Tips On Well-maintained Hardwood Flooring

By Brad On March 29, 2010 Under Home

Maintaining the shine and cleanliness of your hardwood flooring will take some extra effort on your part. There are only four main steps to make your hardwood floors shinier, cleaner and better. They are all discussed below.

First step is to thoroughly clean the whole floor. Always vacuum the entire floor as the first step. You also need to remove rugs or small carpets as well as furniture. Check if there are nails, tacks or staples on the floor. Make sure that the floor is clean totally from dirt and debris.

Next, you need to apply sanding on your floor. With the use of heavy-grit sandpaper attached on the floor sander, run the machine all over the whole floor in straight or stroke direction. As long as the machine is running you have to keep it in motion. Afterwards add a lighter sand paper. Afterwards, vacuum the dust after sanding the floor.

Another option is to stain your floor. It is important that you vacuum the floor first though before you do the staining process. After the floor is free from dirt and debris you can start applying the stain and let dry before applying another coat. Remember that each coating must be well dried.

Polyurethane will do well as a finish. You can utilize a brush or a roller to apply this. Then, dry the floor for at about 3 hours before applying another coat. 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. Maintain the beauty and cleanliness of your floor by following the methods mentioned on this page. Doing this may be a difficult job but keep in mind that the result is always better.

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