<div dir="ltr">This link to <a href="http://thedancesocks.com">thedancesocks.com</a> will not fix the problem, but can help with it. Perhaps flyers can be placed on the tables at halls with known problems.<div><br><div><a href="http://www.thedancesocks.com">http://www.thedancesocks.com</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Rich Sbardella</div></div><div>Stafford Springs, CT</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 7:29 PM, James Saxe via Callers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">A couple people have mentioned wax as a possible remediation<br>
for sticky floors. There are several potential problems with<br>
wax:<br>
<br>
1. As with any floor additive, you could get on the wrong<br>
side of the hall owners if you use it without permission.<br>
Note also that wax, unlike, say, corn meal, will not easily be<br>
removed by sweeping at the end of the evening.<br>
<br>
2. If you have a finished floor, and there are areas where<br>
the finish has worn down to the bare wood, then wax can get<br>
worked into the grain of the wood, making it difficult for<br>
future coats of finish to adhere properly. See<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.waterlox.com/faqs/woodworking/apply-wood-finish-over-previously-finished-surfaces" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.waterlox.com/faqs/woodworking/apply-wood-finish-over-previously-finished-surfaces</a><br>
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3. When you sprinkle wax by hand, it's practically impossible<br>
to apply it evenly to the entire floor. Having (relatively)<br>
slippery spots next to (relatively) sticky spots can be<br>
particularly hazardous. If dancers apply wax to their own<br>
shoes, it can rub off onto the floor, creating local slippery<br>
spots. (My experience with corn meal, btw, is that it tends<br>
to get more evenly spread around floor by dancers feet than<br>
dance wax does, though it's still hardly perfect in this<br>
regard.)<br>
<br>
<br>
I have occasionally danced on floors that were waxed and<br>
machine buffed with good results, but note the following<br>
contrasts with the situations described above:<br>
<br>
* The machine buffing spread the wax uniformly, avoiding<br>
local slippery or sticky spots.<br>
<br>
* Either the floors in question were never intended to<br>
be given given some other finish (e.g. urethane) or<br>
the wax was applied over a coat of finish that was<br>
never allowed to wear down to the wood.<br>
<br>
* The waxing was done with permission of the floor owner.<br>
<br>
Also, the people doing the waxing had researched brands of<br>
floor wax that would give an appropriate level of slipperiness<br>
for dancing without being too slippery. (Note, however, that<br>
a puddle of spilled water on any waxed floor can be extremely<br>
slippery.)<br>
<br>
--Jim<br>
<br>
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