Wood Floor Care and Cleaning
Hardwood floors add a feeling of tradition and elegance to your home, but they require different care and maintenance than vinyl or carpet flooring.
Floor Cleaning
Wood floors should be swept as often as necessary, and dusted or damp-mopped weekly. Never use a wet mop on a wood floor. Excessive water will dull the shine and can damage the floor. If your floors require more than a light cleaning, use a cleaning product designed for the type of finish you have.
Wax finishes should be cleaned with a solvent-based cleaner and liquid wax. Polyurethane-sealed floors rarely require more than light surface cleaning.
Floor Care
Before
Wood floors must be re-sealed occasionally. Depending on the type of sealant used and the level of traffic, you may need to re-seal your wood floors once or twice per year.
Wax-sealed floors should be buffed regularly to maintain their shine. If buffing is no longer effective, it may be time to re-wax the floor.
If simple dusting or vacuuming does not restore the original shine to your polyurethane-coated floors, you will need to re-seal them.
Prevent scratches and nicks in your wood floors by placing felt pads under furniture legs. Use pads with adhesive backings for chairs other furniture pieces that will be moved frequently.
Wood Floor Cleaning Cost
After
When your wood floors need to be deeply cleaned and re-sealed, it is often best to call in a professional, especially if you have wax-sealed floors. Buffing wax-sealed floors requires specialized equipment you may not have, and the cost of renting the equipment, plus the time investment, makes hiring a cleaning crew a smart choice. Depending on your square footage and how much work your floors need, the wood floor cleaning cost may be as little as a few hundred dollars.
Caring for your wood floors regularly, and having them professionally cleaned and resealed annually will keep your home looking its best throughout the year.
About Vince Sandri
Vince Sandri is a content writer and blogger with more than 12 years of experience. His expertise is in creating content related to disaster restoration, including information about preventing and reacting to natural disasters like flooding, water damage, fire and smoke damage, mold growth, storm damage and more.
Vince has been the main contributor to RestorationMasterFinder.com since 2014. Over that time, he has written numerous service pages and blogs for disaster restoration providers featured on RestorationMasterFinder.com. Vince has done extensive research and covered a wide range of topics relating to disaster restoration to help homeowners, business owners, and property managers better protect their property. He understands the problems that disasters like flooding, fire, smoke, and mold can cause as well as the best ways to respond to these issues to limit the damage.
Vince completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at Aurora University and his master’s degree at DePaul University. He has been writing SEO website pages, blogs, and press releases since 2012. Vince is also a musician and can be seen playing in the Chicago, IL area.
