How To Clean Hardwood Flooring

How To Clean Hardwood Floor?

A hardwood flooring material has a great many benefits, which is why it is chosen as the flooring material by many people. However, not many people would know about the precautionary measures that they must take before cleaning the hardwood floor. Here, we have described each and every rule of cleaning the hardwood floor:

1. Remove the Dust Particles

First of all, you must remove all the dust particles off the hardwood floor with the help of a broom or a vacuum cleaner. You should sweep the hardwood floor from every corner, and make sure there are no dust particles dispersed onto the hardwood floor.

Alternatively, you can also remove the dust particles from the hardwood floor using the vacuum cleaner. You can vacuum the hardwood floor nicely.

2. Cleaning Mixture

After removing the dust particles, you can clean the hardwood floor with the help of this amazing cleaning mixture.

1st Formula of cleaning mixture:

•  Ingredients for the solutions are following:
• 4 cups of warm water
• Few Drops of Castile Soap

Instructions:
You must take the 4 cups of warm water and add few drops of the castile soap or dish soap in it. You must not shake this mixture, rather just stir and mix this finely. You can use this mixture for mopping small sections of the hardwood floor. Once you are done mopping the floor, you can dry the floor with a dry cloth.

2nd Formula of cleaning mixture:

Ingredients for the solution are following:

• ½ cup white vinegar
• one gallon of lukewarm water

Instructions: You can only mix this cleaning mixture – never shake it. You must saturate the sponge of the mop floor and wring out the excess liquid until the head of the mop is only damp. You must mop three-foot sections of the floor in circular motions. Thus, you will be able to remove all the dirt, grime and dust attached to the floor.

Commercial Hardwood Floor Cleaner

You can also mop the hardwood floor with the help of commercial floor cleaner. You should only by high-quality commercial hardwood floor cleaner. Any inexpensive hardwood floor cleaner, available in the supermarket, can pose a threat and danger to your hardwood floor. If the moisture is left in the hardwood floor, floor will be susceptible to breaking.

Things Not To Follow:

Never Do Them

You must never do these things when you are cleaning hardwood floor:

• You must not wash the floor with the water. It will ruin the floor forever.
• You must use “prescribed” cleaners for the hardwood floor. Any other cleaner will disrupt your floor.
• You must not utilize ammonia, abrasive cleaners or alkaline products on the hardwood floors.
• You must also avoid using ‘steam cleaners’ on the hardwood floors. Steam threatens the hardwood floor seal.
• You must never use the “cleaners” in larger quantity on the hardwood floors.

Conclusion:

You must follow these instructions in order to clean the hardwood floor. However, you must also abide by the precautionary measures – never follow those.