How to Clean your Hardwood Floors
Besides vacuuming regularly, you can wipe your floors clean with a solution made for the type of floor finish you have. Various homemade cleaners and general cleaners on the market can leave residues that will make your floors dull, or create problems with the finish when the time comes to recoat your floors.
First figure out what kind of finish you may have. Does it feel waxy? Put a few drops of water on the surface and let it sit 10 minutes. If it leaves a spot you probably have a waxed floor. Dura Seal (www.duraseal.com) has a very good maintenance product called renovator for wax finishes.
If it is not a wax finish, you need to find an appropriate cleaner for polyurethane finishes that does not leave an oily residue. No oil soaps! Home Depot carries a suitable cleaner called “Zepp.” Even the Swiffer wet pads seem OK since they claim to leave no residue.
By Rachel Lower (RachelLauer.com), info. courtesy The Wood Flooring Guy http://www.woodflooringguy.com/. You may reprint this short How-to if you include this byline with active links.
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