Commercial Floor Scrubbers & Floor Buffers

Heavy-duty Floor Machines: What You Need to Know

Floor scrubber machines help operators keep vast swaths of flooring clean and shiny with minimal effort. Not only are these automatic floor scrubbers very efficient at cleaning large rooms, but they're versatile, as well. With a sanding or scrubbing pad, a floor scrubber can remove layers of wax from a laminate floor or finish from wood floors. By simply changing to a polish pad or lamb's wool bonnet, the same machine can become a floor buffer, polishing a stone or tile floor to a glossy shine. If you need to clean large areas of hard flooring, these commercial buffing machines are the way to go.

Common Questions About Floor Scrubber Machines

How do you clean a floor with a floor scrubber?

Heavy-duty floor machines have a rotating cleaning brush that scrubs and buffs the floor as an operator drives the machine across it. Automatic floor scrubbers utilize extraordinarily fast rotation to scrub all debris from the floor, while alternate scrubbing pads can be used to buff the floor to a shine. Some utilize chemical solutions to wax or polish the floor as they run. Consult the product specifications page for the floor scrubber machine you're considering for more information on how to operate the machine.

What is the difference between a floor scrubber and a floor buffer?

Floor scrubbers often use a cleaning solution and have a lower RPM than commercial buffing machines, which operate at high speeds to create friction and give floors a glossy shine. Floor scrubber machines and commercial floor buffers often have significant overlap in their functionality, so the main thing to keep in mind is this: Commercial floor buffers have higher RPM and more power than automatic floor scrubbers. Many of our offerings in this category aren't designated as one or the other, so consult the product specifications page to determine whether the heavy-duty floor machine is suitable to your purposes.