Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike Roper on October 10, 2008, 01:23:30 pm
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A nyone recommend a terry or microfibre pad to use to buff a wood floor up and get rid of residue and final traces of dirt following spray /buff clean with red pad?
I wasnt happy with the results just spray buffing so experimented with a terry towel under the pad and it buffed it up nicely.
Mike
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Try using a Blue or White floor pad. These are less aggresive and designed for polishing. Failing that Prochem do a microfibre pad or as you have found just use a couple of terry towels.
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What sort of wood floor Mike, has it been polished or Bournesealed?
One of the biggest problems when using spray and buff is making the solution too strong, the stuff I use dilutes down to about 50:1.
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Hi Mike
17" microfibre bonnet
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I thought the 3M tan coloured pads were the right ones for wood ???
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Thanks everyone for your suggestions.
This floor is in a new nightclub only been down less than a year- oak block finished with Lecol 2 part PU finish.By the time I was asked to look at it they'd used a citra clean product which had'nt done the finish any good and caused a residue problem.I gave it a good clean last friday and applied 2 coats of Bona freshen up to revive the finish. Although they now use microfibre mops and twin bucket system the hammer it gets over a weekend makes it a nightmare to clean. Its the sticky alchohol thats the problem.
Hence my experimenting.They mopped the floor after the weekend but when I went in today it was a mess.I will try a tan pad , but how much crud can these absorb. Might even try a microfibre cloth tucked round a pad to shine it up.
Dont really want to go down the wax polish maintainer route as it will hinder any top coat application without sanding back.
Thanks,
Mike