Flooring : Wood floors : Page 1

A hardwood floor in any home is a special treasure that adds great value to any home. If you have hardwood flooring in your home taking extra care of it will be well worth your time as your hardwood floor can last a lifetime! When cleaning never use any type of scratch pads, or abrasive cleaners or you will be disappointed as they leave scratches in your finish.

Water damage
You can keep water from visitors and guests being tracked into your home from hurting your hardwood floor finish by using a rug with a water proof backing,  be sure if you place a rug in front of a door with a window that you use a curtain or over time the rubber backing will dull the finish.

Shine
To make your hardwood floor shine, use about one cup of vegetable oil mixed with hot tap water and lightly clean your hardwood floor with a soft rag or mop making sure not to wet the floor too much. Oil feeds the wood floor and will help it last even longer.

Vinegar
If you have heavy traffic in your home use two cups of vinegar and a gallon of water to clean your hardwood flooring. Use light amounts over the entire floor area. The vinegar cleans the wood. You can use this weekly or monthly.

Vodka
Before waxing your hardwood floor, you can mop with vodka so that the wood can absorb more of the oil in the wax and then the wax will seal the wood. While using vodka to help out your wood floor can be expensive, it is something that you only should do once every few years.