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To use a floor buffer, unplug it, tip it back and lock the pad driver on, then set the handle near your waist with your arms hanging straight. Plug into a grounded outlet, press the safety button and squeeze the triggers. Steer with small handle moves: raise slightly to go right, lower slightly to go left.

A floor buffer spins at 175 RPM to scrub and strip; a burnisher spins 1,500 to 2,000 RPM to shine a clean, finished floor. Here is which one you need.