How To Buff A Floor With A Floor Buffer

Floor buffing is the act of polishing the floor to enhance its shine and its attractiveness. A clean and shiny floor will always reflect that the owner is a clean and healthy minded person, not to mention integrity and pride.

So to do floor buffing, you would need a buffing machine. A buffing machine, or floor buffer, is a machine which resembles a vacuum cleaner but has a bigger base and is often heavier as the motor used is usually large. It has a circular pad at the bottom which is used as a scrub or brush to dislodge dirt and leave behind a clean shine. Doing floor buffing by using a buffer product protects floor surfaces made of wood, linoleum, marble and tile.

The right buffing pad will depend on the type of flooring that you have. Most machines have a set of controls to adjust to the floor and pad specifications. Not all floor buffers are the same. Industrial floor buffers are extremely large and are usually used by contract workers who clean and buff large areas.

The floor buffer can double as a stripper or scraper as higher rotary speeds and the use of coarse brushes can strip off the buildup of wax, hardened dirt, or gum that is on the floor. When floor buffing your home, however, you do not need a large buffer with the stripping function. The regular home floor buffers work well enough, and the lower speeds can still handle the normal dirt and grime found in homes.

But before you start buffing you really should clean the floor first. Really hard to remove stuff can actually cause problems when using the buffing pad. Once you are ready you can spread your cleaning agents all over and begin buffing, or stripping, the floor. When you are finished you should dry the floor with a cloth or a dry buffing pad.

Once cleaned, you can start the final buffing act. This will require wax or a buffing solution depending on your flooring. Usually the solution is 1 part wax to two parts water. And that is all there is to buffing a floor with wax.

You will need a vehicle to take a floor buffer home. But one item you should keep in your vehicle is a set of booster cables. Another handy item is a smart battery charger to boost your vehicle or someone else’s car.