[gwrightson]

I have been asked to clean a sports hall wooden flooring,
basicly a good clean, buff and sme sealer , but on the floor are the usual line markings for indoor football, badminton court line markings etc. they want all of these removed apart from the 5 a side goal areas. some of the lines are already quite worn and non existant.
My question is. Do these just peel of or is there a simpler way to remove? ie heat etc. I did try to lift up some of these markings and it wasnt that difficult , although could be a little time consuming.
any ideas!!
Geoff

[Les]

Hi Geoff,

I would be careful with the Sports hall floor job....

They are generally covered in a specialist sealer made by a company called 'Granwax'.

I have had to strip and reseal them for a couple of Leisure companies and it's a killer.

Special Stripper, special sanding discs, special applicators and 'special' sealer which is very expensive

The lines are mostly painted on with 'special' lining paint.

I recently turned down a job to reline and refurb a Gym.

The money can be quite good but believe me , you'll know you've earned it.

Les

[DP]

Many Thanks Les

Ive learnt something there. 

[gwrightson]

tks Les,

I can understand what you are saying, I think
fortunatly they only want the lines removing and a good buffing , they do not wish to have it sanded or stripped in any way. so with a bit of luck I should be ok
Just need to find a product that will buff it up and apply some sort of anti slip coat on
 Geoff

[DP]

If its tape, then (as you say) a heat gun will probably ease the task as long as it doesn’t dry or damage the underlying surface.

In my search for buying a steam generator (as used in kitchen cleans), I viewed a video of one being used to remove vehicle graphics. This may be a better option as it is far less likely to heat damage the finish and because of the moisture it shouldn’t crystallise the adhesive.

http://www.amerivap.com/RealMovies/graphics.wmv

Dp