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How does one clean them effectively ??? Help. I have tried some of the stuff at the store - the spray and mop kind. It ends up making the area look dullish. I want my floors to be clean and shiny again. Let me know what works for you.
When I bought my house (new build) the crew that cleaned inventory homes told me they just used a damp wash cloth and a broom to damp mop the floors. They used dish wash water (like a tiny bit of Joy in a sink full of water) to dampen the wash cloth and used a broom to push the wash cloth across the floor.
I personally like my kitchen to SMELL fresh as well so I have experimented with scented cleaners.
The best I have found in Pledge for floors in the yellow squirt bottle. I use a micro fiber mop cover dampen with water then that Pledge hardwood floor cleaner.
It is okay, I also have had some luck with the Bona hardwood floor cleaning system.
But honestly nothing leaves the floor totally haze free like the damp wash cloth with a bit of dish washing soap in a sink full of water.
It largely depends on the type of hardwood floor finish you have. If you have any kind of unfinished, waxed, or oiled wood floors, I beg you, please please please do NOT use Pledge! It will strip the finish and leave your wood looking dull. Read the warning label on the back of the bottle and it specifically says it is not for these types of floors.
How does one clean them effectively ??? Help. I have tried some of the stuff at the store - the spray and mop kind. It ends up making the area look dullish. I want my floors to be clean and shiny again. Let me know what works for you.
I, too, made that mistake and wound up with dull looking floors. I read somewhere, maybe in these forums, that a mild solution of vinegar and water is good--so I tried it. I don't strictly measure, but about a couple of tablespoons of vinegar, or so, to about a cup of water--I put that in a spray bottle and dampen one of those wide microfiber mops. I squirt a little area at a time, then mop it. Though it took a few moppings, it worked great and most of the dullness has left. I hate the smell of vinegar, but am very pleased with the results--no harm at all to the floors. I have six inside dogs, and the vinegar helps with that also, plus its very economical--not need wasting your money on over-priced floor cleaners that don't work that well.
As a side note, I've also began adding one half-to one cup of vinegar to clothes during the wash cycle I find they come out softer, as the vinegar retards soap film and residue from them. If you research vinegar, you'll see all kinds of uses for it as a cleaner, and it really does a great job.
eeek .... I have probably already violated most of the do nots on that list.
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??? Help. I have tried some of the stuff at the store - the spray and mop kind. It ends up making the area look dullish. I want my floors to be clean and shiny again. Let me know what works for you.
