The beauty, cosiness, and comfort of your home are often defined by the attractiveness of your favourite real wood floors. More often than not you can definitely improve the appearance and overall condition of real wood flooring without all the stress and mess of heavy-duty professional services. Additionally, regular and proper maintenance is the secret to longer-lasting, hard-wearing, durable and beautiful wood floors. Part of the maintenance and care process includes wood floor buffing.
Wood floor buffing may not be the most popular service in the industry. However, wood floor buffing definitely has its advantages. While homeowners usually consider sanding and refinishing project once the floor struggles with a lot of imperfections, you can be smart and rely on wood floor buffing. Wood floor buffing achieves the same effect of sanding the floor’s surface. However, wood floor buffing is significantly more effortless, less busy, stressful, and messy service. So if you want to improve the overall quality of your floor, you simply want to take proper care of it, and you want to experience a more enjoyable improvement project, wood floor buffing is the way to go. In this guide we share more about wood floor buffing so stay tuned.
Why Wood Floor Buffing?
Wood floor buffing is pretty much very similar thing to sanding, however, in a much simpler, lighter form. However, the concept of wood floor buffing is pretty much the same and consists of removing little and fine imperfections on the surface of the floor. Unlike sanding, wood floor buffing is designed to remove only the smallest imperfections. The final result of wood floor buffing is a sleek, smooth, attractive, and shiny lustrous flooring surface. Wood floor buffing is designed mainly for removing the part of the wood floor finish that is on the top of the floor and which is often affected by fine scratches and little marks.
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After wood floor buffing, you can consider a recoating or reoiling service, but refinishing is not recommended as wood floor buffing does not strip all the finish down and does not open the pores of the wood. So in case your floor is in an overall good condition, there are only some small surface imperfections, you are planning a recoating or reoiling service, or you simply want to improve and refresh the look of your floor, wood floor buffing is always a good idea. No matter if it comes to solid wood, engineered wood, or parquet flooring, wood floor buffing is pretty simple and effortless, achieves amazing results, it is stress- and mess-free, and does not take too much time. However, no matter how fun wood floor buffing sounds, you are always recommended to hire a professional wood floor buffing team and get professional help.
Wood Floor Buffing – Equipment Required
Good news is that wood floor buffing definitely does not involve such a wide spectrum of sanding machines and other heavy-duty machines. To ensure a smooth-running and effective wood floor buffing session, all needed is a stand-up wood floor buffing machine. This wood floor buffing machine will do all the job of removing the top layer of the finish without creating a lot of mess like a sanding machine. Despite the fact that wood floor buffing is generally easier and faster than sanding, you are still recommended to get professional wood floor buffing help. The risk of causing major issues when DIY-ing a wood floor buffing project is definitely not as high as it is with DIY sanding. However, the risk is still existent. Especially if you are working with a parquet floor, but also for all other types of real wood flooring, make sure to hire a highly professional, reliable, experienced, and knowledgeable company to deliver the wood floor buffing service.
Removing Wax Before Wood Floor Buffing
A big part of the preparation of the floor for a buffing service is exactly the same as it is for sanding – you are removing all furniture pieces and heavy objects out of the room, otherwise there will be obstacles for a smooth-running wood floor buffing process. However, when it comes to wood floor buffing, you also want to remove the old layer of wax polish on top of the floor. This step is fairly easy to do as the wax polish leftovers can be easily removed with mineral spirits or wax stripper. However, using such products may not be as safe if you are not experienced, therefore, we highly recommend you leave the job in the reliable hands of wood floor buffing experts. In case you decide to do this on your own, make sure to follow the instructions of application strictly.
Before Wood Floor Buffing
Before you continue with wood floor buffing, there are a few more things that must be done. First of all, the floor should be prepared for wood floor buffing, which includes in-depth cleaning it. Use the vacuum attachment designed for hardwood floors to remove the majority of dust and dirt and then continue with a dry or slightly damp mop. A good and in-depth cleaning will allow the polish after wood floor buffing to absorb evenly and leave the surface of the floor with uniform coverage of the product. You also must be sure that the polishing pad of the wood floor buffing machine is absolutely intact and not worn off. Replace the pad if it is ripped or caked with product, otherwise you won’t be able to get the even and sleek coverage of the polishing product. Wood floor buffing machines usually spin in a clockwise direction, so if you are DIY-ing the wood floor buffing project, make sure you are working your way from left to right in a smooth, sweeping motion.
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Did you know…
Before starting a wood floor buffing project, it is very important to know the exact type of finish of the top floor, because wood floor buffing does not work with all types of finishes. If the floor is treated with polyurethane finish you can continue with buffing the floor straight away. As we have already mentioned, you cannot go straight buffing if the floor is polished with wax and wax has to be removed first. However, you may not be sure about what type of finish your floor has. In this case, always make sure to rely on the inspection of a professional wood floor buffing expert. They will be able to tell the type of finish right away. However, you can also find out if the floor is wax on your own. Just find a small hidden spot of the floor, usually behind the door or under a large furniture piece. Then apply a few drops of mineral spirits or paint thinner on a dry white rug and wipe the floor. If the cloth turns yellow or brown, then most likely the surface has been polished with wax.