Cleaning waxed floors
Q: We recently removed 20-year-old carpet to reveal beautiful stained (and, we presume waxed) oak hardwood floors; however, the rubber padding imprints can be seen and the floor is extremely dirty. Some areas show wear more than others - i.e. stair treads and in areas in front of closets. My husband has started using Imperial Cleaner & Spot Remover (petroleum distillate) to clean the flooring, followed by Windex. Can you believe it? I think this is taking off the finish and have asked him to STOP until we really know how to go about this. We have checked into resanding the entire floor area and applying a polyurethane finish, but the salesman couldn’t believe what good condition our floors were in and said that it really wasn’t necessary at this time. How do we best clean the floors?
A: IF it is a wax finish, I would suggest using Dura Seal Renovator. www.duraseal.com.
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