged.

I haven't done so in, at least, 15 years.

At times like this ... read the directions.

 

[Andy12]

Greetings thanks for all the help. I have a wet vac and floor machine from viper that I will be using.

Thansk fro all the tips

 

[Andy12]

Greetings thanks for all help.

I have ordered form Johnson High Mileage and Show Place floor finish.

The stripper is Pro strip from Johnson as well.

I hope everthing goes well this week.

I will post the finish outcome next week.

 

[Andy12]

Greetings I can read the instructions to find out, but what is usalyy the ratio of stripper to water?


Thanks

 

[juniorc82]

dude you may try finding someone who has experience stripping and waxing or share the job with another cleaner so you can get on the job training

 

[floorguy]

depends on the build up....

prostrip is pretty hot i think...so a 1gallon chem to 6-8 gallons of water, maybe even more water...

yes read directions...

rinse rinse rinse

 

[Andy12]

Thank you Doug

Sorry for the newbie questions
I m doing the job this weekend I will share the outcome.

Thanks to all that gave me advice.
God Bless

 

[Shane Deubell]

Greetings thanks for all help.

I have ordered form Johnson High Mileage and Show Place floor finish.

The stripper is Pro strip from Johnson as well.

I hope everthing goes well this week.

I will post the finish outcome next week.

All good product andy, just spend the lousy $4 on some rinse away or neutral cleaner and avoid smelling like a douche {vinegar} for your rinse.

Also some common sense advice is to keep flipping your pads or replacing as they load up with old finish, the $5 is not worth it.
Also with waxing put a blower at a 45 degree angle and make sure some kind of air is on in the building.

Baseboard stripper comes in aerosol cans for like $4 and will make corners/edges a breeze with a scraper.

One more thing, do not start waxing on edges as nobody walks on them, use very little finish on edges.

 

[Andy12]

Greetings Shane Thanks for all the GREAT ADVISE, That will help me a lot.
I did buy a neutral cleaner.
I also purchased a deformer so the wet vac won’t get full with foam.

I will by the aerosol baseboard stripper tomorrow. Thanks