Kenny Hayes
Member
Sketcher shoes and black socks?? Janitor
Yippee!
- Thread starter Mikey P
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Mikey P
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Mikey P
Administrator
No fans, the exposed HVAC is filthy dusty..
Kenny Hayes
Member
You’ll be called every time now.
Mikey P
Administrator
Yippee!
You definitely know more about this crap than I but I think I fooled them...
Kenny Hayes
Member
That’s all that matters!
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
Nix the fans.
dealtimeman
Everyday is Saturday.
Looks good!
Kenny Hayes
Member
Nonixing the fans. No one has time to watch finish dry!!
Thats rough... makes me tired looking at that.. be nice to have the propane stripper and autoscrubber... Be done quicker..
Mikey P
Administrator
Kenny Hayes
Member
Auto scrubber yes, hardly anyone uses propane strippers anymore.
Mikey P
Administrator
Great....
More VCR on the way...
More VCR on the way...
Cleanworks
Moderator
So where do we line up to get our share of crow?
I thought propane stripper was faster and more aggressive to strip and autoscrubber for cleaning after it.
Kenny Hayes
Member
Yes you are correct, but unless you’re doing a large grocery store or larger, there’s not much need. My buddies used to use them, but hardly now. Kinda like Quigley said, “ I sai d I had no use for em, didn’t say I couldn’t use it”.
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
I may run a dehumidifier if rh is extreme, but blowing hair all over a freshly finished floor is a killin'-offense.
NV humidity should make that a moot point.
Kenny Hayes
Member
Ok whatever. I’ve been doing it this way for 30 yrs. but you drag the dehu. I’ll use Patton fans. Especially when they’re telling you we have mass in 45 min. You learn to dry em.
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
Different situation. Original post was about a beauty school, likely to have lots of stray hair that will be spread by fans.
steve_64
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Pretty sure most sealers say do not use fans to dry.
I thought it was for leveling.
I use them but I give it about ten minutes before I turn them on.
I thought it was for leveling.
I use them but I give it about ten minutes before I turn them on.
Mikey P
Administrator
Every coat was dry in under 20, why take the risk?
Cleanworks
Moderator
I use fans to speed dry but I point them up from the floor on low. Just to increase airflow. Drying time is 45 minutes to 1 hour without fans and about half an hour with.
steve_64
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The directions on the product I use says to let dry an hour between coats. I wait till its dry to the touch or almost before using the fan. It helps with low spots and corners that may take longer to dry.
20 to 30 minutes between coats usually for me. I have rushed it and reapplied after 15 minutes or so too.
Small town janitorial
Member
Waiting for wax to dry is such a time waste. I try to strip floors on Friday night, then throughout the weekend I come in randomly and put another coat on. No waiting. I realize that doesn't work everywhere, but some of my commercial accounts it does. If I cant do that I have my helper wax behind us as we go while I keep stripping.
hogjowl
Idiot™
I solved the waiting problem by not doing vct anymore
Mikey P
Administrator
Cleanworks
Moderator
Willy's on vacation. When he comes back I have a vct job for him.
its all gonna get scuffed up in a week or 2 anyways and lose its shine unless they hire you to burnish it...
Mikey P
Administrator
I dont care.
