[Tango-L] sticky floor

[Carol Shepherd]

If you have a painted floor it's going to be very difficult to keep it 
from being sticky (the type of paint makes a difference; latex or epoxy 
are the stickiest and enamel would be better).  Make sure the floor is 
absolutely clean; when we had dances in a bar once a week we had to mop 
the floor at least 2 hours beforehand to get the beer, etc off the 
floor.  If it's still sticky, a better solution than flour is 
hard-milled cornmeal (there are different types of cornmeal and the 
non-hard-milled type may just get moist and stop working).  Baby powder 
also works but not as well as cornmeal.  Obviously, both of those you 
have to clean up afterwards.  If you are thinking this is too high 
maintenance then I would suggest finding another venue.  The floor is 
definitely a critical component in being able to execute pivots and 
other moves well, particularly for beginning dancers, and experienced 
dancers will actually avoid dance events with bad floors, because they 
are a headache to dance on rather than a pleasure.

Ben Thoma wrote:
> What do you recommend to put on a floor to keep it from being sticky?
> 
> I'm hosting a once-a-month practica on a pretty sticky floor. I  
> believe it's just linoleum that's been painted black. For the last  
> few practicas, I've used All Purpose flour to smooth things out.  
> There are a couple problems with this: it's not a completely  
> effective solution, it's a pain in the butt to sweep up afterwards,  
> and it tracks all over the place. What are some other solutions for  
> this?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Ben
> http://www.freetango.org/
> 
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