Restoring or preserving your flooring while making sure it is safe for everyone who comes into contact with it is critical to saving money and time in the long run. At NeverStrip, we have created durable and safe floor sealers to preserve your floors and protect them from damage. We have received multiple questions about whether or not our products are safe for children. When creating our floor sealers, we spared no expense ensuring that they are indeed safe for everyone. Here are four aspects that make NeverStrip great floor sealing solutions for any application!

NeverStrip Floor Coatings manufactures floor coatings with a difference. Our coatings are used in all sorts of different environments — from commercial and industrial spaces to residential homes. Our products are designed to lower long-term floor care costs, enhance your floors’ appearance, and also often to improve floor traction. Read on to learn more about the NeverStrip difference, or contact us today to get a free quote on new floor coatings!

How does one seal LVT seams when Luxury Vinyl Tile “LVT” most often has a factory-applied urethane coating? These UV-cured coatings protect the floor from abuse and allow LVT floors, in most cases, to go without a flooring sealer or finish applied and maintained after installation of the floor.

There are a few potential drawbacks for not using a resilient floor sealer on an LVT with seams. A concern can be foreign matter finding its way into the flooring's seams. The liquid or solid can get below the flooring surface. Cleaning may not remove some or all of these materials, which is why sealing luxury vinyl tile seams is recommended. Order our floor sealer today!

LVT Seams (Common Concerns)

Water from the cleaning process can soak into the flooring seams. Water may compromise the adhesive. NeverStrip is aware of a water compromising adhesive used with PVC-free flooring. A major health care organization is dealing with this issue right now.

Organic matter from food and drink can fall into the floor's seams. The typical cleaning process of LVT may not remove these food and liquids. Bacteria may begin to breed and expand. Urine, from incontinent residences or patients, may puddle on the floor. The urine may seep into the flooring seams, producing unhealthful and not desired “restroom” odors. A building manager obviously does not want restroom odors throughout his/her facility!

Rich Batka, Director of Building and Grounds, Brookfield-La Grange Park School District #95 goal was to Lower Floor Care Maintenance Costs for VCT, LVT and Sheet Vinyl. Rich discovered how to lower floor care maintenance costs for VCT, LVT and Sheet Vinyl floors by using NeverStrip Gloss instead of conventional acrylic floor finish or wax.

Rich said, “With NeverStrip™ one almost need sunglasses on a sunny day because the floors are so shiny”

NeverStrip Gloss was applied to multiple classrooms and hallways during the past Summer, said Rich, as well as a large multi-purpose room with 10+ year old sheet vinyl. Rich pulled the trigger on these applications after a 6-month Pilot.

Maintaining LVT within schools is easy to do and is low cost with NeverStrip Vinyl Seal™, a NeverStrip Micron Coating.

NeverStrip Floor Coatings (“NeverStrip”) recently interviewed an architect, who asked the question, is LVT the Right Choice for Schools?

The Architect wishes to be unnamed, concerning her recent experiences with newly installed LVT (luxury vinyl tiles) at K-12 schools.

She said:

“Our firm is heavily involved with K-12 education. She asked, "Is LVT the right choice for schools?"

Clients have been running into issues with LVT and its maintenance. I am not sure what to do.

I am questioning the suitability of LVT within education, and if possible, I am trying to get away from it.”

When asked if her concerns were with any specific LVT manufacturer, she said, “Across the board.”

She said, “LVT is not holding up in the hallways and classrooms. The hallways with foot traffic always look dirty. The LVT seems to hold dirt. The classrooms are quickly scratched from the chairs.”

She went on to say, “Schools are familiar with VCT (vinyl composite tile) with the maintenance of a thick layer of wax. The wax took the abuse and then got stripped, recoated and buffed each summer. LVT is harder than wax. What happens when the LVT gets scratched or abused? How does one refresh LVT after it has been abused?”

Linoleum is a green, sustainable flooring choice. Demanding commercial traffic will scratch and dull any flooring. Linoleum is no exception.

BMW Janitorial in southeast Iowa is using NeverStrip Vinyl Seal to produce “Big City” benefits for its grocery store clients.

Brian M. Warning, said: “I have been using traditional stripping and waxing procedures for over 10 years. NeverStrip Vinyl Seal is a game changer. As you strip a floor for the last time and apply Vinyl Seal, you can fully appreciate how this changes floor maintenance, Forever!”

Why Replace Wax with NeverStrip Vinyl Seal?

This floor sealer offers an improved appearance: every day, week and month

NeverStrip Vinyl Seal helps to reduce Interference: for customers, employees and management

This best floor sealer offers lower costs: labor, equipment, pads, chemicals and strippers

How to refresh Luxury Vinyl Tile, or LVT, is a question being asked more and more. It’s a concern of facility owners worldwide.

LVT is the most popular, rapidly growing type of flooring in the world. It is taking market share away from all other types of flooring, especially carpet and VCT. But, what does one do when the LVT stains or scratches? Most LVT is treated with a UV-cured urethane in the factory. This flooring and urethane are not meant to be refreshed in-place in the field after installation.

So, what is one to do when the floor becomes stained from yellow mustard, betadine, red wine, etc. etc. What about scratching from improper chair glides, walkers with plastic leg tips, or a pebble stuck to the bottom of a shoe?

What is needed is a process to remove the stain or buff out the scratch, and then easily and cost effectively apply a flooring sealer to refresh the flooring to a like-new appearance. What is also needed is a resilient floor sealer to protect the luxury vinyl tile or LVT from ongoing abuse, while bringing out the richness of the floor and its colors.

NeverStrip Floor Coating’s Micron Sealer, Vinyl Seal, is used to seal, protect and maintain luxury vinyl tile. It enriches the colors, provides an attractive sheen, and refreshes worn out, stained, or scratched LVT. We invite you to try our LVT floor sealer to protect it from scratches and refresh its look. Order online today!

Choosing the correct commercial floor coating for your business is essential to ensure your floors' long-lasting and durable quality. If you're in the market for the best LVT floor sealer, look no further! NeverStrip Micron Sealers are thin, inorganic-compound coatings designed for durability across different industries. They provide many benefits, including easier cleaning and better sealing of seams without the need for any stripping. Keep reading to learn more about the benefits of NeverStrip Micron Sealers!

NeverStrip Vinyl Seal in Grocery Store Versus Wax

NeverStrip Vinyl Seal replaces conventional floor finish or wax on VCT flooring at an Iowa grocery store.

Vinyl Seal benefits versus wax include:

– Much more rapid dry times (5-minutes versus 20-40 minutes for wax)

– Our floor sealants offer less burnishing frequency, we have seen 70% reduction of burnishing

– Eliminate ongoing stripping, no need to strip but easy to do

– Less scrub and recoats with this best floor coating

– Superior coverage per gallon of product

– Our floor sealant offers better protection against scratching, scuffing and staining

– Less life cycle cost per sq. foot

NeverStrip Vinyl Seal is designed for resilient flooring such as VCT, LVT and rubber. It is an outstanding choice to replace wax or conventional floor finish.

Vinyl Seal is part of the NeverStrip family of Micron Coatings. These coatings are super thin and are inorganic based. Wax is made from oil. Vinyl Seal is not. An example of inorganic is minerals, such as granite or marble.

Improve LVT TractionImprove LVT Traction

NeverStrip Vinyl Seal (“Vinyl Seal”) is used to improve LVT traction. This resilient floor sealant is a member of NeverStrip Floor Coatings (“NeverStrip”) Family of Micron Coatings. Vinyl Seal is to be used on resilient flooring including luxury vinyl tile (“LVT”), vinyl composition tile (“VCT”), linoleum and rubber. Use Vinyl Seal to improve LVT traction for commercial environments which require a higher coefficient of friction.

Vinyl Seal is applied “Micron” thin at 3,000 to 5,000 sq. feet per gallon per coat. Coverage is largely dependent on the applicator and the floor’s porosity. Typically, two applications of the floor sealant are desired. A light mist of our top-rated flooring sealant is applied with a hand or pump-up sprayer, and the LTV sealant is spread thin using a looped microfiber pad. This ultra-thin or Micron-thin application allows for the texture of the floor to be retained, which is especially attractive for embossed or textured LVT.

Vinyl Seal has inherent, attractive wet traction properties regardless of the surface or smoothness of the floor. Testing has shown the use of Vinyl Seal improves traction on essentially any floor without the use of aggregate or added texture. Vinyl Seal is used to improve LVT traction.

Longer Lasting Gym Floor Urethane Coatings for Demanding Schools

Schools have learned there are longer lasting gym floor urethane coatings available for demanding schools. These NeverStrip products replace the use of conventional gym floor urethane products, which require annual applications. NeverStrip Gloss, Satin or Matte are typically re applied once every 5 years versus annually.

A Kansas City entertainment venue was interested in sealing ProtectAll Flooring. During 2018, 2,500 square feet of Protect-All flooring was installed. The facility selected the Protect-All flooring for its sound absorbing properties, durability and high traction. The facility selected the NeverStrip Micron coatings to be applied onto the ProtectAll flooring for their appearance, clean-ability and traction.