More Is Not Always Better
If a little is good, more is better. This adage is applied to many things such as food, medicine and money. Unfortunately this is not always true. A case in point is floor finish stripper.
We would like to make an example of one of our customers, without revealing his identity, and with his permission of course. We will call him `Joe'.
Joe decided to try our stripper, 'Rescue'. Because he was stripping a fairly difficult floor he thought he would mix the stripper a little strong. Instead of mixing Rescue 1 to 16 or 1 to 32 he mixed it 1 to 5 (5 gallons of Rescue to 25 gallons of water). Since that wasn't working he instructed one of his workers to throw in a pail of Strip Off with it. It still wasn't emulsifying the finish. It did however eat away at their shoes and feet, causing serious burns.
By this time Joe was pretty upset so he saved a gallon of the mixed stripper for us to test to determine what the problem was. To his surprise we showed him that more was not better. We poured out about a cup of his stripper on a finished floor and it did nothing. We then mixed half a cup of his concoction with half a cup of water and poured it on the floor next to the first test spot. Immediately the finish was emulsified!
Floor finish strippers require water as a carrier in order to work. If they are mixed too strong effectiveness is reduced dramatically. The same principle holds true for antifreeze in a car's radiator. One-hundred-percent antifreeze freezes at zero to minus five degrees Fahrenheit but when diluted with water the freezing point actually lowers! So even in this case more is not better!
Three things can be learned from this:
• Follow directions
• Wear adequate footwear
• MORE IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER!
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