How To Scrub Wooden Floors

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How to scrub wooden floors.

Do not shake but gently mix this then mop or. You can also use boiling water and two teabags to clean hardwood floors. The best way to clean hardwood floors is to use a microfiber dust mop to remove dust dirt and whatever other particles were brought into your home. The cloth merely needs to be damp not soaked.

Clean heavy traffic areas with a damp mop twice a month. Take a soft cloth and wring it out in the tea. Then make a cleaning mixture using 4 cups warm water and a few drops of castile soap or dish soap. Attack sticky debris asap with a damp clean cloth a mini squirt of wood floor cleaner and a vigorous rub.

Lift off dust and pet hair with a microfiber mop head ideally treated with a positive electric charge so it can capture negative ion ephemera. Apply a fresh coat of finish every three to five years. Keep your hardwood floors in shape by sticking to a regular schedule of maintenance. Begin by dusting or sweeping your floors well.

The microfiber dust mop will not scratch your floors as some vacuums might. For surface treated floors wet clean with bona hardwood floor cleaner spray. Saturate a sponge mop with the cleaner wring out the excess liquid until the mop head is damp but not dripping then mop three foot sections of the floor at a time using circular motions to draw. Sweep dust or dry mop daily.

Sand and refinish every 10 years. Clean with recommended hardwood floor cleaner once a month. Spray a small 3 foot by 3 foot area with the cleaner and pick up any dissolved dirt with a microfiber mop. Let two teabags steep in the boiling water for a few minutes.