Tips for Your Floors Care

Floors have to be cared for and the job is easy if mats are placed by doorways, however on sealed surfaces, and high gloss finishes you should only choose non-slip mats. Use a soft sweeping brush for general care. Remember, instant care saves much time and money later.
Never wax a sealed marble, stone or clay floor.These need serious care. Use only the bare minimum of water to clean these floors. It may be a forgiving surface but that does not mean total negligence, nor absolute panic over it. Wood flooring comes either waxed or sealed, and wax is not sealed. You can easily test for wax by putting drops of water in a hidden place - if the floor turns white where the water drops are, then it is waxed. This means you need extra care on its cleaning.

Waxed wood: is not usually cleaned well by detergents. Remember wax is removed by detergents The level of protection is less than that of sealed wood in areas which get a high level of humidity so that would make this a poor choice of finish for bathrooms and kitchen areas for example. Water turns a waxed floor into a skating rink. You can very lightly mop over the floor, to clean it generally, but it must dry very quickly, and will need buffing after. About two times a year, the floor will need re-waxing, so you must strip off the original wax first, using a proprietary ingredient, and then re-apply new wax.. There is no way out on waxed flooring - it takes much care to keep it looking bright. Your best friend is probably a buffing machine and a sheepskin pad, which should be kept clean by washing it.
Waxed floors can be repaired by using a very fine steel wool pad to remove the mark and then using a small amount of wax to even off the surface, but be aware that this will show until your next re-waxing.
Sealed wood flooring can be used anywhere but it should be completely sealed - and in areas of very high humidity it may be that it shows black spots. Sealed wood should not be repaired by wire wool pad. It can be sanded and re sealed if the floor is particularly bad. Sealed wood can be washed with detergent solution as a routine maintenance.
If you choose to mop your floors:
* Use a very weak detergent solution
* Wring your mop out well
* Quickly wipe over the floor
* Using clean water, rinse 2 times more
* Leave to dry and buff, if necessary
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