CLEANING & MAINTENANCE.

Now you have your flooring down, we want you to enjoy it looking at its best for years and years. To achieve this, it will need to be cared for with a straightforward maintenance regime. We supply a range of products to help keep you floor in tip-top condition.

Below are some cleaning and maintenance tips.

We have small wall mounted digital meters for measuring the relative humidity and temperature of the room to ensure best conditions for your flooring (before and after fitting).

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OILED FLOORS

ROUTINE CLEANING:  

Use a specialist wood floor cleaner :

(e.g. *Treatex Wash/Care or *OS Wash/Care Floor Cleaner or *Blanchon Natural Soap) recommended by the flooring company or the finish manufacturer.  The specialist oil cleaners contain soaps and oils which need to be used at least once a month to reapply the oils and maintain the floor finish.  Follow the instructions for the floor cleaner carefully.  Additional oil or a specialist wax cleaner can be applied in areas of heavy wear, but be careful not to over oil.  The floor can be buffed to give it a slight sheen.

LONG TERM MAINTENANCE:

Hard wax oil finishes may also show signs of wear due to scratching.  When the finish looks dull or scratched it is time to re-coat the floor.  Apply a coat of hardwax oil in areas where the wear is apparent.  It isn’t necessary to re-coat the entire floor.  To remove white spots caused by water, rub with fine steel wool and then re-coat with oil.   Ensure that only approved cleaners containing the correct oils and soaps have been used on the floor.  Waxed floors that have been neglected will need to be renovated using renovating cleaners (e.g. *Treatex or OS Liquid Wax Cleaner) and wire wool before being re-finished with two coats of hard wax oil.

N.B.  Due to the fact that hard wax oil soaks into a wooden floor, once wax has been applied it is not possible to change the floor coating to a polyurethane one.

LACQUERED FLOORS

ROUTINE CLEANING

Use a specialist wood floor cleaner

(e.g. ‘Neutral Floorclean’*), but not one that contains oils.  NEVER wax a polyurethane finish as the residue will inhibit re-coating.  Follow the instructions for the floor cleaner, making sure that the mop is as well-wrung as possible and that there are no water spills left on the floor after cleaning.  

LONG TERM MAINTENANCE:

Polyurethane finishes will show signs of wear eventually due to scratching.  When the finish looks dull or scratched it is time to re-coat the floor – it is really important to do this before the heavy wear areas are worn through to the wood.  If the wood becomes dirty where the finish has been completely worn through then there is no option but to sand all the finish off the floor and start from scratch.  Normally, however, all you will need to do is to give the floor a light sand and then apply a coat of the same finish as used originally (or a compatible one).  Ensure that only approved cleaners have been used on the floor (i.e. no waxes or oils) so that the new coat of finish will bond properly.