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cleaning floors from sweat / body oil
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| does anyone know a good way to clear a poly urethaned hard wood floor ?
for that matter the sticky mats too ?
thanks,
art
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| omjaroo 2006-08-23, 9:31 pm |
| Hi Art,
And welcome to alt.yoga :-)
art wrote:
> does anyone know a good way to clear a poly urethaned hard wood floor ?
> for that matter the sticky mats too ?
>
> thanks,
> art
Personally I favor TSP (tri-sodium phosphate) for general
cleaning/degreasing.
TSP was once a vary common cleaning powder you mix with water to an
appropriate dilution, but it disappeared off the grocery store shelves
some years ago. You can still buy it at the hardware store in the paint
section. Cheap and man it does the trick. Dilution is key. Make it
strong enough and you can clean engines and take paint off of things.
But sufficiently dilute and I think it would be great for you
application.
Jared
o
^
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| hi omjaroo !
thanks, i do remember the tsp from somewhere. whats all the troll
fervor over ?
art
omjaroo wrote:
> Hi Art,
>
> And welcome to alt.yoga :-)
>
> art wrote:
>
> Personally I favor TSP (tri-sodium phosphate) for general
> cleaning/degreasing.
>
> TSP was once a vary common cleaning powder you mix with water to an
> appropriate dilution, but it disappeared off the grocery store shelves
> some years ago. You can still buy it at the hardware store in the paint
> section. Cheap and man it does the trick. Dilution is key. Make it
> strong enough and you can clean engines and take paint off of things.
> But sufficiently dilute and I think it would be great for you
> application.
>
> Jared
> o
> ^
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| omjaroo 2006-08-25, 2:23 am |
| art wrote:
> hi omjaroo !
>
> thanks, i do remember the tsp from somewhere. whats all the troll
> fervor over ?
Art,
After I posted to you I got to wondering where the TSP went so I
googled it. Seems the phosphates affect the algi-bloom in the water
somehow. For all I know the stuff was way to cheap and effective and
had to go in order to make way for more profitable product. Who knows.
I'm not sure about the troll stuff yet.
Lately we've been having discussions related to trolls here in
alt.yoga. This may be some hold over from previous threads :-) But you
can follow the action at
http://groups.google.com/group/alt....c95f6b959d46c/#
or google alt.yoga [troll] for recent exchanges.
I hope you are not offended, we really are a friendly bunch around
here.
Jared
o
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| hi Jared,
No offense. I should have worded my questions clearer.
such as:
My yoga room has wood floors. Occasionally yoga poses are done off mat,
for instance down dog. The floor appears to get more slippery as one's
perspiration deposits over time/sessions. My hands actually slip
forward in adho mukha svanasana. My goal is to be able to make the
floor stay grippy.
An related problem is perspiration after a session onto the mat. I
would like to mop it off a mat without a full cleaning cycle such as in
a washing machine. Since there may not be much sweat dropped onto the
mat it makes sense just to wipe it down. This is where i wonder about
sweat since it probably has body oils in its composition. A simple
toweling will not remove oil from my judgement.
So in conclusion a cleaning solution may clean a wood floor and clean a
light perspiration of off a mat. So I am just looking to see what other
people have done solution or otherwise to clean the yoga props. I guess
i am also a little wary of what a yoga store would sell in that it may
be a simple household item that they are selling for an arm an a leg.
Well hopefully this states what i was asking about earlier and avoids
any troll suspicions.
Art
omjaroo wrote:
> art wrote:
>
> Art,
>
> After I posted to you I got to wondering where the TSP went so I
> googled it. Seems the phosphates affect the algi-bloom in the water
> somehow. For all I know the stuff was way to cheap and effective and
> had to go in order to make way for more profitable product. Who knows.
>
> I'm not sure about the troll stuff yet.
>
> Lately we've been having discussions related to trolls here in
> alt.yoga. This may be some hold over from previous threads :-) But you
> can follow the action at
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt....c95f6b959d46c/#
> or google alt.yoga [troll] for recent exchanges.
>
> I hope you are not offended, we really are a friendly bunch around
> here.
>
> Jared
> o
> ^
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| omjaroo 2006-08-25, 9:26 pm |
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art wrote:
> hi Jared,
>
> No offense. I should have worded my questions clearer.
> such as:
snip.
>
> Well hopefully this states what i was asking about earlier and avoids
> any troll suspicions.
>
> Art
I'm glad you're a good sport :-)
Also I appreciate your explanation. I thought as much. I still think
TSP is the thing. I'd be very interested to hear how some of the other
Hatha practicioners handle the cleaning issue. I don't have this
problem because I rarely do Hatha and when I do I use a cotton mat on
carpeted floors.
Jared
o
^
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| NBennett 2006-08-25, 9:26 pm |
| art
i clean my mat with a strong mixture of plain white vinegar and hot
water. i wipe it with the vinegar/water, then wipe again with clear
water to get the vinegar off. this gets the dust and oil off my mat and
keeps it grippy.
i dont know about vinegar and water on hardwood floors. the acid might
damage the finish with many washings. maybe a milder mix, make sure
you wash it with clear water afterwards. i'm really not sure....and i
love my own floors so i wouldnt risk vinegar on mine. maybe call a
hardwood floor manufacturer and ask them what they'd recommend.
nancy
art wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> hi Jared,
>
> No offense. I should have worded my questions clearer.
> such as:
>
> My yoga room has wood floors. Occasionally yoga poses are done off mat,
> for instance down dog. The floor appears to get more slippery as one's
> perspiration deposits over time/sessions. My hands actually slip
> forward in adho mukha svanasana. My goal is to be able to make the
> floor stay grippy.
>
> An related problem is perspiration after a session onto the mat. I
> would like to mop it off a mat without a full cleaning cycle such as in
> a washing machine. Since there may not be much sweat dropped onto the
> mat it makes sense just to wipe it down. This is where i wonder about
> sweat since it probably has body oils in its composition. A simple
> toweling will not remove oil from my judgement.
>
> So in conclusion a cleaning solution may clean a wood floor and clean a
> light perspiration of off a mat. So I am just looking to see what other
> people have done solution or otherwise to clean the yoga props. I guess
> i am also a little wary of what a yoga store would sell in that it may
> be a simple household item that they are selling for an arm an a leg.
>
> Well hopefully this states what i was asking about earlier and avoids
> any troll suspicions.
>
> Art
>
>
> omjaroo wrote:
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| On 2006-08-25 17:16:19 -0700, "NBennett" <nancy178@sympatico.ca> said:
> art
> i clean my mat with a strong mixture of plain white vinegar and hot
> water. i wipe it with the vinegar/water, then wipe again with clear
> water to get the vinegar off. this gets the dust and oil off my mat and
> keeps it grippy.
> i dont know about vinegar and water on hardwood floors. the acid might
> damage the finish with many washings. maybe a milder mix, make sure
> you wash it with clear water afterwards. i'm really not sure....and i
> love my own floors so i wouldnt risk vinegar on mine. maybe call a
> hardwood floor manufacturer and ask them what they'd recommend.
> nancy
Most yoga mats can go in the wash machine. Vinegar works well. My
yoga teacher uses a little Castile soap. Don't use the dryer though.
I believe vinegar is recommended for mopping hardwood floors. I use it
from a spray bottle.
http://www.ehow.com/how_14867_clean...ane-coated.html
--
~Stu
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| NBennett 2006-08-26, 8:27 am |
| stu
i have heard so often that yoga mats can go in the washing machine so i
tried it (on my daughter's mat of course. i wouldnt risk my own. lol)
it came out with big strips of rubber ripped off it lengthwise and
chunks ripped out of the edges. i've spoken to a lot of yogis and they
are all shocked. it's never happened to them, they wash theirs in the
washing machine all the time. i used the gentle cycle. i was sceptical
to begin with so maybe its a case of creating my own reality. in any
case, i wouldnt do it again, though it works for everyone else in the
world.
nancy
ps - yes i bought her a new mat
Stu wrote:
> On 2006-08-25 17:16:19 -0700, "NBennett" <nancy178@sympatico.ca> said:
>
>
> Most yoga mats can go in the wash machine. Vinegar works well. My
> yoga teacher uses a little Castile soap. Don't use the dryer though.
>
> I believe vinegar is recommended for mopping hardwood floors. I use it
> from a spray bottle.
>
> http://www.ehow.com/how_14867_clean...ane-coated.html
> --
> ~Stu
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