[SML] Mopping Marley

[Richard John Archer]

No this is not a "thing" unless you had ammonia in the water, which could leave a slippery residue.    Almost all "marley"  (small "m") dance floors (I'll assume we are talking portable) are PVC.  Marley  (capital "M")stopped making dance floors maybe 25 or 30 years ago because of an inferior product.   All manufacturers will say to clean with warm (not hot) water or a mild neutral Ph cleanser ;  no ammonia---and they will be glad to sell you one.   You can clean your floor with a vacuum type floor scrubber, oscillating would be nice but circular with a mild (usually white) pad will do fine.  Someone would be glad to sell you one of these too.  

http://www.rosco.com/floors/flooring_facts.cfm

http://www.harlequinfloors.com/us/en/products/cleaning-a-maintenance.html

DickA
TD, Cornell U  (old enough to have used real "battleship" linoleum, original Marley,  and PVC floors by Rosco, Harlequin, and  Gerriets)

On Dec 14, 2014, at 5:31 PM, Randy Storms via Stagecraft wrote:

> *sigh* Nutcracker season again..  One of the (70-odd) dancers took a spill last night, and someone from the production blamed it on the Marley being too *dry*.  Is this a thing?  If so, it's counter-intuitive.  Anyway, they asked us to delay mopping the dance floor until one hour prior to performance, so that it would still be "not damp, but not dry, either."  I've heard of mopping with a coke solution to increase traction (we will not be doing this) but I've always believed the pre-show mopping of the Marley was to get it clean, not to deliberately moisten it for better traction.
> 
> Just sayin', the other 69 dancers did not seem to have any problems...
> 
> What sayeth the list?
> 
> Randy Storms
> Mount Baker Theatre
> Bellingham, WA
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