Posts Tagged: floor buffers and polishers

Floors / Polishing / Techniques — No Comments
20
Mar 10

Glossy Floors in 4 Easy Steps With A Floor Buffer

Ever wondered how hotels and larger malls keep their floor so glossy; you know it involves the use of a floor buffer and some cleaning solutions. But no matter what getting that shine seems impossible. Here are the four easy steps you will need to take to get that Glossy finish on your floors, every time.

Step 1 Manual Cleaning
Always sweep or dust mop a floor. Use a neutral cleaner and wash the floor using a mop and wringer bucket. Check packaging to ensure that the floor cleanser is neutral, if it does not say so on the packaging, it would most probably strip your floors’ finish. Large areas the use of an auto scrubber will make the job easier.

Step 2 Restoring or Buffing the floor, also known as waxing or polishing
Buffing of a floor is often mistaken for waxing. Today wax is no longer used on floors. Floors are buffed using a polymer coating, which is referred to in the industry as a floor finish.  Before buffing ensure that the floor is clean.

There are two ways of allying the burnishing agent “Floor Polish”: Spraying and Mopping and Spray buffing

Spray buffing is done by spaying a burnishing agent onto the floor then using a floor buffer, the area is buffed. Once the burnishing solution is worked into the floor the shine will appear

Mopping is using a mop a restoring solution is mixed with water and the floor is mopped, allow to dry. Then using a high-speed floor buffer with a burnishing pad the floor is buffed.  There are various chemical pastes, spray and liquids on the market, ensure you use the correct type for your floor.

Step 3 Stripping the Floor

Steps 1 and 2 deal with the daily maintenance of the floor. Stripping is the process of removing the accumulated burnishing agent. Strippers or re-liquefiers remove on average four coats of finish, therefore thicker coats will require more than one application. When stripping have a separate set of cleaning tools for this purpose only, and mark them. Apply the stripping agent as per directions and use a floor buffer fitted with a stripping pad to ease the removal process.

Mop up the stripper or for faster results use a wet dry vacuum cleaner. Wash the floor at least twice before applying a neutralizer with a new mop and bucket. Do not use the same one you stripped the floor with! The idea is to remove the stripper and neutralize the floor not reapply diluted stripper.

Step 4 finishing the floor
Mopping is the preferred method for applying floor finishing, it is essential to use a mop that will not fray, there are numerous finishing mops available on the market. Have a mop for this purpose only, used mops will leave streaks.
Apply 2 to four coats of finishing agent to the floor allowing for 20 to 30 min drying time between coats. Floor should dry to a gloss, polish using a home floor buffer.

Repeat Steps 1 and 2 for maintenance.

By applying and following these steps will result in glossy and well-presented floors.

Brands / General — No Comments
20
Mar 10

A Floor Buffer – What is it?

The humble polisher has for decades quietly proceeded with doing its work, and although it has seen itself misrepresented in many cartoons and entertainment shows, it remains one of the most used and valued machines when it comes to floor maintenance. But what exactly is a floor buffer, and what is its use? Floor buffers are electrical machines used in the process on cleaning, maintaining and polishing floors. There are numerous models and manufacturing companies out there the most well known being: Eagle, Hawk, Kent Euroclean, Oreck, Onyx NuSource, and Sanitaire.

To really understand what a floor polisher is one has to know its purpose and reason for design. Floor polishers were initially developed to assist with the time consuming and often back breaking work involved with cleaning and finishing floors to a high gloss.
Prior to the invention of the floor polisher it could take one almost a full day to strip clean and polish a floor (only to have others walk over it and ruin your hard work). Because of this and the fact that many of the operators were and are today are undereducated the controls of the floor buffer were kept simple often only limited to an on switch and a speed control leaver. However today there are various larger and combination machines found that require skilled operators to function them. These have been designed to cut down on the human labor requirements that cleaning companies or larger corporations require to clean premises. Many of the newer smaller models found today can be used both for daily cleaning, scrubbing and buffing of ones’ floors, thus maintaining that high gloss with little effort. These machines now also come with an array of different pads allowing you to clean almost any non-carpeted surface.

Floor buffers are available in various makes and models, and the selection of one will largely depend on the surface type and size one would need to clean and buff, as well as ones’ budget. Floor buffers range from $500 to thousands of dollars each
Floor buffers are an essential part to floor maintenance. Used mostly to scrub, strip or buff tiled or solid floors. A floor buffer can also be used to clean and care for most wooden floors.

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Functionality / Types — No Comments
25
Feb 10

Options To Consider With Different Types Of Floor Buffers

Undoubtedly one of the best pieces of equipment to clean and shine a floor is a floor buffer. Because of it's unique design, a buffer has a soft pad-like material that cleans gently, removing dirt easily while shining the floor at the same time.

Let's list some of the rules you'll want to follow and the quality you'll want to look for in finding a great floor cleaning machine. Determine what the appropriate cleaning agents are for buffering. It's a known face that often liquid cleaning agents are applied to the floor just before the buffering takes place.

The agent will mix in with the dirt and grime on the floor, in preparation for buffering and making the process much easier for the buffer unit to shine and clean. Pay attention to what kind of rotary brushes are used, and what the maintenance is for them. What are the controls like on the unit? Check them out and the steering handle as well. Make sure they are great quality and won't break easily.

How does the direction control and speed adjustment work on the floor buffer? Make sure you understand fully before purchasing the unit. What size of cleaning unit will you really need? How fast? Buffers come in many shapes and sizes, so think about how much floor space you will need to be cleaning and budget this appropriately. Of course commercial floor buffers are quite large, and can cover much bigger floor areas in one run. They also can be used to strip floors, but these are only the most heavy duty buffers and are industrial sized and strength. Remember that buffers can be quite powerful, able to not only clean up the dirt in a given area, but also remove wax or deep-set stains.  I think they're fantastic at cleaning laminate floors especially.

If you are a home user, don't worry there are small versions available for you as well. These home buffers have lower speed controls and don't usually include the ability to strip floors. For home owners, using the right cleaning agent is essential in achieving the best cleaning rate and getting the most shine. Of course, the price is lower than commercial buffers. Home floor buffers are great for small areas too, like kitchen corners, hallways and even small bathrooms.  And if you need to clean your carpets check out carpet steam cleaning machines



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