High Speed Burnishing

Purpose

• To maintain clean, safe, hygienic and attractive floors.

Required Supplies & Equipment

• High Speed Floor Machine (1500-2000 rpm) with pad drive assembly or brush

• 3M Floor pads

• Dust mop

• Dust pan and brush

• Mop bucket with wringer

• Wet mop handle and looped‑end banded mop

• Approved germicidal detergent solution appropriate to area

• Spray buff solution in dispensing container  

Process Requirements

1. Prepare area

Set up "Wet Floor" signs. Move obstacles such as furniture.

2. Dust mop floor

Follow Procedure 2.  Use clean dust mop.

3. Damp mop

Follow Procedure 3.  Be sure no detergent residue is present when floor is dry.

4. Machine burnish floor

Place machine in position. Apply spray buff solution to floor.  Move a straight line—forward and back. Allow a slight overlapping on each pass. One complete repetition—forward and back should be suffice.

5. Dust mop again

Pick up any dust resulting from  burnishing operation. . . Use a clean dust mop.

6. When finished

Remove signs. . . Return furniture and other items cleared from the area  their proper position.

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