Floor Buffing Tips

Floor Buffing (also called burnishing) is the process used to enhance the appearance of your floor.  Generally the buffing process takes place during a routine floor maintenance or after a strip and wax.  In this article I will go over a few tips we use at Reflective Images to enhance our buffing process to bring out the best shine to a floor.

Equipment used:

  • High Speed Propane Buffer
  • Hogs Hair & Beige  buffing pads

Our double buffing technique!

Hogs Hair Buffing Pad

Hogs Hair Pad

A very common process we use after we have finished waxing a floor is we double buff it. First and foremost, make sure the floor finish is dry! A tacky or sticky floor can swirl if not properly dried. Once the floor is dry, we use a natural Hogs Hair buffing pad and burnish the floor.  This give us a smooth, hard foundation as we transition into the polishing stage. A sweeping of the floor is also done to remove any debris and dust.

Our next step is the polishing stage. At this point the floor should already have a nice shine to it. Now its time to bring out the showroom look!

We change the buff pad to a High Speed Polishing Pad. Generally a Beige or Aqua color.  We then proceed to buff the floor slowly to bring out the ultimate shine. This process is a bit more time consuming then the normal single buffing of a floor, but the results are seen in the finished product.

Other Floor Buffing Tips:

  • Always make sure your floor pads are clean and free of debris
  • Use the proper colored pads for the right finish
  • Always keep your buffer moving to avoid burning the floor finish
  • Be very careful of loose or broken tiles
  • Walking slower with your burnisher will enhance the shine
  • Always do a final sweep to remove any dust the buffer leave behind

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

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