Hardwood floor cleaner

[coinkc]

I recently put hardwood floors throughout my home. Now, I need to find the best way to clean them. Does anyone have any of the power cleaners you can recommend? I know that Bissell and Hoover both make several models. Thank you!

 

[merrily]

I use a hoover floor mate. It washes and then you can suck up the water. I like it.

 

[jennobrn01]

Many are the tactics I have used to clean and maintain our hardwood. The best thus far (5 years of having hardwood) is the Orange Glo products. Available anywhere. The powered cleaners made me nervous because I felt the floors were getting too wet. But then our floors are 70+ years old. It may not be an issue with a new hardwood floor.

 

[Beth76]

I just got the Bissel Flip-it and I like it OK. It's still a chore to clean the floor, but it does a better job than the swiffer wet jet. I chose this over the Hoover Floormate because it was almost half the price and in reading reviews I didn't see where the hoover was worth so much more.

 

[golfgal]

Many are the tactics I have used to clean and maintain our hardwood. The best thus far (5 years of having hardwood) is the Orange Glo products. Available anywhere. The powered cleaners made me nervous because I felt the floors were getting too wet. But then our floors are 70+ years old. It may not be an issue with a new hardwood floor.

I second these, but I don't like the refinisher, just the cleaner. It is easy to use, doesn't get the floors too wet and they look great when they are done!

 

[mudnuri]

Why are your hard wood floors hard to clean?

I have 1600 sq foot of original hard wood in a house that's almost 150 years old. They were refinished in 2005, and had 5 coats of poly put on them. I only use swiffer wet cloths for wood floors to clean mine.

I vacuume them 2 times a day at least, and swiffer wet usually 2x a week...maybe older floors that are not refinished are harder to care for? DUnno, but mine are a lot easier than the bathroom tile floor!

I would never use a wet cleaner on my floors, water and wood are not a good mix, I dont care how dry those fancy things make the floor- there are spaces between the wood planks in every floor- that could let the water in and eventually ruin your floor. Not a chance I'd want to take!

Brandy

 

[golfgal]

Why are your hard wood floors hard to clean?

I have 1600 sq foot of original hard wood in a house that's almost 150 years old. They were refinished in 2005, and had 5 coats of poly put on them. I only use swiffer wet cloths for wood floors to clean mine.

I vacuume them 2 times a day at least, and swiffer wet usually 2x a week...maybe older floors that are not refinished are harder to care for? DUnno, but mine are a lot easier than the bathroom tile floor!

I would never use a wet cleaner on my floors, water and wood are not a good mix, I dont care how dry those fancy things make the floor- there are spaces between the wood planks in every floor- that could let the water in and eventually ruin your floor. Not a chance I'd want to take!

Brandy

WOW, you put a lot of work into your floors. I vacuum them maybe 2x's week, usually just once. If I am really lazy, I just dry Swiffer them, but the vacuum works better. My floors still look brand new. The Orange Glow stuff is WAY better then the wet Swiffer. The bottle just mists the cleaning agent on and they you mop with a microfiber cloth. If you have 5 coats of poly on your floors, you cold dump a bucket of water on your floor and it wouldn't ruin them, well, not really, but that is a lot of sealer on your floors.

 

[mudnuri]

WOW, you put a lot of work into your floors. I vacuum them maybe 2x's week, usually just once. If I am really lazy, I just dry Swiffer them, but the vacuum works better. My floors still look brand new. The Orange Glow stuff is WAY better then the wet Swiffer. The bottle just mists the cleaning agent on and they you mop with a microfiber cloth. If you have 5 coats of poly on your floors, you cold dump a bucket of water on your floor and it wouldn't ruin them, well, not really, but that is a lot of sealer on your floors.

lol no I just hate cat hair! Dustball sheds wicked bad, and since I'm barefoot all the time, there is nothing worse than hair on the bottom of my feet@!!!!! The poly protects the top of the floor but they have wide gaps in them, which is why i wont use water products...

Brandy