Friday, October 5, 2012

HOW TO BUFF/POLISH FLOORS

HOW TO BUFF/POLISH FLOORS

Purpose:

To increase attractiveness of the floor by increasing the gloss or shine.

Supplies and Equipment
Supplies and equipment used for dust mopping  damp mopping and buffing.
  1. Wet Floor Signs signs
  2. Appropriate Buffing Pads
  3. Floor machine: Burnisher


Procedures:

1.Prepare the area for buffing:
a. Place Wet Floor  signs in  locations near the entrances near the area being buffed.
b. Take supplies and equipment into area.
c. Dust mop the area you are buffing.
d. Use a damp mop area if necessary.
2. Using the floor machine with a buffing pad, buff the floor area by:
a. Start along the baseboards at the farthest corner from the entrance into the room.
b. Moving backward toward the entrance around 10' at a time.  Make sure to buff the room using a side to side motion using overlapping the strokes.
Note: When buffing a hallway, buff 12' along base board at a time on each side of the hallway, then buff the area between those baseboards.
Use a side to side motion in the buffing operation.
3. After buffing the entire floor area, use a clean, treated dust mop to pick up dust left from the buffing operation.
4. Clean your  equipment. 

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