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It would be nice if all products could have images and a description.
Gary, I was not a fan of the Oreck buffer to start with, but it has grown on me a little, but not as much as some of the others. I don’t think it works as well as the large buffer, but no matter which method I use I find myself following with pro spotter, towel, and elbow grease, so I might as well use the lesser of two evils and save my body. If Oreck does make one that rotates, I agree with you and think that would be a much better route for coorporate to go over the oscillating one.
Dave, I aggree that a rotating type would be more practical. I feel that the dual action tends to knot and twist the fibers.
Riddle me this. Will the stair buffer work well in the areas of the church pews where the big buffer will not reach. I found it a pain to drag my upholstery unit into the church and use the big wand between the pews.
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mark
Mark,
You bring up a great point here. I recently cleaned a church that was carpeted uner the pews and kneelers. This job took 2 of us 10 hours and we did use the Oreck under all the pews. This was the only way. Extraction would have been a disaster and there is no way the regular buffer would go between. It was a very difficult job but the Oreck helped a lot.The HB sold Oreck should rotate. If you turn it over and watch the plate, it should rotate and oscillate. It will not rotate very well, if at all witht he green striped pad however. Too much frictional loss to the working side of the pad. I cut the edging of my pad and made 2 pads from one and that way, you have a lighter pad, less frictional loss and it rotates more easily.
This had been shared many months ago.
Hope this helps.
Yes it will rotate, but if you apply much pressure at all, it will not. Also, if the pad is not exactly centered, it will not rotate either as any contact with the stair riser on narrow steps will stop it. A stronger rotational motor is what I think would be ideal. Currently, oscillating appears to be the main agitation method of the Oreck in most cases.
Dave,
That is exactly why I split the pads in half. In order to reduce the frictional loss and the weight of the pad. It does rotate using 1/2 the pad only and we follow up with a quick hand cleaning and vacuming of the back and sides of the step…get $45 per set of stairs and do much better than HWE.
The Oreck also, “puffs up” the crushed carpet fibers to a great degree. After either vacuuming or raking, they almost look like new. I NEVER will use a large buffer on steps again…too cumbersome and major accident waiting to happen. Someone will one day use one and fall down the steps and hopefully live…but be sorry they misused the buffer that way. Hopefully, I am wrong about someone actually falling, but I nearly did once or twice.
Nobles (Tennant) would never condone the use I am sure. Especially on the narrow tread steps. Very unstable and unsafe and too dangerous in my opinion…
This subject started out with the stairbuffer pads and has kind of gone back and forth with the stair buffer itself.
The – and o indicater switch to be on or off has wore off. This could be a problem when I go to plug it in. (not knowing if it is on or off) So, I created a way to solve this potentional problem.LEFT is off. RIGHT is RIGHT ON!
I hope this helps saves one a problem!
Hey Gordon,
If you spin the buffer 180 degrees, then left becomes right and right becomes left, therefor, right is off and left is on. I would have to paint a color on each side to minnimize confusion. But then again, my color blindness comes into play. No good answer for an old washed up hog farmer.
My switch goes up and down like the one pictured on the on-line catalogue. Do we have different buffers and hence some people may be comparing apples to oranges in their responses to this question?
Dave,
I may have an older version. Mine is grey & black in color. My lighted switch is on the top.Brian, if you hold it backwards, it’s hard to do the sides of the stairs and if it’s backwards, maybe it’s not the machines fault. Keep up the good work!
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