Friday, January 24,1975
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University Daily Kansan
Floor cleaning poses problems
By MARK ZELIGMAN Kansan Staff Reporter
Maintenance of the basketball floor is the only problem with the synthetic surface in Allen Field House, Jerry Waugh, assistant athletic director, said this week.
"We are satisfied with it, but we're not
satisfied with the training process."
It's "train and erase learning" process.
Waugh said the athletic department had purchased a specialized cleaning machine at a cost of about $7,000 for the floor. He said it had been decided on the maintenance material to use.
The basketball floor was installed last summer by a St. Louis company. The surface is made of polyurethane and replaces the old wooden floor, the original surface. A 220-dyear oval track surrounds the basketball floor.
"For the companies that deal in synthetic surfaces," Waugh said, "their knowledge in sales and promotions is far ahead of their knowledge in maintenance."
Waugh said they were still experimenting with waxing the floor. When it was done, he said they would probably have gone back.
"We put on four coats of wax at first," he said. "The maintenance waxed the floor. So we took off four coats and put two coats on which, again, was an experiment."
wax turned the light brown floor to dark brown, he said.
Although he said he didn't know the expected life of the floor, Waugh said it was longer than that of a wooden floor. He said it would take more time to install cost costs were less than for a wooden floor.
The maintenance problem is a minor one, according to Waugh, and is almost solved.
The old wooden floor is being stored at the Memorial Stadium, Waugh said, and being restored.
"It takes more attention than a wooden floor," he said. "It takes more time putting the maintenance in place and less than it would can be done and resurface a wooden floor."
"We'd like to be able to sell it ourselves, but it doesn't belong to us," he said. "The reason we changed floors was because it had become so old with so many dead spots
Basketball coach Ted Owens said he didn't have any complaints about the floor conditions.
"The only thing that I regret," he said, "that because of the end bleachers being on the floor, it keeps the students on the end bleachers further away from the court than I'd like."
The disposition of it, he said, is up to the state of Kansas.
and so much dust around. It's questionable if anyone can use it now."
Waugh said there was some minor damage to the track from cigarette burns during the Yes concert last December, but it had been repaired. He said the basketball floor had been covered with a tarp and wasn't damaged.
"We're rid of the thing that bothered me the most—that's the dirt," he said. "The dirt made it hard to breathe. There was dust on the floor all the time. It was just filth, not cheese, but cloth, also, is pleased with the synthetic surface, especially the track.
fast or faster than anyone ever has in this
area in the 440. The track had to have
been done.
A SCHOOL PSYCHILOGY MEETING is scheduled for 7:30 tonight at 946 Oak, Ida.
The University Events Committee is looking into methods of protecting the lower surface. Waugh said. He said the committee would review the plans for purchasing a material to cover the floor.
THE ASTRONOMY ASSOCIATES of Lawrence will conduct their January meeting at 8 tonight in room 426 Lindley Hall.
THE AMATEUR TELESCOPE Makers of Lawrence will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Centenary Methodist Church at 4th and Elm in North Lawrence.
"We know we have a great track," he said. "We've had four people already run as
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