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Do's and Don'ts |
Helpful Tips for Terrazzo Maintenance:
Your Terrazzo has been ground and polished and
sealed with a penetrating Terrazzo Sealer. This
protects your surface from immediate stains, but
no spillage should be ignored and allowed to soak
and dry into the floor. Good housekeeping procedures
require that your floor remains clean.
DO’s |
- DO ask your installing Terrazzo Contractor
to recommend the proper neutral cleaner and sealers
to be used on your floor.
- DO dust mop your floors daily, this not only
picks up the dust, but also the grit tracked
into your building. The grit acts as an abrasive
on your hard surface floor.
- DO scrub your floors a minimum of twice a
week, where a new Terrazzo floor has been installed
for the initial two to three months, as the construction
dust is still in the air, and will eventually
be deposited on your floor. After this period,
once per week, depending on the amount of foot
traffic, keep your floor clean in appearance.
Always rinse your floors well to prevent a build-up
of cleaner residue that could become slippery.
- DO seal your floors with a water-based acrylic
sealer in accordance to the manufacturer’s
instructions. Normally, a new floor requires
two or more coats, which provide a good sheen
for a period of 45 to 60 days, before needing
additional coats. Sealer should be classified
by Underwriters Laboratories, as slip resistant
with a rating of minimum 0.5.
- DO use maintenance products designed for
Terrazzo.
- DO allow your neutral cleaner, once applied
to the Terrazzo surface, time to react as designed
to loosen foreign matter. Several minutes should
be adequate, but DO NOT allow solution to dry
on surface.
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DON'TS |
- DON’T use purely surface waxes, or
all purpose sealers. Employment of such can result
in slippery surfaces.
- DON’T use all purpose cleaners containing
water soluble inorganic or crystallizing salts,
harmful alkali or acids. Use of such products
could prove harmful to your Terrazzo floor.
- DON’T use cheap cleaners or sealers
since the majority of your maintenance costs
is labor.
- DON’T try miracle cleaners or sealers
on your floor without getting an opinion on such
products from your Terrazzo Contractor or this
Association.
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