Flooring : Wood floors : Page 3

Tea bags
For a great shine, boil a pot of water, then add three tea bags to the water and steep for just a few minutes. When the water is cool enough to use pour it into your bucket and then mop as usual for a clean shine for your hardwood floors that will also help cover scratches.

Preventative cleaning
Use area rugs and rugs at your entrance doors to keep dirt off of your hardwood floor because the dirt will act like an abrasive to your flooring as it is rubbed in. Keeping dirt off of your hardwood floor is the easiest method for floor protection.

Always lift
In your rooms, with hardwood flooring, make sure that you never push or pull your furniture; you should always lift furniture to prevent scratches in the wood. If you are prone to scratches in your wood flooring from a particular piece of furniture, glue on some felt or cardboard to the bottom of the legs of this piece of furniture to prevent even more scratches.

Scratches
If you have scratched your hardwood floor you can hide this area easily by wetting a tea bag and rubbing over the open wood, or you can also use a piece of cotton or a towel and dip it in your strongest coffee and rub over the open wood area until you can get the chance to repair the floor properly.

Water rings
Do you have water rings on your hardwood floor? Take some mayonnaise and rub generously over the marked area. Letting this mayonnaise sit for about two hours and then wiping it off will clear up the water stain while leaving a clean shine on your floor.