Case study: Rubber floor restored
The surface of the 28-year-old Mondo rubber floor in Auckland Youth and Community Centre (AYCC) in County Durham, UK, was looking tired and worn, and ready for a complete renewal. The Bona Care program was suggested to Delivery Manager, David McCreedy, as the ideal method of restoring the 300m2
surface.
Firstly, Bona Power Remover was applied using a Bona Mop in workable sections, to break down any contamination on the surface.
Bona Power Remover is designed to be left to penetrate the surface for around 20 minutes. Then while the surface is still wet, it should be abraded using 80 grit Bona Diamond abrasives and a Bona FlexiSand buffing machine. This ensures the thorough removal of all surface contamination and provides a key for the subsequent coating. A Bona Power Scrubber should then be used firstly to remove all traces of the Bona Power Remover solution and then to neutralise the surface with clean water.
The rubber floor at AYCC was now ready for coating with two coats of Bona Pure Colour, the colouring component of the system, which is available in eight standard colours but can also be ordered in the full RAL and NCS colour spectrum. RAL 5014 was chosen for the main body of the floor and RAL 1001 for the edges. Following line marking, Bona Pure Clear, a hard-elastic coating and the final element of the system, was applied across the whole surface of the floor using a Bona roller.
Renewing a resilient floor using Bona’s Floor Care Program usually represents cost savings of around 50% on labour and materials against replacement with a new floor.
Downtime can be halved, with a floor this size normally taking around three days to treat.
Following completion of the project, David McCreedy said: “We are a busy youth and community centre, our sports hall was in desperate need of some work, the hall is used for many activities such as health and wellbeing classes, table tennis, football and dance classes. We were amazed by the transformation. The floor now looks as good as new and it was ready for us to use again the following week.”
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