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Original poster

anyone got altro safety flooring? (at home or work) how on earth do you clean it?

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Cappuccino · 20/05/2007 19:47

on the website it helpfully tells me that I need a polishing machine

they use it in hospitals, etc a lot

it has little bits embedded in it to make it non-slip and apparently mopping doesn't help clean the edges of them

I had to put some - oh god - bleach on it for a playdoh stain and it all came up a bright lovely colour

rest of it is getting more and more dubious

anyone had this? apart from tipping bleach on it and standing back any suggestions to make it clean?

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sparklygothkat · 20/05/2007 19:52

I didn;t know what it was so googled it and I think its the same stuff we have in our kitchen (HA put it in) I know that its a nightmare to clean our floor and never looks properably clean

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Cappuccino · 20/05/2007 20:00

ooh you don't have it for the same reason I do do you?

don't I seem to remember you having a dd with a walking frame?

it is non-slip, right? it was a condition of our disabled facilities grant

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Cappuccino · 20/05/2007 20:01

I have emailed Altro to ask but they seem to be ignoring me

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chatee · 20/05/2007 20:03

coooeeeee cappuccino,

my dd would love a pen pal-would your dd???
please??

sorry no idea about the flooring but will watch for answers with interest as we have to put that down when we finally get our extension!!

sparklygothkat · 20/05/2007 20:03

no, I do have 2 children with CP but everyone in the street has the same crappy flooring. I am sure its the same stuff. We have it in a crappy stone colour in the kitchen and purple in bathroom

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Cappuccino · 20/05/2007 20:05

yes chatee I haven't got round to cat-ing you have I?

dd is 6 how old is yours?

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chatee · 20/05/2007 20:06

i will say 6 but dd would say 6 and three quarters

sparklygothkat · 20/05/2007 20:08

have just checked my flooring it defo. have little pieces embedded in it. Would love to know how to clean it.

misdee · 20/05/2007 20:10

i had that stuff in my flat. its a nightmare to clean. in the end i got a scrubbing brush and scrubbed it hard!

sparklygothkat · 20/05/2007 20:11

scrub my kitchen???? Its huge it would take all day!!!

misdee · 20/05/2007 20:12

i know. if your baby is breech do it then.

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Cappuccino · 20/05/2007 20:16

yes it says friction is the only way

it advocates a scrubbing machine

that would be me then

what I want to know is how to get it clean once it looks dirty

the website helpfully informs me that the best way to avoid this is not to let it get dirty in the first place

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hayes · 21/05/2007 15:43

my gran has this in her bathroom (disabled) its really hard to get it looking clean I would love to know how to do it manually without the use of a polishing machine.....I've tried on myhands and knees with a scrubbing brush but didn't make much difference

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Cappuccino · 22/05/2007 09:41

maybe we need some hospital types to help

hospitals are full of the stuff

< drums fingers >

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KTeePee · 22/05/2007 12:49

I was thinking of getting this for my kitchen - glad I didn't now!

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Cappuccino · 22/05/2007 13:06

oh I do like it

and in its favour it does have lots of flecks in so you can't see the dirt so easily

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ProjectIcarus · 22/05/2007 13:08

get a car electric polisher?

ProjectIcarus · 22/05/2007 13:08

get a car electric polisher?

ProjectIcarus · 22/05/2007 13:09

whoops

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