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Posted by JoeM on August 20, 2006, 8:03 am
> HI,
>
> I just moved into a new home,, (acutally I am moving into my grandparrents
> old home). The front foyer is slate, I think it is vermont slate, There
> are a couple different colors of slate in the floor.
>
> I assumed it was sealed. (Home was build in 1963, everything in the home
> was build on the high end side of things, so I imangine some type of
> sealer was used). Water does not seem to asorb into the slate very much,
> if at all.
>
> I have had some kind of dull whiteish area on the surface a little bit,
> wasnt sure what it was, I assumed it was something on the surface(dirt) or
> old layers of wax. I used a good detergent and scrubbed the entire
> floor,, then I used a strong dose of a commercial floor stripped and
> scrubbed it well. Then I came back and scrubbed it with a mix of 1 cup a
> gallon of ammonina, then I washed it down with a very mild mix of a floor
> cleaner that works as a neturalizer after stripping. I just followed this
> same procedure, (at the same time tonight) on my kitchen vinyl floor as
> well. The kitchen floor is looking great, Ill give it a clean hot water
> wash, then I will wax it with a commercial floor wax.
>
> Ok here is the situation (and my point in describing the kitchen floor
> situation): The slate floor now has a while residue over about half of it
> in random spots. It does not come up even with vigerous scrubbing with a
> mop. I got down and tried to rub this off with a rag,, none of it came up
> at all. I scratched at it with my thumb nail and I was able to clear off
> a little bit of it. The best description of it I can thing to say is that
> it is kind of kind watered down laytex paint on the floor.
>
> I don't know what else to do to get this clean short of scrubbing every
> square inch of it with a wire brush, and I am not sure that is a good
> idea, i fear it will damage the slate.
>
> Once this is cleaned up (however that is going to happen), then, I don't
> know if I need to try and seal it again or if I can just throw some
> comercial flor wax on it the way I am going to do on the kitchen vinyl
> floor...
>
> Any help is greatly appricated. (I have been up all night scrubbing both
> floors!! big project!, but it really really needed it)
>
> Thanks again
>
> Jamie Dolan
> fox cities, WI
>Most likely a commercial sealer,not a wax,was applied.
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