Cleaning Floor Pads

[ECBS Clean Team]

From Stripping to your buffing pads, how many of you have sucess cleaning them? How do you do it?

We do o.k. on spraying our hi-pro strip pads out after use, unless we get a bad industrial account. We just do it in the building we are at in the janitors sink. Now buffing pads on the other hand never seem to clean up very well.

Any tricks or tips for the rest of us???

[Kevin]

I always use both sides then discard. Im paying $4.50 a pad, I just add this in to the customer cost. For the time it would take me to clean them. I do not think it would be beneficial. Alot of the jobs we do, we always meet a manager at the site. I like to bring in shiny equipment, unopened containers of chemicals, and fresh pads. If there was an easy way to get all that wax out though, maybe. I have never heard of a solution. I also think the pad wears down with use.

[colin]

I have cleaned pads at a car wash hi pressure it works if your on to your next job the same night.

[logan5127]

High speed propane buffer pads should not be turned over. the ruff side is to go against velcro pads. They can sling off if they have been turned over. We simply lay machine on side and rake the pad with a scraper. We don't use spray buff however, which is a big cause of dirty pads. On our strip pads if wax is disolving properly there want be much on pad. We use until they don't work and throw them away. They are cheap and should not have much labor expense used on cleaning them. Just figure like it is used stripper and part of the cost in bidding a job.

[ECBS Clean Team]

I wanted to revisit this old thread. My question is more for your buffing pads.

Has anyone tried pressure washing them or doing the car wash thing. We buff as part of contracts sometimes & unlike strip jobs the cost of buying new pads seems like waste ( if I can clean them & even extend the use by a cycle) ?

Just checking.

[lemming]

I just have a nail to hang them from above the janitors sink then spray them down with some butyl based cleaner like speedball or speedex, then I go about other business while that soaks. When I get back I spray it down with hot water. It's only worth 2 or 3 cleanings. I work for a school district that has cut back on everything otherwise I wouldn't bother.

[janitek]

I've actually used a hose attachment from the upright vacuum and removed any loose particles after immediate use. Otherwise after using both sides I just discard. I've noticed wet cleaning buffing pads just softens the material and appears to be less effective in future use.

[rosalind]

Nov 8, 2005 18:25:55 GMT -5 ECBS Clean Team said:

From Stripping to your buffing pads, how many of you have sucess cleaning them? How do you do it?

We do o.k. on spraying our hi-pro strip pads out after use, unless we get a bad industrial account. We just do it in the building we are at in the janitors sink. Now buffing pads on the other hand never seem to clean up very well.

Any tricks or tips for the rest of us???

Well, For speedy, absolute discharge of wax build-up. If the pad is not doing the job appropriately, study your use of chemicals before applying the pad on the floor.

[David Bergman]

Janitorial Pads are the best & efficient ways to clean any type of dirt & stain in hand. It also comes with eco friendly chemical which are good for hands too.