- Are you looking for a Floor Buffer and Scrubber tough enough to tackle any job in your Home or Office? Are you tired of scrubbing on your hands and knees because all the other buffers and scrubbers are too lightweight and don’t clean?
- The Prolux Core 13 inch Floor Buffer & Scrubber is designed for Home, Office, and Restaurant use. Designed in the USA by Prolux this model comes with the concrete & tile scrubbing and buffing pad for the toughest jobs. Features telescoping handle, heavy scrubbing weight (but large rubber wheels & T handle for easy use), & 50 foot extension cord.
- This smaller 13 inch model was designed for Home & light business use. Prolux also makes a larger 15 inch model for Commercial & Industrial use (for the toughest jobs). Prolux also makes versions of these 2 models that are LOADED with pads for nearly every floor surface. Please scroll down below to see these additional models.
- Unlike other floor cleaners the Prolux Core is designed to scrub and buff in both directions at once. I know cool right? Prolux designed it like this for deeper cleaning and no swirl marks in your floor. It is also designed heavy (so it deep cleans better) but is super easy to use with its large rubber wheels and T handle.
- SPECS – 13 inch cleaning path, 50 foot extension cord, 1 Concrete / Tile cleaning pad, designed on purpose with low 150 RMP High Torque motor for deep cleaning, and comes with 5 Year Motor Guarantee.
8 reviews for Prolux Core Hard Floor Buffer and Tile Floor Electric Scrubber Machine – 13 inch Home or Office Model
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James –
I purchased this cleaner / polisher for my polished concrete floors, and it was easy to maneuver and store with telescoping handle. The machine size was adequate for refreshing the finish on approximately 1300 square feet of polished, heated, house slab. It was due for a refresh having not been deep cleaned for 5 years. Having this machine around will make it easier to maintain for many years to come. With various attachments it can be used on smooth concrete also.
Joannie | Hambels Get Real –
Used this item maybe three times and now it’s not turning on. Don’t waste your money-can’t even return it
james –
No no me gusto para nada
bgibbs –
I’m impressed with everything but the brush comes off if I am not very careful. Also, the company cannot be reached by phone. Send emails back and forth for days and finally they agreed to send a new brush and base. I ordered a second one and it has the same problem. I hope the new parts fix it but I should not be asked to work on it for free. I just want it to work.
James –
I’ve never had a scrubber/polisher before so I thought there would be a difficult learning curve operating a professional (heavy duty) cleaning machine. Wrong. This thing is so simple to operate it practically runs itself.
Instructions: open box, remove machine, connect top to bottom until it snaps in place, connect extension cord, set scrubber on top of pad, turn on machine. Scrub, polish, wax, buff, sand – whatever your floor needs. Basically, that’s it.
The machine is quiet but powerful. Its rubber wheels maneuver the floor with ease. There was a little bounciness over rough spots in the floor but it just says (to me) that it’s getting into the grooves of my very old concrete floor.
So, my concrete basement floor is my first project. I doubt that it’s ever been scrubbed or polished professionally (see the “Before” photo). It had some dripped paint spots and some greasy areas from who knows what.
I mopped on a liquid cleaning detergent first and the buffer used it to smoothly glide along the floor. You must keep a firm hold of the machine, obviously, or it will wander a little bit. But it’s not a major struggle and it’s easy to control.
When you go to pull the brush off the bottom when you’re finished don’t panic if it doesn’t come right 0ff – just give it a good yank or two.
When I was finished, the floor looked very clean (see photo) – and I only scrubbed for about five minutes! It’s got 74 years of wear on it so it’s not going to look new, but I suspect that if I repaint it and polish it, it will look as good as new.
This scrubber is small enough to use in an ordinary home like mine even though it is professional quality. It has a very powerful motor which, I am certain, will tackle heavy-duty jobs, say in a store, with ease.
The small placard that comes in the box has a few whimsical messages (“Don’t operate the machine while intoxicated”) from the manufacturer stating that they are there to help in any problem you encounter, so I’m thinking they have a good Support Department. Also, they give you a $10 coupon to purchase accessories on their online site like pads (buffering, polishing, different types of brushes). If you refer a friend and they buy a machine you both get $20. The CEO says the company doesn’t spend much on advertising so that they can put their money into quality products. I believe him. If you need a heavy duty floor cleaning machine, I thoroughly recommend this one.
Helen –
This mighty little buffer works like a champ. I needed to remove a build up of old wax from my kitchen linoleum. This machine was enough weight to it and is easily guided where a home maker needs it to go to scrub linoleum and tile in my bathrooms.
I highly recommend it!
BM –
Updated 7/12/23: I took a star off because I tried using it outdoors, on my concrete patio, and it was not controllable. Moving it around was nearly impossible and it just didn’t stay stable. I didn’t get this for the concrete, but the product description says it works on it. Maybe they meant only a polished concrete?
I have around 800 square feet of tile I strip and refinish every 3 or 4 years, and I have experience using this type of machine. About 20 years ago, I bought a used Hild P 13 machine (looks like it made in the 40s), which stopped working on me after the last time I used it. It probably needs to be re-wired, but when I saw this machine become available, I decided to go for it.
This is my initial review because I do plan on refinishing my floors soon. However, I did put this machine together and tested it out. To me, it looks, feels and performs like I expected, but I would not call it commercial grade. It’s good for home use, but compared to the Hild, it doesn’t look like it would last a long time under constant use. Too many plastic parts, for one.
The Hild is all steel (no aluminum) and rubber. It looks very much like a smaller version the larger commercial polishers (which Hild also made) used in schools and businesses. The Prolux is all plastic and aluminum except for the motor housing, which does appear to be steel. The included scrubbing brush consists of about a 1.5″ ring of plastic bristles around the outside of a plastic brush frame. The Hild brush is made of some sort of natural fiber and is about 4″ around a wood brush frame. The Hild turns at 175 rpm and the Prolux at 150. The machines weight, however, seem to be about the same.
The included scrubbing brush is what I need it mostly for, so I don’t think I’ll shell out for the optional scrubbing and mopping pads and base. I think I may be able to just set the polishing pads I have under the scrubber and they should stay in place.
One main difference with this machine versus my Hild is the scrubbing is random orbital versus rotary. Not sure if this makes much a of difference, but I will follow up. I did notice, however, that this machine does not behave exactly like my Hild and other rotary floor buffers I have used. There is a operational style normally needed for these machines that says in order to move it forward/backward and left/right, you tilt the machine a bit (you’ll figure out which way with experience) and let the machine do the work of moving it in the direction you want. With the Hild, the force of movement is strong and felt as soon as you turn it on and you have to immediately be prepared to control it by tilting it correctly. This one doesn’t move with much force, making it easier to control, which is good for home users. I didn’t have a hard time maneuvering it.
For the price, I think the Prolux reflects the type of construction you would expect for what is normally a high price machine. I do not consider it to be a bad machine or value for the purpose I need it, I’m just saying I believe it would be a stretch to call it “commercial” grade.
Dan –
Great concept! No need for huge, heavy and clunky rentals or industrial grade polishers. I clean small offices and schools. This machine is light, reliable and so easy to use, carry, load and unload. Great find