ASTM D2047 was first published by the ASTM in 1953 using the James Machine to assess the “safety” of Floor Wax and Floor Polish. It was never intended to be used to assess the safety of floors, but because about 99% of floor waxes back in the 1950’s “passed” this nonsensical “test” with greater than … Continue reading “ASTM D2047 – an unreliable, irrelevant and worthless “floor safety” scam”
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ADA Slip Resistance Requirements
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that floors accessible to disabled persons be “slip-resistant”, but did not define what that means. Recently, theADA decided to spread badly-informed misinformation that mentions safety criterion from test methods that were withdrawn 10 years ago (ASTM C1028) and twenty years ago (ASTM F1677 and ASTM F1679). So apparently … Continue reading “ADA Slip Resistance Requirements”