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What is the difference between buffing and burning a vct floor.?
So your vct floor is not looking as good as when you first got them waxed. Now it is time to maybe burnish or buff them. What is the difference? Ok let talk about it. Buffing is when you use a machine with a rom rating of 175 to like 300 rpms. Buffing will get your floor shining again. But it is not as fast as a burnisher. So what is a burnisher? A burnisher it a machine that has high rpms like a 1000 plus rpms. These type of machines are way faster than a buffer. So you get a better shine and you get it done quicker than a buffer. So we use a burnisher I think people call burnisher a buffer sometimes for short.
But you hear people in the cleaning industry say buff then you see a burnisher. When I made this video in the link above I did not no the difference. So I had to learn.
What does burnishing do?
Burnishing will make your vct floors look more clean and remove light scratches from you floor finish.
How do you prepare the floor for burnishing?
You will need to sweep and mop the floor. To get the floor as clean as possible before you start to burnish your vct floor.
What pad should be used?
So for what pad to use. You can use white, red, pink, tan, even a gray hog hair pad. I know you are thinking so what pad is right for my floor.
So the lighter color the pad the softer it is. The darker the pad the more rough it is.
I have used them all for different jobs. If you are just learning to buff I would recommend you first start with a white pad. It is the softest and you can get to understand how it works with experience. Then you can move up to red or tan or what ever color you think. If you have bumps in your floor I would not recommend using a red pad. When I was a employee of a local school district there was a school that had bumps in the floor and another floor tech used a red pad to burnish a vct floor pink spots at random places in the floor. Yes we got it corrected but it took scrubbing and re applying new wax.
Can I use a spray to burnish?
Yes you can use a spray to buff or burnish a vct floor.
There are different brands of spray buff/burnish. They all help in getting the floor looking good and they leave a good smell behind. Then your building will smell good and you vct floors will look good.
If you need help or have any questions contact us.
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Cleaning Services LLC
502-403-3526
Location
522 east chestnut street
Jeffersonville Indiana
47130
Service area
Indiana
Kentucky
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