Spray Buffing With Oreck Orbiter and Zep High Traffic Floor Wax.

In this video we show how to spray buff a waxed floor (4 coats in this case). For those who don't have access to a high speed floor burnisher, you can easily give floors a quick shine with this spray buffing method. We show the Oreck Orbiter being used for this, but you can use a standard 175 rpm buffer if that's what you have.
This method is used to add a little wax to an existing waxed floor which has been worn or damaged, and helps to fill in small scratches and scuffs to bring back a new floor shine. Using a mixture of wax and water (50/50 in this video), we show how you can make floor look like it was newly waxed. Burnishers actually remove a small layer of the wax, and this method adds a little, so the floors will last much longer using this method.

[@sahanest]

I just purchased a oreck buffer for my apartment. The apartment hasnt been buffed or waxed at least 2 decades. Just some Mop n Glo with a mop. Do I need a red pad to first clean the floor before polishing with a bonnet?

[@jaywheeler1635]

You can get a red or white pad and spray buff the floor just like I did in the video. If your mop n glo is on the floor spotchy then you will need to get some floor stripper and a black pad for your Oreck and remove the old mop n glo and reapply some actual wax on the floor then start spray buffing with a red or white pad. Mop n Glow is not really a wax so it may or may not buff up real well when its spraybuffed.

[@sahanest]

@jaywheeler1635 thank you for your response. I'm scared I would ruin the floor w a black pad. But I will try it now. My mother who used to live in the apartment used to put a baking soda solution ( I think b.s and peroxide) to clean certain floor areas of the apartment and I noticed that those areas look like it's stripped, dull and feels rough. I'm hoping once I wax those areas the shine will be restored.

[@jaywheeler1635]

@@sahanest Let me know how it turns out.

[@BUCKSHOTSTV]

This was a very interesting and informative video. I just bought an Oreck Orbiter last night from market place. I’m exciting to utilize this little guy. I do tile and grout/ carpet cleaning, and bought it to help me agitate. But, I did a strip and wax job two weeks ago, my first time, and now I know this is a great method for repairs using this little guy. I would’ve thought you’d start from the back end and walk back out, but I see you start from the front and walked in. So basically the dilution mix of 50/50 dries as you’re buffing it out that quickly to where it doesn’t matter if you walk over it after a quick second of buffing?

[@jaywheeler1635]

Yes, when spray buffing the wax is completely dry as you go so walking over it is not an issue because its not wet, its dry. If you never spray buffed before make sure that your spray buffing on a floor that actually has wax to add more wax to the floor and not using this method to add wax to a floor that has not been previously waxed. Oh, and your dilution mix does not have to be precisely 50/50 but thats my dilution mix because I feel it gives the floor just the amount of wax it needs to overlay the wax thats already down without over-waxing and using far more wax then is neccessary just to get the top coat re-applied.

[@BUCKSHOTSTV]

@@jaywheeler1635 thank you for the tips! I’ll definitely keep this is my mind for any future wax work. How did you clean the floor before adding the spray wax?

[@jaywheeler1635]

@@BUCKSHOTSTVI cleaned the floor prior with a GPC of some sort and a bonnet on my machine.

[@BUCKSHOTSTV]

@@jaywheeler1635 thank you