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<div>We are looking at our floor as well. What type/brand of floor do you have? We have a 22 yrs old Nora floor and it has shown similar signs. Ours is really noticeable when you compare to a spot that was protected under a section of casework for the entire
lifetime. That section is super smooth and reflective, the rest is rougher and dull. Our custodians vacuum and mop as a routine cleaning, however, when I reached out to Nora the first thing they asked was how often we were conditioning it. Nora claimed that
we should be routinely (every 3-5 yrs) buffing the surface down. This re-news the surface to a smooth finish and will not hold particles/dirt as easily. They have their own special pad and it just uses a DI water slurry and standard floor buffer to accomplish
this.</div>
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<div>I have a regional rep coming in to look at our floors in Jan and I will ask for recommendations on firms that perform this work. I can pass on what I find out.</div>
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<div>Phil Infante<br>
Cornell Nanoscale Facility<br>
Cornell University<br>
250 Duffield Hall<br>
Ithaca, NY 14853<br>
607-254-4926</div>
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<div>On Dec 5, 2024, at 12:49 PM, Paolini, Steven <spaolini@cns.fas.harvard.edu> wrote:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hello fellow Fabbers.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We are looking for a qualified company that can deep clean our class 100 (ISO 5) clean room floor over the upcoming holiday break.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Traditionally, clean room floors are never cleaned and coated as you would do in a commercial space such as department store. The abrasive process as well as the coatings, ( wax),
will contribute unwanted particles.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Since our clean room is approaching its 18<sup>th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>birthday, the floors could use a deep cleaning. Past efforts in cleaning up spills
that have stained the floor resulted in unsightly “bright” spots where an abrasive and strong solvent have been used. Our idea is to find a company that has the technology to abrasively clean the surface in a wet slurry to control particulates being released
into the environment. We would also be interested in learning if there are new technologies in coatings to seal the floor after the cleaning.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Should anyone in this network have any information regarding this subject, I would be grateful if you could educate me and my colleagues.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Steve “Equipment Dood” Paolini<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Steve Paolini<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Principal Equipment Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Harvard University Center for Nanoscale Systems<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">11 Oxford St.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Cambridge, MA 02138<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">617- 496- 9816<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="mailto:spaolini@cns.fas.harvard.edu">spaolini@cns.fas.harvard.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.cns.fas.harvard.edu/">www.cns.fas.harvard.edu</a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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