Lowering the SplashGuard to the floor will encapsulate the drive head and contains the spray caused by the rotating machine. This will prevent wax and stripping chemicals from being sprayed/splattered on walls, baseboards and other nearby objects. This helps to significantly reduce your cleaning time. You won’t have to “tape/mask off” all the baseboards and nearby surfaces before you start working, or clean all the surfaces after you use the Rabbit-3 for stripping floors. The SplashGuard is chemical resistant and non-marking. Centaur also makes a 13″ SplashGuard.