Forget the floor damage.
You don't use xylene because it's a suspected carcinogen and it isomerizes
to free benzene, a known carcinogen, when it evaporates.
Xylene vapors are heavier than air and stay in your reserve lung volume and
do The Bad Thing.
NEVER use xylene for cleaning surfaces. Not
Paraffin buildup on floors. Histology's worst. Problem solution:
1. Everyday, sweep and scrape personal work areas - microtomes and embedding
2. Put paraffin catching mats at key traffic areas - Change every 2 weeks
3. Have Environmental Services/Housekeeping strip and re-wax the worst traffic
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These work pretty well to keep wax from being spread around too much.
https://www.grainger.com/product/PLASTICOVER-Floor-Protection-Mats-45MT85
Place them strategically in thresholds and high traffic areas.
Unlike the blue semi-permanent ones you mentioned, which break down, when
these get dirt
After a ba-zillion years in Histology, I've found there is no substitution for
having the floors stripped every 2 weeks. The trick is NOT to apply floor wax
after stripping. We've also been currently using mats in key areas where the
most traffic is. This prevents wax from being ground into t
