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How to clean and maintain solid and engineered wood floors

12/11/2017

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Nowadays trend of using wood floor has become popular for its variety of use and beautiful gesture. The taste of the people regarding interior design and other aspects like floor seems to more likely use woods. So cleaning wood floor has become one of the most significant concerns for the dwellers. 
So the question that comes first is how to clean your wooden floor? Before going into details about cleaning, one must acknowledge the different types of wood floors that are: solid wood floor and engineered wood floor, have different methods of cleaning.

Cleaning and Maintaining Solid Wood Floor
1)    Maintaining Regularity: Dirt is responsible for putting a scratch and dulling the surface of the solid wood floor. So wood flooring needs to be cleaned regularly with vacuuming cleaner and brush.
2)    Avoiding Water and Spills on Flooring: Using water for cleaning may minimize the longevity of the floor as water is a threat for the wooden floor. So wiping with little damp mop can certainly do the job for cleaning the wooden floor.
3)    Avoiding Contact with Sharp Objects: Nails of the pets or heels of the shoes can put scratches on the floor. So to avoid high heel shoes can certainly help out.
4)    Protecting Flooring from Furniture: The tips of the furniture attached to the floor are responsible for scratches. As the center of the mass accredit on the tip so dragging furniture has a more damaging effect than lifting it.
5)    Avoiding Prolonged Contact with Sunlight: Excessive sunlight may bring havoc for the floor as it becomes the reason for fading and tarnishing of the floor. Precaution for exposing the hardwood floor to less sunlight ensures its attractive outlook.
Cleaning and Maintaining Engineered Wood Floor
1)    Maintaining Regularity: Cleaning the engineered wood floor is not a hard task to perform. It requires regular cleaning of the engineered wood flooring by a vacuum cleaner with soft attachment.
2)    Measuring Use of Germ Killers: Use of germ killer floor cleaning liquid can damage the floor as water is considered as a threat for the wooden floor. So, its minimum use with a mop will reduce the chance of damaging floor.
3)    Protecting Flooring from Sharp Objects: Rigid stuff including heel of the shoes, extreme of the furnishing stuff, the nails of the pets and other hard material may harm the wooden floor. Less use of those things and carefulness reduces the chance of scratches.
4)    Choosing the Right Cleaners for Varnished Floors: Floors finished with floor oil, floor wax or floor varnish need to be cleaned by non-abrasive, PH-balanced floor cleaners to improve the lifetime of the floor.
As always, prevention is better than cure. No matter how frequently this cliché is used, it is true in every aspect of household maintenance.  So, prevent contact with sharp edges, stains, and spills, pets and heels as much as possible. Nevertheless, be careful to cure what was left to be prevented. Clean your wood floor frequently to ensure its shine doesn’t wear off faster than the anticipation that you have for its beauty.
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  • Collections
    • Engineered Wood Flooring >
      • Modern Collection Engineered Flooring
      • Timeless - Engineered Wood Flooring
    • Solid Wood Flooring
    • Chevron Parquet Flooring
    • Parquet
    • Wide Plank Wood Floor
    • Engineered Ash Wood Floor
    • Engineered Walnut Wood Floor
    • Textured Wood Flooring
    • Versailles Parquet
    • Parquet Panels
    • Antique Wood Flooring
    • Wood Cladding
    • Wood For Stairs
    • Unfinished Wood Flooring >
      • Unfinished Oak Wood Floors
      • Unfinished Ash Wood Floors
      • Unfinished Chevron Parquet
  • Bespoke Wood Floor
  • Services
    • For Professionals
    • Wood Floor Installation
    • Floor Sanding & Repair
  • Information
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Wood Floor Grades
    • Wood Flooring Patterns
    • Wood Floor Finishes Explained
    • Hardwood Flooring Species
    • Wood Flooring Types
    • Installation Instructions
    • Wood Flooring Installation Methods
    • Underfloor Heating
    • Engineered Flooring Technical Specification
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