What color of Floor cleaning pad do I need?
Choosing the right color of floor cleaning pad is important, get it wrong and you could potentially remove the finish from your flooring or even damage it.
The type of pad that you need will depend on the type of flooring that you have and your cleaning routine. The below table should be used only as a guide to choosing the correct type of floor pad.
- White This pad is very fine and designed for dry polishing of floors or light water spray polishing for a super high gloss.
- Red – This floor pad is slightly coarser than the white pad and designed for cleaning, and spray buffing, will remove scuff marks due to its slightly coarser finish.
- Blue – This moderate floor pad is ideal for scrubbing floors and heavy-duty spray cleaning applications, its course texture will remove top layers of finish that may be soiled.
- Green – This pad is getting fairly course, ideal for heavy duty scrubbing and light stripping work.
- Black – Heavy duty coarse stripping pad, this is for wet striping of floors removing old finishes. It is important to keep this pad on the move as its course nature will quickly damage floors if left in one spot for too long.