What stripping and refinishing actually does
Stripping, waxing, and refinishing for VCT and commercial hard floors across Canton and Greater Boston, carried out after hours so the floor is dry and ready by morning.
Everybody in a building walks across the floor. When the finish has gone gray in the traffic lanes and dull everywhere else, the whole facility reads as neglected, however carefully the rest of it is kept. Ethos strips, waxes, and refinishes VCT and other commercial hard floors across Canton and Greater Boston. The work runs after hours, so that the crew and the machines are long gone by morning and your people arrive to a floor that simply looks right.
Vinyl composition tile collects scuffs, gray traffic lanes, and layer upon layer of tired finish. The reason for taking all of that back to the tile is not only the appearance that follows. Fresh coats protect the tile from wear it would otherwise absorb, improve traction underfoot, and return the floor to a condition that routine maintenance can hold, which is the part that quietly pays for itself.
Our Floor Care: Strip & Wax Task List
The standard scope includes:
- Old finish stripping
- Edge and corner detailing
- Deep floor cleaning
- Neutralizing and rinsing
- Fresh wax application
- Multiple finish coats
- Buffing and burnishing
- Traffic lane restoration
- Recurring recoat programs
- After-hours scheduling
Our process
The cycle is the same on every job. A consistent method is what produces a consistent floor, and a floor that is done differently each time will look like it.
The facilities we serve
We take on floor care in the sorts of buildings where a bright, even floor is part of the impression the organization makes, and part of the safety it owes to anyone walking through.
Maintenance between strips, handled after hours
A floor that has been stripped and refinished stays sharp a good deal longer when it is maintained. We set up recurring programs of buffing, burnishing, and periodic recoating that keep the finish ahead of the traffic and spare you a full strip more often than the floor genuinely warrants one. The work runs after hours and off-peak, arranged so that your operation notices the result rather than the process.
How we scope and schedule
We walk the floors first. The condition of the existing finish, the tile itself, and the traffic it carries all determine how many coats are appropriate and how long the work will take, and from that we set a schedule that fits around your business and a written quote that precedes any work. Timing is planned so that the space is open, dry, and ready when your team arrives.
If the floors have reached the point where people notice them, we are glad to walk them with you and put a written floor care quote in your hands. Ethos can be reached at (781) 562-1661, or a walkthrough can be requested online.
FAQ
What is floor stripping and waxing?
The old finish is removed, the surface beneath it is deep cleaned, and fresh protective coats are applied and burnished. That restores the look of the floor and, more usefully, protects VCT and hard tile from the wear that daily traffic inflicts on it.
What floor types do you service?
We service VCT and other commercial hard floors, and the right method and finish for your particular flooring is confirmed during the walkthrough rather than assumed beforehand.
Can you work after hours?
Yes. Stripping and refinishing are scheduled after hours and around your operation, so that the floors are dry, cured, and ready well before anyone arrives for the day.
Do you offer recurring floor maintenance?
Yes. Recurring buffing, burnishing, and recoating keep the finish ahead of the traffic, which holds the floor at a good standard and pushes the next full strip considerably further out.
How much does strip and wax cost?
Commercial floor care is scoped job by job, since square footage, the condition of the existing finish, and the number of coats required all bear on the figure, and you receive a clear written quote after a walkthrough.
