Repeat the process until all build up is removed and your floors retain their natural beauty when you walk across them.
How to get footprints out of earth floor.
After letting it dry over night i came back in the morning to use mineral spirits to clean up the tacky portions.
If you still see footprints when you walk across the floor you still have a build up on your floor meaning waxes or other polishers have been used for some time.
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Get a sharpie and trace the floor of your tent.
Now go into google earth and use the measuring tool to get dimensions for the walls which will get you 10 to 15 accuracy on a residential house unless the images being served up are those crappy usgs images which is the case in some rural areas.
You could also try patching the footprints but this will make them more noticeable.
We have 150 year old red oak floors with several coats of zinsser target clear epoxy based finish on them.
You can find a list of some of these contractors in the membership directory of the international concrete repair institute icri.
I applied a darker walnut oil based stain to the oak floors.
Lock down the layer and create a work layer.
You want your floor to look shiny and bright so you added wax to the floor hoping for a showroom finish.
However for muddy footprints you actually want the mud to dry.
The first thing you need to do is forget everything you thought you knew about stain removal.
My entire floor has different foot prints that are now visible.
Now use the line tools to draw the footprint.
If your tent has a rounded floor try to keep it a flush as possible with ground in order to get a more accurate border.
Test out your floor.
Nothing was visible before i stained the floors.
We have been unable to find the same product and are thinking of using an oil based polyurethane over the existing finish.
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The floors looked great and were ready for stain.
Consult a contractor who does surface preparation for floor coatings.
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What you ended up with was a floor with permanent streak marks.
Be careful not to get any sharpie on the tent.
A textured floor in your tub or shower is nice when you re trying not to slip and fall but it s not so nice when you re trying to clean soap scum out of its tiny crevices.
We re always told to tackle stains right away before they have a chance to soak into the fibres and become more difficult to remove.