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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Paul Redden Countryfresh on September 20, 2011, 07:39:37 am

Title: Hard floor advise
Post by: Paul Redden Countryfresh on September 20, 2011, 07:39:37 am

Hi My neighbour asked my advise for his, what looks like Amtico or similar floor. His little boy
 has caused scuff lines with his toys. Its not wood and is laid in individual strips. I have a
sample and its a form of plastic. Pictures attched any advise would be appreciated.
.

Title: Re: Hard floor advise
Post by: garybristow on September 20, 2011, 04:11:59 pm

I would scrub it lightly with a rotary and light detergent,then suck up with a wet pick up
depending whats underneath,if the plastic is scuffed i cant see how you will remove
GaryBristowclean

Title: Re: Hard floor advise
Post by: John Milnes on September 20, 2011, 05:59:29 pm

You need to find out if it has been treated with Amtico polish. If it has, then it needs to be sripped with Amtico polish remover.

More often than not, it won't have been treated. A rotary scrubber, as above, will clean out the scratches and the gaps where the dirt  has settled in them.

When dry....2 or 3 coats of Amtico floor polish will make it look the mutts nutts and will also hide the scratches.

Have a look at the Amtico web site for more info. All the relevant info used to be on there.

Title: Re: Hard floor advise
Post by: Jim_77 on September 20, 2011, 11:01:08 pm

^^ What he said!  Spot on ;)

Maximum grade blue pad, nothing coarser, try a red first)

Title: Re: Hard floor advise
Post by: Jamie Pearson on September 20, 2011, 11:56:54 pm

Don't waste your money on Amtico finish. Find out how glossy the customer wants it and get some of the Pioneer Eclipse stuff from Amtech. I can highly recommend their Floormatte finish.

As for pads, if it has scratches buy a grey super cross vileda pad. They are intended for safety floor but will resurface the floor by lightly abrading the PU wear layer and removing and topical coating applied.

Way more aggressive than a red or blue pad but without the risk of scratching. Just make sure that the floor hasn't got White patches where worn through already. Unlikely with Amtico but still possible.

An alternative to that are KGS Flexis /Twister /Kilndex/Monkey/Storm/Whatever pads. Course to medium grade depending on what spec rotary you have again to resurface the floor.

Title: Re: Hard floor advise
Post by: Paul Redden Countryfresh on September 21, 2011, 07:42:14 am

Thx for replies Nick from solutions came up with some good suggestions too  8)