Floor Pads - Color Choices and Care

[TheIbi1983]

Thanks for a great video.. it helped alot.... god bless you...

[thejanitorialstore]

@guanaco3208

You do not want to wring the finish mop head out, that is why you are having bubbles in the floor finish. Dip only the tip of the finish mop in the finish, place in wringer and push down lightly on the mop. You know the mop is loaded when the finish does not drip off it.

[BudgetHomeandOffice]

How can you tell what kind of finish is on the floor (hard, soft, or otherwise)?

[thejanitorialstore]

@BudgetHomeandOffice

1. Ask what finish is on the floor.

2.Go to an area in a closet or along the wall and do a scratch text. The easier it is to scratch the softer the finish is.

[BudgetHomeandOffice]

@thejanitorialstore Thanks a lot!

[thejanitorialstore]

@BudgetHomeandOffice

You can do a scratch text with a coin. If it scratches easy it is more likely to be a soft finish. The location in which the floor finish is applied could tell you also, a location with high traffic should be a high solid finish.

[thejanitorialstore]

@BudgetHomeandOffice

The location in which the floor finish is applied could tell you also, a location with high traffic should be a high solid finish.

[thejanitorialstore]

You can pick up the stripping solution on your last pass. You might use a standard mop and bucket to rinse the floor after scrubbing because you want the floor clean and using the auto scrubber to rinse on the last pass will not work well.

[thejanitorialstore]

@guanaco3208

That will depend on the floor finish you have on the floor, the harder the finish, the more aggessive pad you might use.

You might start with a white pad, then pink eraser pad, tan pad, to a horse hair pad.

If the scratches are heavy you will need to scrub and recoat.

[thejanitorialstore]

You can charge either way, by the sq. ft. [we charge .40 sq. ft.] or estimate your time and charge by the hour add in materials and charge for the job.

First you want to make sure there is plenty of finish on the floor before you buff, if not you may want to scrub and re-coat or you might strip if it is your first time service so you know what is on the floor. From there you can set up a floor program of mopping, buffing or burnishing, scrub/re-coat and strip/wax.

[thejanitorialstore]

@guanaco3208 Generally yes, but every job is different and different parts of the country charge different prices. $.35 is average but if there's a lot of finish on the floor that takes repeated strippings I would charge more.

[optimummike]

Just a warning about hanging pads to dry once cleaned: high speed buffer pads will stretch into an oval shape if hung while wet. You're better off standing them up on a bucket, leaning on a wall. If they stretch, your buffer will vibrate annoyingly at speeds over 1000 rpm.

[thejanitorialstore]

@optimummike

What we do is after cleaning is to shake them out to remove a lot of the solution before hanging on PVC pipe. To force dry use a wet vacuum and vacuum pad, hang, place in front of fan.

[wencesmart]

Hi, can you do floor scrubbing with a high speed burnisher?? I was planning on buying a burnisher but I was wondering if I can get the floor scrubbing and floor burnishing with one machine. Thank you

[thejanitorialstore]

@wencesmart

When scrubbing a floor you will want to use a 175 rpm slow speed floor machine.

The high speed burnisher turns too fast and it helps to have more weight on the front of the machine.

[thejanitorialstore]

@guanaco3208 The main difference would be the rpm's of the machines. A scrubber, slow speed, side by side, buffer or stripping machine will have a slower rpm such as 150 to 350 and would be used for stripping, scrubbing or polishing. A burnisher will have 1500 to 2500 + rpm's and would be used for burnishing or spray buffing.

[mikeluvs43]

Hi I just got a job the other day that has unfinished hardwood floors it is a resteruant and they would like to have there floors buffed. No wax, just buff them. How do I go about this? I own a burnisher what color pad do I use? to throw a no wax shine on it? thanks..

[thejanitorialstore]

The floor needs to have finish on it. You cannot produce a shine on a bare wood floor. On a resilient tile floor such as VCT you can use diamond pads to produce a shine without finish on the floor - but you can't do that with wood. What are they thinking, is this a restaurant? How is the floor being protected from spills and traffic?

[MrSammyWinchester]

can you buff painted floors?

What is striping?

and is wax the same as Polshing?

which pads are for polshing ?

[thejanitorialstore]

1 - only if it has a finish over the paint

2 - Stripping floor finish off the floor

3 - you apply floor finish and then use floor machines to buff or burnish the floors.

4 - depends. Talk with your janitorial supplier

[bonnellrock]

do you find it necessary to rinse with a nutralizer after washing/ soaking the pad in the water and stripper solution?

[thejanitorialstore]

No you do not need to rinse with a neutralizer.

We rinse well with water, using a hose and spray trigger. Rinse out both sides of the pad, shake out excess water, hang to dry.

This has worked very well for many years with no problems and we are able to use the floor pads over and over, then we cut them up for hand pads or mop pads.

[rayvangobel1]

thank you. we are learning how to bufff our community ctr in Canada and have found this video very helpful :)

[elvergon13]

Great video very informative

[lesterj2]

just bought a new floor machine... thanks for the Words of Wisdom...

[mcmastertile]

Right on. You just saved me a pile of money as I've been tossing all of mine out after a 1 shot deal. Thanks

[spiderleg13]

very usefull orientation. thank you