Protect Your Wood Flooring Investment

 Proper care is crucial to keeping your wood floor in tiptop shape.
There are three types of care you need to give your hardwood floors.

Preventative Care

Regular cleaning is preventative care for your wood floors. Keeping
dirt, grit, sand, etc off your floor will obviously prevent it from
causing scratches. It is good practice to place floor mats at
entrances, whether they lead outside or just to another room in your
home. They will trap a large percentage of dirt and debris before it
ever touches your floor.

Use felt pads on the legs of all your furniture and be sure to pick it
up completely off your floor before moving it. Too much sun can also
cause damage to your wood flooring, use curtains or drapes to protect
the wood from UV rays where ever possible.

Weekly Maintenance

Using a vacuum with a bare floor attachment is the best way to make
sure all the dirt, grit, and other debris that makes it past the floor
mat gets picked up before it can do much damage. Dust mopping is also
a great way to keep you wood floor shining. Be sure to spray any
cleaning treatment onto the dust mop head at least 24 hours prior to
using it on your wood. Sweeping helpful if you don’t have time to
vacuum thoroughly, just be sure to use a broom with fine bristles, you
don’t want to scratch your floor while you’re trying to protect it!

Deep Care

Eventually you are going to need to give your wood floors a deep
cleaning. There are many varying opinions when it comes to using any
kind of liquid on wood flooring. Here are some suggestions, just be
sure to make sure your floor’s finish is in good enough condition to
protect your wood before you attempt any of the below cleaning
techniques.

Water

Using a damp mop to give your floors a deep clean is actually okay if
your finish is in good shape. If the finish is intact the water will
never penetrate and touch the wood beneath. Make sure you use a wood
cleaner with a neutral pH and you should be able to get your floors
shining as if they were new.

Vinegar

Vinegar will make your wood flooring shine, but it won’t help with
grease or dirt removal.

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