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Why wash linoleum with ammonia?

Linoleum is an inexpensive and very popular option for flooring. Is there a reasonable reason to wash linoleum with ammonia, how will the agent affect it? Ammonia is often used on the farm and can be useful for cleaning the floor as well.

Ammonia

Liquid ammonia for mopping - why?

Ammonia, or ammonia, is an ammonia-based solution with a characteristic pungent odor. The product is used in the household as a stain remover, mirror cleaner and plumbing cleaner. This substance is also suitable for mopping.

The use of ammonia in the home

Advantages:

  • ammonia will help restore linoleum shine;
  • the product removes greasy stains, so the solution is very useful if the floor in the kitchen is dirty.

Tip
Be sure to ventilate the room and use protective gloves for the hands: ammonia is an aggressive tool and can worsen well-being.

Linoleum in the bathroom

How to wash linoleum with ammonia

First, look at what you can’t do with linoleum:

  1. Use hot water for washing - the coating will swell.
  2. Use chlorine-based products and aggressive powders.
  3. Be careful with alkaline products, including soda!
  4. Be careful with abrasives!

Otherwise, washing linoleum is much easier than cleaning a laminate or cork.

Mop and ammonia

How to apply ammonia to wash:

  1. Before washing with a solution of ammonia, as with any other product, dry clean. Remove dust and dirt with a vacuum cleaner or broom.
  2. Prepare the following solution: for each liter of water 1 tsp. ammonia.
  3. Wipe with a cloth moistened with mortar, linoleum and skirting. Do not wet the floor, but remove dirt with a damp cloth.

Advice from purityis.decorexpro.com/en/
Cover the new floor with a special wax or mastic polish. The protective coating will protect it from dust, complex pollution and burnout.

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By the way, washing with ammonia scares off cockroaches due to the pungent odor. This is one of the most budgetary means to combat annoying insects. To prevent the same smell from annoying households, just ventilate the apartment. Otherwise, this is one of the best tools to clean and renew linoleum.

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  1. Maksim
    06/27/2019 at 13:13 Reply

    Write about some ammonia and use an aqueous solution of ammonia.

    • Alex
      09/07/2019 at 13:57

      Maxim, you are either kidding, or chemistry was poorly taught at school, because ammonia (not to be confused with ammonia) and aqueous ammonia are essentially the same thing.

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