Retro Renovation» how to clean http://retrorenovation.com Products and ideas to remodel your mid century home in authentic vintage style Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:44:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How to clean terrazzo floors http://retrorenovation.com/2008/10/13/how-to-clean-terrazzo-floors/ http://retrorenovation.com/2008/10/13/how-to-clean-terrazzo-floors/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:59:31 +0000 pam kueber http://retrorenovation.com/?p=5769
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    • ]]>     Kitty Mommy Susan, and others, have asked how to clean terrazzo shower bases and walls. Here is a start: Some pages from a great book, Twentieth-Century Building Materials, done by the National Park Service, edited by Thomas C. Jester. It’s out of print and wicked expensive, so I just got a copy from my library a few weeks ago. I try not to show pages from books – but will make an exception for this conservation reason.

    If I get a chance soon — or perhaps a reader can pursue this? — I think another route to get a good answer is to go to Crane. The two big makers of terrazzo bases seem to have been Crane and Fiat. And now, Crane owns Fiat. They still sell these today — and they are a BIG RECOMMENDATION of mine! — so they must have cleaning instructions. If anyone gets to them before I do… can you post the answer here? Many thanks, and good cleaning!

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