Wax-Free Solutions
A wax-free polished natural stone/terrazzo floor provides the following:Eliminates the need for purchasing and using hard surface waxes/finishes and strippers for general floor care.
Reduces long term maintenance costs and has one of the lowest lifetime costs of any floor.
Has a lifetime maintenance cost that will save your institution $1.85/sqft per year ($37,000/yr on 20,000sqft)
Improves the indoor air quality by eliminating a major source of indoor volatile organic compounds and contaminants, therefore helping to protect building occupants’ health and safety.
Eliminates the detrimental environmental impact of dumping used harmful chemicals down the drain.
Maintains a shine and appearance much longer than any floor coated with waxes / finish.
Allows floor to "breath" which allows water moisture to evaporate from under the floor which minimizes the posibility of having moisture problems in the future.
Wax-n-strip maintenance requires the application of a surface coating/finish to the floor. As the coating wears away with normal foot traffic, recoats of the finish are required. This type of natural stone and terrazzo floor maintenance is detrimental in the following ways: The Chemical wax / finish used to coat the floor is applied as a liquid and allowed to dry. As the chemical dries, approximately 20-30 percent is left behind on the floor which means 70-80% of the chemicals evaporate into the indoor environment. Indoor air quality is affected by emissions from surface coatings and maintenance materials that emit volatile organic compounds. VOC’s contribute to a full range of health effects such as triggering asthma attacks, and contributing to the development of asthma in someone who doesn’t have it.
