Wood flooring can cause serious damage from day to day, especially for businesses and high-traffic areas. While wood floors are designed to be durable they can easily get scratched, scuffed, and damaged. For businesses, it is imperative that you polish your wood floors in order to remove scratches and scuffs and extend the life of your hardwood floors. When it comes to polishing wood flooring, it is important to have the right equipment. Here at Bissell BigGreen Commercial, we provide a variety of machines that can help with different floorcare projects and different types of properties. Here is a quick guide to effectively polishing your business’ wood floors.
Get The Right Floor Polisher For Your Business
First and foremost, before you start considering how you are going to polish your floors, you need to make sure you have the right equipment. For example, the BGFS5000 is a great tool for floor care. It cleans brick, hardwood, laminate, linoleum, and many other hard surfaces. Most notably, this machine is versatile, the interchangeable brushes allow you to clean different materials with only one machine. Of course, like any category, we offer many different options for floor care so that businesses can find the right machine for their floors and day-to-day operations. Aside from your machine, you need to make sure you have the right floor cleaner and polish.
Should You Wax Or Polish Your Floors
Polishing your floors can actually damage them if they do not have the right finish. Before you polish a floor you should test your finish if you don’t know what type of finish was used. An easy way to do this is to scrape a tiny bit from the floor in a non-visible area. If there is a clear material that comes up, your floor was likely finished with a surface finish. This means it is safe to polish your floor. But if nothing comes up your floor might have been finished with a penetrating finish, in which case polishing the floor could damage the surface. instead, you will want to wax a floor that received a penetrating finish.
Steps For Polishing Your Wood Floors
Here are some quick steps on polishing your business’ wood flooring.
- Remove Dust & Dirt: Before you polish you will want to get rid of any dust or dirt. Any debris could create scratches on the surface of your floor during the polishing process. So you should use a vacuum followed by a mop to clean the surface of the floor.
- Polish The Floors: Using your floor polishing machine you will want to work polish into the floor working in small sections. You want to completely coat the floor but also control how much floor polish you use. Make sure to plan your route so that you finish near an exit so you don’t need to walk over your polished floor.
- Avoid Using That Room: After polishing a floor you should avoid using that room or area for a short period of time while the polish dries. This can be difficult for some businesses so it is important to consider timing when planning your project. Ideally, businesses can leave the floor to dry overnight, but for properties that do not close you will want to warn customers, residents, or other people to avoid a cleaned area while the polish dries.
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