TEST YOUR FLOOR
CARE KNOWLEDGE
1. What temperature water should you use when washing
finished floors?
Cold ____ Warm ____ Hot ____
2. Which pH level is an alkaline?
6ph____ 10ph____ 7ph____
3. Acrylic floor seals are very difficult to remove
when stripping.
True____ False ____
4. Haze lines when burnishing are an indication
of what?
Answer:__________________________________________________
5. A coat of floor finish is generally how thick?
1/10th of an inch____ 1/100th of an inch____ 1/1000th of an
inch_____ 1/10000 th _____
6. The major benefit to burnishing vs. spray buffing
is it creates a higher gloss.
True____ False ____
7. When stripping a heavy build up of finish, the
best mixture to assure the finish will be removed
is 1 part water to two parts stripper.
True____ False ____
8. On a pH scale moving from 9 to 10 represents
how much of an increase in alkalinity?
2x ____ 5x ____ 10x ____ 100x ____
9. What is VAT stand for?
Answer:__________________________________________________
10. It is an acceptable practice to strip asbestos
flooring.
True____ False ____
11. What should you rinse a hard surface floor with
after stripping?
Answer:__________________________________________________
12. What does solid content in floor finish refer
to?
Answer:_________________________________________________________
13. Air bubbles in finish are typically a sign of what?
Answer:_________________________________________________________
14.When dry burnishing a floor what percentage of a coat of floor finish
do you remove?
______%
15. A properly installed and maintained matting system will keep what
percentage of outside soil from entering a building?
______%
16. What two types of equipment are conventional low speed pads designed
for use on?
1) ______________________
2) ______________________
17. What type of chemical should be used when Top Scrubbing finished
floors?
Answer:______________
18. It is acceptable to clean black stripping pads by soaking them in a
drum of diluted stripper?
True____ False ____
19. What is the purpose of a keylating agent in a cleaner?
Answer: ____________________________________________________
20. Name three other components of floor finish other than solid content.
1) _______________
2) _______________
3) _______________
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