Floor care: scrubbing, buffing or polishing?

Three treatments that often get confused, while they each serve a very different purpose.

Choosing the right treatment saves years of service life

Scrubbing, buffing, stripping, sealing and polishing tend to get lumped together. Yet each treatment does something different, and the wrong choice can damage the top layer of your floor.

Scrubbing and drying

The basic treatment. A scrubber dryer applies water with a cleaning agent, brushes the dirt loose and vacuums it straight back up. Efficient for hard floors and suitable for regular maintenance.

Buffing, stripping and sealing

Buffing freshens a floor and removes light deposits. Stripping goes further: the old protective layer is removed completely, usually because a new one is going on. Sealing closes the floor again. This is periodic maintenance work, not something for every week.

Polishing

Polishing restores the shine of the top layer. That only works on floors suited to it. On the wrong substrate it produces scratches instead of shine.

It all comes down to the pad

By using the right pad or brush, almost any floor can be treated. Which pad depends on the material and on the condition of the floor. Have that decided before the machine goes on the floor.

In2Clean in Goes and the surrounding area

We provide window cleaning, industrial cleaning, facade cleaning, floor care and handover cleaning throughout Zeeland and North Brabant. From Goes, with almost 20 years of experience. Request a no-obligation quote.

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