Building owner
Restoring a 30-Year Old Patch of AmeriWorx ESD Vinyl Tile

We were called by an owner to look at a vacant building in Hudson, NH. The building was in the rental process and the new occupants needed an ESD floor.

The floor in the building was 30 years old, filthy, abused and in terrible condition. The owner assumed the 3′ x 3′ tiles were conventional flooring. He wasn’t sure who the manufacturer was or where the floor had come came from. He called StaticWorx to try to determine whether or not anything could be done to restore the floor enough for use by the new tenant.

Dave visited the building with Bob Glover, a commercial flooring installer. Based on the pattern and colors of the tiles Dave was able to determine the flooring material to be AmeriWorx vinyl tiles.

Dave believed a combination of cleaning and coating could restore the old floor. Bob returned to the site to clean a test patch and test the floor’s electrical resistance.

The Restoration Process

This 30 year-old AmeriWorx solid vinyl tile (SVT) ESD floor had been abused by automatic guided vehicle (AGV) wear and had never been cared for or maintained.

Even after 30 years, and in filthy condition, the floor measured 1.0 x 10E8 ohms. This measurement is on the high end of ANSI/ESD S 20.20 recommendations (<1.0 x 10E9) due to a layer of dirt on the floor.

Cleaning a section of the floor, performing the StaticWorx cleaning process for AmeriWorx vinyl.

This photo shows a small area on the same 30 year-old floor after cleaning.

In this photo you can see the floor after application of StaticWorx CoatZF floor finish

This photo shows the floor from a different angle, in the process of testing for electrical resistance.

The 30 year-old floor, after it has been cleaned, measures 1.0 x 10E6 ohms.