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Care and maintenance
Proper care and maintenance will help ensure your floor always looks its
best. Simply follow our maintenance and prevention steps outlined below.
Immediately after installation
• Maintain room temperature at 65º F for 48 hours after installation is
completed. This assures proper curing, setting and bonding of products.
• The adhesive under your floor needs time to thoroughly dry after
installation. Therefore, we recommend that you do not scrub or wash
your floor for five days.
Caring for your floor
• Sweep or vacuum regularly to remove loose dirt, which can scratch your
floor. NOTE: we do not recommend vacuums that have a beater bar
since it can visibly damage your flooring surface. Additionally, we do not
recommend electric brooms with hard plastic bottoms with no padding as
use may result in discoloration and deglossing.
• Never use highly abrasive scrubbing tools on any Armstrong floor.
• Wash your floor regularly with Armstrong Once ’n Done
®
Resilient &
Ceramic Floor Cleaner.*
• For heavy duty cleaning, use Armstrong New Beginning
®
Resilient Deep
Cleaning Floor Stripper.*
• Do NOT use detergents, abrasive cleaners, or “mop and shine” products.
These products may leave a dull film on your floor.
• Over time, if the shine on your floor begins to dull, Armstrong
Shinekeeper
®
Resilient High Gloss Floor Finish* can be used to renew
your floor’s shine. Do NOT use paste wax or solvent-based polishes.
• Vinyl flooring, like other types of smooth floors, can become slippery
when wet. Allow time for floor to dry after washing. Immediately wipe up
wet areas from spills, foreign substances, or wet feet.
Proactive protection for your floor
• When moving appliances or heavy furniture, lay a plywood panel on your
floor and “walk” the items across it. This protects your floor from scuffing
and tears.
• Use floor protectors, such as Armstrong Floor Protectors, on furniture to
reduce indentation. The heavier the item, the wider the floor protector
needed.
• Be careful will rolling casters. They can damage the floor. Therefore, we
do not recommend them. If you choose to use them, the double-wheel
type is the best option.
• Place a walk-off mat at outside entrances to reduce the amount of dirt
brought into your home. We strongly recommend mats without a latex or
rubber backing since these backings can cause permanent discoloration.
• All Armstrong floor care products have been specifically developed
to care for Armstrong floors. You may purchase Armstrong floor care
products at your local flooring retailer.
PRECAUTIONS
• When installing over an existing resilient floor, lay out the tile installations
so the new seams are a minimum of 6" away from the original seams.
• When installing over tile floors, seams should fall in the center of the tile.
• When using tile from two or more cartons, check to be sure all pattern
and lot numbers are the same for proper color match.
• Tile products with directional arrows on the back should be installed with
the arrows all pointing in the same direction.
• Do not wet wash tile for at least five days after installation. This will
allow the tile to become well seated in the adhesive and prevent excess
moisture and cleaning agents from interfering with the adhesive bond.
• Make sure tiles are butted tightly at all edges to prevent separation.