Cleaning wooden floors
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Topic: Cleaning wooden floors
Posted By: JessDub
Subject: Cleaning wooden floors
Date Posted: 22 June 2010 at 7:39am
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How do you clean your polished wooden floorboards?
I have a couple of ways but they never look very good IMO. One way is hot water and floor cleaner with mop (looks cloudy and streaky) and another, we were given expensive hardwood spray cleaner - spray and wipe with microfibre flat mop. This makes the floor look nice for 5 seconds, then it just looks grimy again. Ideas? ------------- 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 22 June 2010 at 7:50am
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Tried washing soda?
Or Kekabat was telling me those steam mops are fantastic ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 22 June 2010 at 8:09am
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I am looking at a steam mop as out entire house is wooden floors and the bathroom is tiles. It says that you have to be careful with the wood - does anyone know why?
I currently do boiling water and meths and it looks good -------------  
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 22 June 2010 at 8:41am
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I use hot water and apple cider vinegar then (when I can be bothered) run over it with a microfibre cloth soaked in linseed oil. Ours aren't sanded or sealed though so never look great lol so annoying... -------------   
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Posted By: JessDub
Date Posted: 22 June 2010 at 8:48am
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Thanks all.
Peanut- what quantity boiling water and meths do you use and then do you just use a mop to clean? -------------
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Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 22 June 2010 at 11:54am
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I havent found a good cleaner either! I spend ages mopping our wooden floors and once they dry you cant tell they have been done. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 22 June 2010 at 12:01pm
| I got one of those steam mops and its brilliant on our lino floors. Dunno about wooden. Maybe its be cautious with wooden if you leave it in one place for a while the steam could eventually lift any varnish. |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 22 June 2010 at 1:36pm
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bugger - my new house has wooden floors and i hadnt thought about having to clean them differently! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: jessm
Date Posted: 22 June 2010 at 1:50pm
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I just use straight water on a microfibre cloth mop thing I got. I think they look fine - not streaky etc. I'm sure I read somewhere that a bit of white vinegar in the water works quite well too. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Date Posted: 19 June 2013 at 5:30pm
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Posted By: HaumoanaNZ
Date Posted: 25 June 2013 at 10:48am
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I just use warm water on a microfiber cloth. We were also advised not to us a steam mop as they can damage the varnish. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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