Tips For Cleaning Your Wooden Floors

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Tips For Cleaning Your Wooden Floors
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• If your wooden floors are generally in good
  condition, then simply sweeping or vacuuming with
  a floor nozzle should be sufficient to keep them
  clean. You can follow up with a damp mop if
  necessary. Be careful when washing your wooden
  floors though, as using too much water can cause
  the woods protective coating to dissolve, and
  avoid harsh chemicals at all costs. One natural
  and gentle cleaning solution that will also help
  your wooden floors to shine, is ½ cup of vinegar
  and 2 tablespoons of furniture polish diluted
  with a gallon of warm water.
• Here are some more specialized cleaning tips for
  your wooden floors

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• Cleaning your oiled wooden flooring
• The manufacturer or store where you purchased
  your flooring from, will have the best advice for
  cleaning oiled flooring, and will recommend
  specific products for you to use. Do sweep your
  oiled wooden flooring regularly though, as dirt
  and grime can quickly become ground in. Dont
  allow stains to remain for long, and try not to
  scratch the surface with a vacuum cleaner.
• Use plain water if you want to wet clean your
  floor, or place a capful of liquid oil soap into
  a bucket with 8 cups of water and use that to mop
  with. Dont get the floor too wet, and after
  washing and the floor is dry, you can buff it
  with a cloth.

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• Getting the sparkle back
• Sweep or dry mop the floor first, and then place
  waxed paper under a sponge mop and work your way
  around the flooring, changing the paper as and
  when necessary.
• How to remove stains and smells
• Urine stains are particularly tricky to remove
  from wooden flooring, and the best solution is to
  sand it and refinish it, as the floor colouring
  will be so hard to match once the stain has been
  treated. However, you can try blotting the
  affected area with a cloth first, to get rid of
  any remaining fluid.

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• Then, spray a specialized product containing
  peroxide and detergent onto the area and allow it
  to sit and penetrate for at least 5 minutes. Then
  simply wipe it clean.
• You could also try using undiluted vinegar to get
  rid of the stain, but dont allow the vinegar to
  sit for too long.
• For more stubborn stains or pongs, you can try
  buffing the affected area with super fine 000
  grade steel wool and floor wax, rubbing it with
  the gran of the wood wherever possible. Hopefully
  it will begin to blend in and you can continue
  rubbing gently until it disappears.

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• The key to cleaning wooden floors is to do it
  gently and always follow manufacturers
  instructions, as they will know their product
  best and will have tested it rigorously. Theres
  nothing worse than stained or smelly flooring,
  but tackle it in the wrong way, and you can make
  the problem much, much worse.
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