Choosing the right floor pad is crucial for efficient floor care. Here's a tip: lighter colours generally indicate less abrasive properties. For instance, White pads are exceptionally soft, perfect for polishing floors, while Black pads are considerably more abrasive, typically used for stripping or deep scrubbing tasks.

At Victor, we offer a comprehensive range of Buffer Pads and Floor Pads designed to address all your floor care needs, whether it's polishing, buffing, or scrubbing. Our competitive options guarantee an industrial-standard clean or a sparkling polish for your floors. Browse through our selection below and make your purchase online today. Need guidance on selecting the most suitable floor pad? Consult our practical commercial floor pad guide.

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What Colour Floor Pads Should You Use?

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Get the best results from your Victor Scrubber Dryer or Victor Rotary Cleaning Machine by using the right colour floor pad. Using the wrong colour floor pad can seriously damage your floor. To ensure you know which colour floor pad to use with the correct machine for the job, we've prepared the following guide.

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Floor Pads: Ideal for Level Floors

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It's essential to note that floor pads work best on relatively level floors. If you have uneven floors, a brush may be more suitable.

As a general rule of thumb, the lighter the colour, the less abrasive a floor pad will be. For example, White pads are very soft and ideal for polishing floors, whereas Black pads are much more abrasive and generally used for stripping or deep scrubbing tasks.

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White Polishing Floor Pads

The White Victor Floor pad is the softest in our range, making it gentle on floors. Designed for Burnishing and polishing clean, dry floors, the Victor White polishing floor pad is perfect for achieving a high-gloss finish.

Use it dry or with a fine water mist to produce a high-gloss finish. The Victor White polishing pad is made from 100% recycled polyester fibres and water-based resins, suitable for all Victor electric rotary machines, orbital scrubbers, and automatic scrubbers. We recommend using a white pad at high speeds between 300 - 2000 RPM.

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Red Buffing Floor Pads

The Red Victor floor pad is slightly more abrasive than the White pad but less abrasive than the Blue floor pad. It's a versatile option, ideal for spray cleaning tasks, as it remains fairly gentle on floors. Suitable for regular light cleaning and polishing, the Red floor pad removes light scuff marks and dirt while producing a high-gloss shine.

Made of 100% recycled polyester fibres and water-based resins, the Red pad is ideal for rotary machines. Flooring manufacturers often recommend it for use on Scrubber Dryers as it won't damage the floor or coating. The Red pad works well with both slow and high-speed floor cleaning machines, ranging from 100 - 2000 rpm.

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Blue Cleaning Floor Pads

The Blue Victor Floor Pad is slightly more abrasive than the Red floor pad but less abrasive than the Green floor pad. It's particularly useful for areas prone to heavier scuff marks. Generally, the Blue floor pad is recommended for periodic cleaning rather than regular spray cleaning. Ideal for school corridors or high-traffic areas requiring a deeper periodic clean.

This floor pad is suitable for lower to mid-range RPM machines (unsuitable for burnishers or other high-speed machines, which could damage the floor). It's designed for use at 100 - 500 RPM.

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Green Scrubbing Floor Pads

The Victor Green scrubbing floor pad is ideal for wet scrubbing tasks, perfect for deep cleaning or light stripping. It's more abrasive than the Blue pad but less abrasive than the Black pad. Use the Green Floor Pad to "knock-back" polish before re-coating.

The Green floor pad should always be used with moisture, as using it dry could damage the machine and/or the floor. Ideal for use with slower speed rotary floor machines at 100-200 rpm, it's made from polyester fibres along with synthetic adhesives that are not notably affected by water or cleaners used in standard floor maintenance.

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Black Scrubbing Floor Pads

The Black floor pad is the most abrasive in the Victor range, designed for stripping floors. It's ideal for heavy-duty wet stripping of emulsion polish and can also clean heavily soiled hard surface floors, such as concrete, when used with the proper cleaning solutions.

The Black Victor stripping pad is made from polyester fibres along with synthetic adhesives that are not notably affected by water or cleaners used in standard floor maintenance. The abrasives used in this product are synthetic and designed specifically for customers who want a denser non-woven pad.

Use the Black pad with slow-speed rotary floor machines at 100-200 rpm.

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Melamine Floor Pads

Melamine floor pads are versatile cleaning tools designed for use on a rotary floor cleaning machine to achieve exceptional results. These pads excel in removing tough stains, dirt, and grime from various floor surfaces, including scuff marks, grout lines, adhesive residue, and deep cleaning textured floors.

To achieve optimal performance with melamine floor pads, consider the recommended RPM range for using them with a rotary machine, which typically falls between 180 and 200 RPM. With the right floor pads and RPM settings, you can tackle a wide range of floor cleaning tasks effectively.

 

For guidance on choosing the right floor pad, check out our handy commercial floor pad guide