Refinishing; Sealed Hardwood Floor Applications; Surface Cleaning Sealed Floors - Oreck ORBITER 550 Series User Manual

3. Dip mop in stripping solution and apply to floor in a
6 ft by 6 ft area. Apply along baseboard edges first
or where there is a wax or dirt build-up.
4. Let solution stand for 5 minutes, scrub floor with
Orbiter Multi-Floor Machine and the brown strip
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pad. Use interior circle (donut hole) from the brown
strip pad to reach in corners and around door
jambs.
5. To pick up dirty solution, use a mop or wet-dry
vacuum. DO NOT ALLOW STRIPPING SOLUTION
TO DRY ON FLOOR.
6. Repeat steps 3-5 until the entire floor is completely
stripped.
7. Rinse area TWICE with clean water and clean mop.
Pick up water with mop or wet-dry vacuum.
8. Allow floor to dry before applying new floor finish.
Precautions:
1. Do not flood the floor with stripping solution or allow
solution to dry before pick-up.
2. Use clean mop for final rinse.
3. Change rinse water frequently.
4. Use damp cloth to wipe off any splashes on walls
or furniture.

Refinishing

This procedure can be used on most types of hard floor
surfaces, EXCEPT WOOD & STONE FLOORS.
Equipment and Material Required:
• Orbiter Multi-Floor Machine
®
• Black Drive Pad Holder
• White Polish Pad or Lamb's Wool Bonnet
• Floor finish liquid
• Clean string mop, 16-20 oz. size
• Bucket and wringer
• Disposable plastic bag
Procedure:
1. Place disposable bag inside of bucket with wringer.
This will protect floor finish from being contaminated
and chemical residue remaining in bucket.
2. Pour quart size container of floor finish into the
disposable bag. Amount of floor finish depends on
size of floor area to be covered and number of coats
to be applied.
3. ONLY dip the mop tip into the floor finish and wring
out lightly. Avoid dripping floor finish or splashing
on walls.
4. Apply floor finish in thin even coats. Apply FIRST
COAT of floor finish along baseboard edges and
cover remaining floor area in an left-right direction.
HINT: Only the first coat of floor finish needs to be
applied to baseboard edges.
5. Allow floor finish to dry for 20 minutes before
applying a second coat.
6. Apply the second coat of floor finish 1 tile width
from baseboard. Application should be in a crossing
direction to the preceding coat.
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7. Additional coats (3 and 4) of floor finish should be
8. Allow 24 hours for floor finish to harden before
9. Buff floor to higher shine using Orbiter
Precautions:
1. When using NEW mops to apply floor finish, make
2. Completely submerging mop head into the floor
3. Turn mop over frequently for even distribution of
4. Do not allow mop to become dry; this will cause
5. Apply floor finish in thin even coats.
6. Do NOT pour floor finish directly on the floor and

Surface Cleaning Sealed Floors

This procedure is for polyurethane-sealed hard wood
floors, not waxed hard wood floors.
Timberworks
all your hard flooring (not for use on stone, tile, or
waxed floors). It safely and effectively removes the dirt,
scuffs and grime from your floors to reveal their original
and beautiful luster.
Equipment and Material Required:
• Orbiter
• Black Drive Pad Holder
• White Terrycloth Bonnet
• Timberworks
• White Polish Pad (optional)
Procedure:
To clean hard flooring, including polyurethane-coated
wood, laminate, vinyl and linoleum floors, use the
Timberworks
Machine with the white terrycloth bonnet. Vinyl and laminate
flooring can be polished to a higher luster using the white
polish pad after cleaning.
1. Lightly mist a 6 ft by 6 ft area with Timberworks
2. Clean the treated area with the Orbiter
3. Floors should shine with a beautiful luster.
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applied to achieve the level of appearance desired.
Four coats of floor finish will provide extra protection
to the floor surface.
buffing.
Machine and white polish pad or lamb's wool
bonnet.
sure to rinse mop first. Foreign chemicals will affect
the floor finish.
finish is a waste of product.
floor finish.
streaking.
attempt to spread evenly. This will cause dark spots
and delay drying time.
Sealed Hard Wood Floor
Applications
Floor Cleaner restores the natural beauty of
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® Multi-Floor Machine
® Floor Cleaner
Floor Cleaner and the Orbiter
®
Floor Cleaner (a little goes a long way).
Machine and the white terrycloth bonnet.
Timberworks ® Floor Cleaner will not leave a residue;
any streaking or clouding may be the result of a
Multi-Floor
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Multi-Floor
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