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soupdragon
 Aug 27, 06 - 1:52 PM |
Buffing Pads
I know black pads are used for scrubbing floors but what are the other pads and what are they used for? i know there are white and red pads are there more? |
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OzzyFan
Aug 28th, 2006 - 9:45 AM |
Re: Buffing Pads
The darker the color of the pad, the more abrasive it is. Don't use the dark ones if you're stripping asbestos floor tile! Experiment on a spare piece of tile if available. I've mistakenly used a black pad on linoleum and had the color bleed out. Oops! |
spartanmopflopper
Aug 31st, 2006 - 11:13 PM |
Re: Buffing Pads
The white ones are for polishing, the red ones are for cleaning, black is the most abrasive- don't use on a waxed floor, unless you are going to strip it and lay new wax! Burnishers use the white ones, by the way |
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Nigel
Sep 2nd, 2006 - 4:16 PM |
Re: Buffing Pads
Here are some pads for 175-350 rpm...Black- Wet stripping...Brown- dry stripping,can also be used wet..Green- Wet, heavy duty scrubbing...Blue- wet,medium scrubbing...Red- dry buffing,spray buffing or light scrubbing...Tan- dry polishing...White- dry polishing or with fine water mist for high gloss...Some burnishing pads are ( 1000-3000+ rpm)...Blue, Biege, Aqua, Tan, Natural Hair, Pink.... The only pads I use are Black and Red and for Burnishing my choice is Pink. Hope this helps |
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soupdragon
Sep 2nd, 2006 - 7:47 PM |
Re: Buffing Pads
Thanks Nigel and all, I am a custodian of 4 months so this helps a great deal. The last thing i want too do is use the wrong buffing pad. |
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broom
Sep 5th, 2006 - 1:14 PM |
Re: Buffing Pads
also remenber that ther are two types conventional pads for machines with 175-300 rpms and poly thermal for machine with 1,000to3,000rpms hope this will help. |
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