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orange glo refinisher
Why are they allowed to put a product like this on the consumer market readily available in any supermarket cleaning supply aisle? Not that I am complaining about having jobs to go fix after a Homeowner has created a mess of their floors, but the product is sold as an idiot proof solution to the upkeep of hardwood floors to people who really don't understand what it is that they're using.
I have two jobs that I have looked at in a month the 1st was an MDF core laminate that really looked from the surface to be a real wood floor but turned out to be a Faux wood grain Vinyl picture overlay that is pretty much ruined. The 2nd lastnight was an engineered Walnut floor with an 1/8" wearlayer and a satin finish { saw the uncleaned floor covered by area rug in family room } The visible floor that was cleaned with the orange glo has a hazy appearance that you'd expect to see after mopping with a dirty grease mop, the floor just looked filthy. Now they called the flooring Manufacture, who I believe is Lauzon, who told them that this build up was normal and that it cold be removed by cleaning with an H20/ alcohol solution. Well our lovely homeowner spent about an hour just in the dining room before giving in to the futility of the endevour. What is there now is a crusty chalky residue.
I think that IFT and a recoat will correct this issue, along with proper cleaning materials supplied....
They did ask about Bona cleaner and were surprised to discover that their Orangeglo product was a Bona product.......
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Permalink Reply by Dale Rosilio on -
We supply a Glitsa Cleaner kit with each job.
There are many adequate cleaners for floors, but we don't recommend anything like Orangeglo in which there is a polyurethane component. -
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Permalink Reply by Everett on -
We've always recommended the Bona cleaning kit, but I'm not too impressed with their cleaner. So that orange glo is kinda like the Bona "refresher", like a thin coating?
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Permalink Reply by Dale Rosilio on
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The purple bottle OrangeGlo is like and probaly is the same product as the Bona Refresher, Bona's name is behind the product.
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Permalink Reply by Everett on
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Dale wrote: "Bona's name is behind the product."
Yeah I knew that, I never even liked the idea of the refresher sold under the Bona name, seems like a stupid product, why wouldn't the customer just want to do a recoat with real finish? Plus the sheen is kinda high iirc... -
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Permalink Reply by Dale Rosilio on
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I really don't care for the product being marketed under any name. The customer is lead to believe that they're just "sprucing up " their dull lifeless floors with a majic snake oil product without any understanding of what it is that they're using
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Permalink Reply by Everett on
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I really don't care for the product being marketed under any name.
That was kinda my point, even back when it was just marketed to professionals it never really made sense to use it. Now they're tryin to get customer's to use it themselves?! Classic Bona... -
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Permalink Reply by Dale Rosilio on
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You workin today?
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Permalink Reply by Everett on
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Yeah, you? LOL
I was just about to ask what you're still doing here on the chat... -
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Permalink Reply by Dale Rosilio on
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Pretty casual today, gearing up for a refinish/ repair for tomorrow and friday....
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Permalink Reply by Everett on
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I'm just doin some coats at a couple jobs then starting another tiny sandjob. Hate these small ones... but work is work I suppose.
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Permalink Reply by Dale Rosilio on
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I have one that I can't get back to until 4:30pm { she has to work and doesn't want anyone in here house alone } She had a small 5 board crease across those boards that an attempt was made to "color" them in { didn't work apparently } So I was called in to tape off, scrape and restain the offending boards, now it's just the PITA of making return trips when it's convenient for her to apply finish. We also installed a flush mount vent.........work is work eh? LOL
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