Stripping Marmoleum Floors

Occasionally refill bucket with clean hot water.

Stripping marmoleum floors.

These types of cleaners should always be avoided. You may need to use the scrubber on a few spots. High ph strippers will permanently damage and remove the protective top layer of the flooring material. Finally mop the floor with clean hot water.

Sweep the floor to remove all debris from the floor. This is because linoleum tiles require a specific set of chemical agents to strip the floors. This procedure is recommended on synthetic floors that have been previously coated with an acrylic floor finish or those that have a high amount of visible dirt and soil embedded on the surface. Linoleum is a very forgiving material like vinyl and in order to be able to strip the linoleum floor you will need to clean it first.

This video shows the most effective way to deep clean and maintain. Like the environment marmoleum does not respond well to the use of high ph aggressive chemical cleaning agents traditionally associated with vinyl floor coverings. Fill a bucket with hot water and using a rag go over the floor cleaning up the gunk and grime. Be extremely cautious with traditional stripping on linoleum and marmoleum flooring.

A vacuum does not do the proper job needed to get up all of. Our thin burgundy stripping pad is for use with the tile master floor machine and is. This video shows chemical free stripping using the tilemaster and pad c. Dilute 32 ounces of elements e15 neutral ph floor stripper to one gallon of cold water.

It is important to make a distinction between true linoleum and vinyl or laminate tiling before you begin the deep cleaning process. At this point you can wax the floor if that is what you wish.