by JimmyPage 13 Replies latest jw friends
Ever slipped on the stripper? Had someone track through your wax? Lost control of your buffer? Passed out from the propane fumes?
I remember working with a fellow poster on this board one night at a KMart and he decided to grab a BB gun and take target practice at toilet paper rolls. He ended up hitting an overhead light so we had to find a ladder and a replacement bulb. Good times!
Yes to the stripper and wax. We used to do the floors at the Rite Aides in Washington - Baltimore area. Could not suck more, would get home around 4 AM and have to be at work by 6:30.
Also knocked a bottle of Windex off of shelf while running the buffer, note: windex dissolves wax just like stripper.
I need to scrub the floor at my business. We've got about 1400 sq ft of floor tile. Any recomendations on what machine to use? I remember the last time I used a floor scrubber it was a 24inch pad... just huge! I felt like I had a tiger by the tail.. I'd rather not repeat that experience
Darth Fader
I once had the power cord to a 20" Powr-Flite high speed get caught up in the pad. The bad part was the fact that the cord went between my legs, up my back, and over my shoulder. When the buffer grabbed the pad my ass and head almost met. It sucked. Oh yeah, I've fell too many times to count.
I haven't had any mishaps with strippers.
I would have loved to have seen that! lol sooner
Yeah, it happened at Alladdin Beauty College. I was buffing for Uncle D. That was a terrible place to work. Hair everywhere and you could never get it all swept up. You would start buffing and the hair would start flying. Gross
Do you think on an ex-mormon thread this thread would get any responses? Only on a ex-JW website. LMAO at the tiger by the tail comment.
Ever slipped on the stripper?
Oh, yeah, dear JimmyPage (and peace to you!). And the 'ol tailbone "tweaked" for at least a good week!
Had someone track through your wax?
Oh, heck no! I didn't play that! Get your butt OFF my floor (no, I di'n't just work a 9-hour+ day just so I could come here and have you walk your silly butt across my floor!! You would want to move... and do it now!)
Lost control of your buffer?
Yeah, the electric one. Tricky little cuss, that one. Actually chased me around the floor once...
Passed out from the propane fumes?
What, me "huff"?
Any recomendations on what machine to use?
Honda. Propane. If you can afford one. Nothing better for my money, dear Darth (peace to you, as well!)…
SA, of the used-to-have-ALL-Northern-Central-Cal-(meaning-from-Stockton-to-Redding-and-everything-in-between-along-w/Reno-Sparks-Carson-City)-U-Haul-floor-accounts-along-with-many-many-others-with-ex-while-working-8-to-5-job-and-so-hated-almost-every-minute-of-it-class (and I say almost because it WAS kind of like "vacation" when we went to Reno. Kind of.)... on her own...
P.S. The little center circle peice of the white (fine) floor pads make GREAT exfoliaters!! I've been using them on my face and body since 1989 and my skin is as smooth as a baby's... well, you get my drift. You can also buy them cut in a fancy little "teardrop" shape and packaged up all pretty at Wal-Mart for about a buck 99...
Ever slipped on the stripper ? No, but I've had strippers slip on me ! ( Actually, in 27 years in the biz, I've never slipped and fallen once.
Had someone track through your wax ? No. I lock all the people out. They walk on my wax - they die. LOL !
Lost control of your buffer ? Not the high speed buffer, but occasionally when stripping floors on lots of wax the low speed gets wild.
Passed out from the propane fumes ? No. I use a 1700 RPM electric high-speed buffer. No fumes.
I take occasional naps for an hour or two at some of my janitorial offices in the wee hours. Helps so I can drive rested
