Buffing new hard wax oil

[Ouch77]

Hi all,
We are laying an untreated engineered oak floor, and have chosen to use a hard-wax oil (by Blanchon) to finish it. The directions state it should be brush applied and then buffed in using white cotton cloth or a buffer/polisher with a beige pad.. I've borrowed a DA polisher with a 5" disc which I hope will take the sweat out of the job (there's about 30sq m in total) but I'm struggling to find beige pads - there seems to be every other colour, and they all state they do different things..

2 questions:

Is DA polisher suitable for this (it does have speed control)?

Where can I find the proper pads, if not beige, then what other colour would be suitable?

 

[opps]

Why not hire a floor polisher? 30 sq m is a lot of time on your hands and knees with a DA.

 

[Ouch77]

Why not hire a floor polisher? 30 sq m is a lot of time on your hands and knees with a DA.

The guidance is to buff as you apply, doing a board or two width at a time, so I feel a polisher would be too big and cumbersome for the first pass when there's untreated wood next to where I'm polishing.

I'm using this site as guidance:
https://www.peakoak.co.uk/wood-flooring-blog/how-to-apply-blanchon-hard-waxoil-colours/

 

[opps]

The guidance is to buff as you apply, doing a board or two width at a time, so I feel a polisher would be too big and cumbersome for the first pass when there's untreated wood next to where I'm polishing.

I'm using this site as guidance:
https://www.peakoak.co.uk/wood-flooring-blog/how-to-apply-blanchon-hard-waxoil-colours/

I see. Point taken. Having watched the videos, I would be inclined to do as they do and just use a rag. Less risk of splaying over onto the next board. All you are doing is removing the excess. If you do down the DA path, I would guess, and it is only a matter of finding a mop pad for it and using a slow speed.

I mistakenly thought that you wanted to polish the final finish.

 

[opps]

Oh... and this is really important- pad or rag. Do not discard it in a bin, there is a risk of spontaneous combustion.

 

[Ouch77]

Oh... and this is really important- pad or rag. Do not discard it in a bin, there is a risk of spontaneous combustion.

yeah, I've heard the stories.. whilst it sounds like a cool experiment, I'll leave that for youtubers