The first thing you will need to do before cleaning is to figure out what kind of floor you have. If you are lucky to have a new sealed floor, it is probably a surface sealed floor which requires relatively little care. In case you have an older floor, you most likely have penetrating seal treated floor. Oils and waxes will have to be used to properly care for thisfloor type.

For cleaning hardwood floors, in the case of a surface sealed floor, you merely need to mop using a product recommended by your flooring manufacturer. Products that do not contain oil, like Oil Soap, are safe to be used. For this type of flooring, one soap and one damp mop would be a safe solution. Since wood floors can be damaged with sitting water, you have to dry the surface completely when you finish your task.

If you have a penetrating seal treated floor, you will not be able to mop with water-based products. Instead, for routine cleanings, you can simply sweep or vacuum your floor. Old wax will have to be stripped and new coating will be added, so your floor can have deeper cleaning. You can do this once or twice a year, if you like.

Stripper needs to be used and you should also make sure to follow the directions. Allow the hardwood floor to dry and try to ensure proper ventilation. Now you can buy some wax that can be applied on your wood floor and you are ready. Follow directions and apply one or two coats, or as many as desired.

And at last, we have an important step to do, to use a electric floor scrubber. It’s necesasry to use process like this so you can achieve beautiful shine and that the wax can properly sink in the floor. There are plenty of people who who buy used floor buffers since they are cheap and help them finish their job with ease. You may be interested in knowing that by purchasing the hardwood floor buffer machine, it will pay for itself after just three to four cleanings.

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