StarFloors knows what you go through in cleaning your floors and that's why we're providing you with this blog: Caring for Your Hardwood Floors!
Whether its pet mess, dirt, juice, baby food, or dust---cleaning your hardwood floors can be a scary process.
Although StarFloors highly recommends speaking with one of our flooring professionals before cleaning your hardwood for the first time, we wanted to provide you with some tips…just in case!
Keep you Hardwood Floors Clean and Beautiful by doing the following:
1. Vacuum and sweep your hardwood floors regularly. General cleaning once every week is recommended.
2. Lay down good quality door mats. These mats will help collect dirt, grit, and other substances such as oil. Do not use rubber or foam backed plastic mats as they may discolor the flooring. To prevent slipping, use a rug underlay.
3. Use protective pads or caps to put on the feet of furniture.
***Use Grandpa’s Money Saving Trick: Take an old piece of carpet and cut it into small squares. Then attach the carpet pieces to the feet of your furniture using Velcro. Now your floors are protected against your furniture and you can easily glide furniture across the floor if needed. Thanks Grandpa!!***
Cleaning Tips
1. Remove spills promptly. Use a quality floor cleaner and cloth
2. Don’t let sand, dirt, or grit build up on your wood floor. They can act like sandpaper on your floors and will damage and dull your floor’s surface.
3. Avoid using a mop on your wood floors. Too much water can cause the wood to swell and warp.5. Avoid allowing sharp objects to touch your floors: high heels and pet claws are two things that most commonly scratch and hurt your floors. Take off your shoes when walking on hardwood and keep your pet’s claws trimmed.
6. Don’t use wax, oil soap, or other household cleaners on polyurethane finished wood floors. They can dull hardwood floors and ruin the finish, making refinishing difficult.
Other Tips:2. Do not use any type of buffing machine.
3. For hard stains, look up the best floor cleaner for you specific type of hardwood or contact a flooring professional at StarFloors for more information.
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A plastic scraper for those gum spots? Won't it scratch my hardwood floor's polyurethane? I love the grandpa technique, by the way! It's definitely much better than actually buying one of those rubber wheels for your chairs. Those tend to scratch my flooring most of the time.
ReplyDeleteKathy Carbone
Hmm, wooden floors are quite sensitive, and they're vulnerable to scratches. Your Grandpa's tip is pretty cool! I'll definitely try that one.
ReplyDeleteAilith Blesington
You have posted some great note on how to care hardwood floors. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteEngineered Timber Floors
Aren't there mops and steamers built for use on hardwood floors? I would think with a well done finish some water would not be a problem but I guess overdoing would damage it. Thanks for the tips!
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