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Wednesday''s Ask the Experts question from a cleaning
professional on the International Custodial Advisors
Network(ICAN) "Ask the Experts" page: A brown color appears days
after stripping and recoating a white 12x12 vct floor in a GSA
Building. It is maintained by daily cleaning with a neutral
cleaner, a weekly burnishing after applying a mop on restorer,
and a monthly stripping. What could be causing the
discoloration? It happens days after the strip and recoat, and
it is on-going. The answer Do you remember the old Hee-Haw
routine where the doctor asks if it hurts to do something and
when the patient says yes, the doc tells him, “Well, don’t do
that?” That’s my solution to your problem. If the floor turns
brown after you strip it, stop stripping! I’m serious. What
could possibly be going on that would require a vct floor to be
stripped of finish every month?!!!???!?!? I can’t tell you what
is happening from the standpoint of a chemical reaction