I have timber floors all through my home. The only place I have carpet is in the bedrooms and I have tiles in the wet areas. So, with 3 boys, these wood floors of mine get a good lashing! Food, mud, sticky stuff, dogs... they need a good clean every week. Today I thought I'd …
I have timber floors all through my home. The only place I have carpet is in the bedrooms and I have tiles in the wet areas. So, with 3 boys, these wood floors of mine get a good lashing! Food, mud, sticky stuff, dogs… they need a good clean every week.
Today I thought I’d share with you 4 products I’ve used on my floors and love. They give great results!
Number 1 is definitely my favourite!! All of these will be available at your local supermarket.
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Comments
Helena
thanks for the post Katrina, I love using pledge wood magic. I’d be interested to hear what kind of mop you use on your wood floors
Katrina
Hi Helena! I use the cheapest haha. I hand-wring it too – http://shop.coles.com.au/online/national/oates-ezy-squeeze-cone-wringing-mop. I don’t like a very wet mop. 🙂
Teah Price
Method squirt and mop for wood floors is fabulous!????
Sarah Gilbert Lennon
I love Enjo for my wood floors.
Cassandra Holm
You have no idea how much this excites me!! Haha!!
Dee
Love my pledge
Courtney
Hi there!
Any tips on how to keep bamboo flooring clean?! They told us to spot clean with a cloth but I have 3 kids and the floors get filthy and need a good clean!
Thanks in advance! ????
Njideka
Not familiar with this product cause I stay in Nigeria but I guess they will be nice. Do check out my women lifestyle blog… http://www.justfarbblog.com
sue
My fella is the floor – in – good – order organiser. I bought him a very flash industrial mop and squeeze bucket thing for xmas on year – not romantic, but he’s still using it.
John
hi katrina, do you use the vinegar directly or water it down or add some other solution to it? thanks
Katrina
Yes water it down. Just a splash in the bucket 🙂
Liz Krupinski
You should be very careful with what you use on wooden floors. I made the mistake of using a mop and bucket and too much water. Now the wooden floors are “cupping” – a term used by the professionals!! The swollen wood planks cup in shape causing the joins to scratch easily and it looks awful. Solution (excuse the pun) was to have the floor boards re sanded and re sealed. The recommendation from the professionals was to use ENJO Floor Cleaner and their microfibre dust fibre dry (instead of sweeping and vacuuming) then the right mopping fibre for you floor finish – consultants come over to check free of charge – and ONLY used damp, adding more water from a spray bottle as I go around the house and it starts to feel not wet enough. The result has been 10 years of cleaning and the floor still look great. I have replaced the fibres once in 10 year – you do the maths!! ENJO is available world wide it’s called Zabada in USA – Sorry for the long comment but I wanted to share – I’m so impressed.
Andrea
What kind of finish do you have on your boards?
Marnie Bergan
Vinegar and eucalyptus oil all the way.
Felicity Aloisio
Is that all kinds of floor boards?
Marnie Bergan
No idea, but it works beautifully on mine. I don’t see why not?
Caroline Ross
Katrina Chambers Sadly I have tiles BOO but I use the
White Magic – Handpress Spin Mop with Hot water and Essential Oil and my floors are MAGIC ! No mucky hands no wet floors just beautiful clean floors . You can use this mop on wood floors too ! <3
Linda Schraven
I had brushbox and also bamboo in my house I just sold, I used hot water, my floor was 19 years old and looked amazing
Suzie Becke
My timber floor installer recommended Versadet from bunnings. Works out much cheaper than supermarket cleaners
Stacey Hinton
‘I have timber floors all through my home. The only place I have carpet is in the bedrooms and I have tiles in the wet areas.’ So in other words, you have timber floors in your living areas and hallways?
Julie Sean Allen
A little splash of methalated spirits in water works wonders!
Rebecca Hendricks
Enjo is the only cleaning product I use in my house. Good for my family and good for the environment.
Angela Carney Mitchell
Please do tile cleaners next Katrina
Kristin Auguszczak
Any advice for bamboo? I have had a cleaner use something that has left some sort of coating on my floor. Now you can see footprints on the floor and it drives me absolutely crazy!