What is the scratching and marring caused by standard school furniture glide bases?
Most furniture glide bases are composed of nylon, steel or felt. All of these bases, over time, will cause damage, in one form or another, to VCT tile flooring. Steel bases, either nickel or zinc plated, cause unattractive black streaking. Nylon bases grab dirt and sand on the floor and grind it into the tile. The sand and dirt ultimately embeds into the nylon base and acts as an abrasive sandpaper which continues to scratch the tile. Felt glides provide a temporary solution by giving the glide a soft surface protecting the floor, but ultimately the felt compresses and hardens, with sand and dirt embedded into it, and becomes more abrasive and damaging than the nylon bases.
