Use and Care Manual

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2. Thoroughly rinse the entire ﬂoor with fresh, clean water. Remove rinse water and allow the ﬂoor to dry completely.

3. If needed, additional coats of ﬂoor polish may be applied at this time. If there is sufﬁcient base of polish remaining

(3 to 5 coats), buff, spray buff or burnish to restore gloss.

E. Restorative Maintenance – Stripping and Re-polishing

NOTE: The use of aggressive strippers such as mop-on/mop-off, no-scrub and no-rinse strippers is not recommended on tile ﬂoors less than two years

old because they may affect the adhesive bond.

1. Mix stripping solution to the appropriate dilution, depending on ﬂoor ﬁnish build-up.

Cordon off areas to be stripped

Apply liberal amounts of solution uniformly on the floor with a mop

Let stripping solution soak for the appropriate amount of time recommended by the stripper manufacturer

Keep areas to be stripped wet. Rewet if necessary.

2. Machine scrub the ﬂoor (300 rpm or less) with a scrubbing pad (3M

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blue or equal) or equivalent scrub brush to break up the

polish ﬁlm. IMPORTANT: Do not allow stripping solution to dry on the ﬂoor.

3. Remove dirty stripping solution.

TIP: Drizzling fresh, clean rinse water onto the dirty stripping solution will assist with more thorough removal.

4. Thoroughly rinse the entire ﬂoor with fresh, clean water. Remove rinse water and allow it to dry completely.

5. Apply 3 to 5 coats of high-quality commercial ﬂoor polish, such as Armstrong Flooring S-480 Commercial Floor Polish.

The use of a high-quality stain-resistant sealer (such as Armstrong Flooring S-495 Commercial Floor Sealer) beneath the

polish should be considered in areas of high traffic, areas of high soil load and areas where staining potential is high

Special Considerations

Feature

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Tile: Feature Tile, like solid-colored ﬂoors of any composition, shows scratches and soiling more readily than patterned materials. It has been

designed for use as decorative bands, borders and spot accent colors in combination with other Armstrong Flooring 1/8" Standard Excelon

and Excelon

Tile. Feature Tile is not suitable for use as an overall ﬂoor color and is not recommended for this use. When ﬁrst installed, the plain-colored surface may

reveal a light dusty or powdery ﬁlm and some directional surface markings. These are common to the production of this type of product, but the markings

will be eliminated with regular cleaning and polishing and will not affect the performance of the ﬂoor.

Stonetex

: Although Stonetex presents a monolithic or solid-colored image, the speckled pattern enables it to look better longer than Feature Tile or other

non-patterned vinyl composition tile. Stonetex may require more frequent maintenance than a typical vinyl composition tile with a more prominent pattern.