Hardwood Floor Maintenance

by ralphg on April 2, 2010

If you want your hardwood floors to have shine and maintain its cleanness then you must regularly clean and polish it. This article will teach you how to maintain shine and cleanness for hardwood floors.

The very first step you need to do is to properly clean the entire hardwood floor. Always vacuum the entire floor as the first step. You also need to remove rugs or small carpets as well as furniture. See to it that there are no nails, tacks or carpet staples on the floor. Make sure that the floor is clean totally from dirt and debris.

Sanding is the next step to the job. The machine you are going to use will have a heavy-grit sandpaper on it and you have to make sure that you run the machine systematically as in clockwise or vice versa. It is important to move the machine constantly while it is turned on. Afterwards add a lighter sand paper. The sanding process will surely produce dust so make sure to vacuum afterwards.

Another option is to stain your floor. The surface must be applied with stain but before that you need to brush the floor using a broom or a vacuum. As soon as the floor is clean from debris and dirt you can start staining, let the coat dry first before adding another coat. Always make sure that you have to totally dry the applied stain first before adding another one.

The last method is to finish the floor with polyurethane. Make use of a brush or a roller for application of the polyurethane. The drying time for the polyurethane is 3 hours. The rugs and furnitures can be returned to their proper places after a drying time of three days.

So there are the steps for a well maintained hardwood flooring. If you heed the steps on this page you will surely have lovely well maintained hardwood floors. It takes a great effort to do all these but it is all worth it.

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