In the last several blogs, we have introduced you something about mechanical knowledge of the floor scrubber like the motors, batteries and scrubbing heads. But there are no 100% matched and perfect machines to deliver a clean and shiny floor alone so we need a solution, combining the right machines and consumables together to make 1+1>2.

Read this blog, you will

1. Learn how to choose the right color of floor pads and how to maintain them
2. Choose the right brushes based on your cleaning demanding
3. Learn how to match the squeegee for your cleaning applications

The most popular floor pads are traditional super pads with the color of Black, Brown, Green, Red, White, Pink...Normally the pad base of these pads is made of non-woven polyester fiber. Some featured products like 3M Clean and Shine Pad or Americo Smart Scrub Pad, they’re impregnating some silicon carbide and mineral abrasives on the pad base to extend their lifespan and enhance the cleaning performance.

White and Pink
They’re the softest and least aggressive pads, you can use them for polishing, buffing and burnishing the floor. Good for the machine with 350 - 2000 RPM. They’re available for all kinds of floors like concrete, terrazzo, stone, marble, granite, PVC, VCT, LVT, rubber floor, tile floor...
 
Red
The most popular pad for daily cleaning and scrubbing, and they can also be used for floor buffing and polishing. Good for floor cleaning machines including single disc machine/floor buffer and floor scrubber machine with 150-600 RPM. All floors are available to use. BTW, for the orbital floor machines or square oscillating machines with 1000-3000 oscillating times/min, they can also be used for the same application.
 
Green/Blue
They’re coarser than red floor pads, so it’s better for deep cleaning cases to remove some top coating layers, finishes and marks but not enough for floor stripping. Good for low-speed floor cleaning machines like floor scrubbers and single disc machines with 150-350 RPM. It’s not recommended for daily cleaning on resilient floors like PVC, VCT or LVT.
 
Black/Brown
They’re generally the coarsest and most aggressive pads, these dark-color pads are designed for heavy-duty cleaning and deep stripping works. You can use them for removing hard stains, scuff marks, and coating layers. Most floor stripping works happen on resilient floors like PVC, Linoleum, VCT, LVT floors, so when you need to do re-coating works, then you need these pads to remove the old ones first. For these kinds of jobs, a square orbital machine is the best choice or they can also work with heavy-duty single disc machines with extra weights or floor scrubbers. DO NOT USE THEM FOR DAILY CLEANING.