WOODCARVING & ACCESSORIES

How To Look After The Wood Flooring In Your Home

You popped down to your hardwood flooring supplier, bought gorgeous wide oak flooring for your home, it looked fabulous, but now you need to clean it. What’s the best way to clean your floor without damaging it?

Actually, cleaning oak flooring is easy and the good news is that it won’t need much maintenance over the years. The ease of maintenance is actually a good reason that people choose a wooden floor. It will however need to be cared for or you may do irrreparable damage.

You can get away with quick, weekly cleaning with a regular bigger clean once a month.

Ideally you should dust the floor boards once a week. This can be done with a soft broom, duster, vacuum cleaner or soft mop. Don’t use anything abrasive or you will damage your floor, and this includes the beater bars of your vacuum cleaner. The soft brush attachment should be fine and will allow you to get into the more awkward places.

When dusting, make sure you get out all the dust, grit and sand from uderneath rugs because it can collect there.

For a bigger clean of the floor, once you have dusted (which removes abrasive grit), use a damp cloth (i.e. slightly damp) to wipe over the floor twice. Do not use a wet cloth because the water will damage the wood, particularly if the wood is untreated.

You don’t need to use any special products as hot water with vinegar will do well. Special cleaners can be bought but they must be suitable for wood and must be p-H neutral. (strong detergents can damage and dry the wood). Once the floor has been wiped, you can bring up a shine by buffing it with a soft, dry cloth.

Whether you floor is due a clean or not, any spills of liquids on the floor will need to be wiped up immediately. For this you will need a soft, dry cloth and you will need to absorb as much liquid as possible as fast as you can. Any heavy soiling should also be treated immediately to keep you floor looking fantastic.

Sometimes, there are things on the floor that cleaning will not sort out. If the wood has been damaged by stilettos or abrasive cleaners, you will not be able to sort out the damage.

You can protect your hardwood flooring from getting scratches in the first place by avoiding wearing high heels on it and by putting felt protectors underneath your furniture.

Additionally, if the humidity of your house is outside of 30-50%, you will probably do well to purchase a humidifier or de-humidifier to stop the wood getting too dry or moist.
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