The following tips on cleaning hardwood floors can help you spruce up your home s look during the school or work week.
Tools needed to keep hardwood floors clean.
Over the past few months i have been sharing with you various printables to help you organize manage and stay on track of your daily weekly monthly and annual cleaning tasks.
Use your vacuum s hard.
A microfiber mop pre treated with a dusting agent will pick up dust and dirt and prevent scratches.
If you want to keep them around for a long time you need to maintain them.
A good dusting pad attracts dirt microparticles and common household allergens.
Floors take on a lot including daily traffic and inevitable spills scuffs or mishaps.
A mop paired with a machine washable microfiber pad for dusting and cleaning are the best tools to clean wood floors.
The best way to clean hardwood floors starts with smart preventive measures which not only help protect floors but also cut down on the time you spend cleaning to lessen tracked in dirt place floor mats both outside and inside exterior doors.
For surface treated floors wet clean with bona hardwood floor cleaner spray.
Vacuum your hardwood floor once a week.
Avoid using water and vinegar soap based cleaners wax or steam cleaners on hardwood floors.
While i think it s incredibly important to have routines in place to clean your home you also need to have some cleaning tools too.
While i try to keep gadgets to a minimum around the house especially in the kitchen.
The first step in learning how to clean hardwood floors is removing dust or debris that can scratch or dull their surface.
Use a broom or hardwood floor mop for daily cleaning.
Spray a small 3 foot by 3 foot area with the cleaner and pick up any dissolved dirt with a microfiber mop.