Floor question?

Question

What do you use to "strip" the tile that won't hurt them. I have tile floors at my office and they are looking a little ugly. I heard you had to strip them and rewax them. Any info will be very helpfull

Answer 1

Depends on what the material is. I have vinyl, no wax tiles in my kitchen.  All I used was ammonia and water. ( The recipe is on the bottle )  Afterwards, I used Armstrong"s wax for no wax floors.  Like new!

I would imagine the ammonia would work on just about anything. I would wonder what type of wax was used.

Answer 2

If you're talking about those asphalt tiles that they always use in office buildings, the best thing to use is a commercial stripper (usually amonia-based). You dilute this in water and use a plastic scrub brush to apply the stripper and scrub off the old layer. Then you have to apply a commercial floor wax that is designed for that type of tile.

When I was in the navy on a submarine, that was a weekly exercise for us to strip the wax off the floors and rewax them. And, that's what we used and how we did it.

Answer 3

Yes, you do have to strip and rewax. The stripper is diluted in water and scrubbed until the wax comes off. most places use a swing machine (big spinning coarse pad on bottom) to get the wax off, because if your using a brush its gonna take years to do! the stripper we use for tile floors in a school building  is called shattered 99. do not let the stripper and old wax redry on the floor! n(carry a mop and bucket of clean water so u can keep the floor wet) u then have to scrub the floor with clean water, let dry and the reapply new wax with a wax mop. (made specially soft for even application of wax). wax should be at least 5 or 6 layers thick, and can be up to about 12. the more the better, but u HAVE to let it dry in between layers!