How to Clean Hardwood Floors (Household Cleaning Ideas That Save Time & Money) Clean My Space
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- Опубліковано 26 жов 2011
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In this video, cleaning expert, Melissa Maker, discusses different types of hardwood flooring and share my favorite method for cleaning hardwood floors with all of y'all.
I also demonstrate mopping techniques for effective floor mopping. Cleaning hardwood floors is really important if you want them to last you a lifetime and look great! Thanks for watching!
Richard asked: How do I clean and maintain my hardwood floors?
There are many different types of hardwood floors:
1) Polyurethane coating makes the floors look clean and shiny
2) Hardwood finished wood has a waxy or oily coating which repels water or liquid
3) Unfinished hardwood CANNOT be mopped since it will damage the floors
To test if you can mop your floors, drop a few drops of water in a discreet area and if it beads, you have a floor coating.
Answer:
What you need-
1) Hardwood floors
2) Vinegar
3) Dishwashing liquid
4) Wringer bucket
5) Microfiber twist mop
6) Microfiber cloth
7) Rubbing alcohol
8) Warm water
Put half a pinky nail's worth of dishwashing liquid into a wringer bucket. Dishwashing liquid is a neutral cleaner and will help to remove dirt well without leaving a residue. Add a cap full of vinegar and fill with hot water. Vinegar is a mild disinfectant and will help to cut grease without leaving streaks. Soak the mop head in the bucket for a few minutes to soften. The mop has to be almost dry before mopping hardwood floor. When you mop, clean in an S-shaped pattern. This ensures you get all areas of the floor cleaned. Keep your bucket around you and try not to step into areas you've already cleaned. To be extra diligent, you can take a microfiber cloth and do a quick wipe down so no water is left behind.
Best practices are to sweep and vacuum once or twice a week and mop once every one or two weeks. - Навчання та стиль
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I'm so stressed with my floors I can't believe there are how to videos 😂 thank God! I'm getting it in tonight!
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Mee too
I’ve looked everywhere for tips on cleaning my hardwood floor. None talked about the different types of hardwood flooring. Which makes sense. Very helpful. Thank you
Wow! Your hardwoord floor is indeed spotlessly clean. Nice job!
Oh god I’ve been watching this channel for more than a decade and I miss THIS INTRO/OUTRO!! You know how certain songs give you bumps when you hear them and get you warm and fuzzy? Same with this intro. It was a happy era of my younger years when I was sooo excited having moved on my own. Melissa was always my go-to for cleaning my home. Even today, now married with a toddler I still rely on her on learning new ways of cleaning as my home and family grows.
Thank you very much, was looking all over for a natural way to clean my hardwood floors that have just been revealed from the carpet over them. They are beautiful and I wanted to clean them as natural and harmless as possible. Will have to try this.
Thank you. This is one of the most helpful cleaning videos I have seen. I appreciate how you show each step
What do you do with the alcohol? I didn't see you use it in this video even though you said that we needed it.
There is so much conflicting information about cleaning floors. After researching I feel like I know less about what to do.
I don’t know how this lady came to have any credibility whatsoever (she recommends throwing sneakers in dryer. Fire hazard) but you don’t EVER want to use dishwashing detergent on floors bc it will not only cause dullness, but break down the material. Vinegar is a waste of $ bc the acidity quickly gets neutralized in water. You’re better off using just water. Microfiber might be convenient in the short-run but it’s creating tons of micro-plastic pollution. I came here bc my mother was listening to her terrible advice & it showed. I’m sorry but this lady w her cutesy videos is far from being a house cleaning expert.
I just saw a video stating that steaming cleaning hardwood floors was the best way to go. You don't have to clean the floors as much, and you don't see residue left from regular moping of the soap etc.
I agree
I like the way your cleaning products just appear. I wish I could do that. Thanks for the informative video!
I've just tried that and it worked! Thank you!
Hello Melissa, I rarely comment on videos but I would like to say after trying many different methods on my real and dark hardwood floor your above tips worked. I have also tried the Bona mop and leaves much more residue behind then this. I bought the same mop and bucket and tried what you did and after 1 wash it came out a lot cleaner then anything else / Thanks again
Reece Werenka
Thanks for the tips Melissa! love your personality in the video, it makes it fun while I learn.
I'm going to try this on my wood floor!!! Thanks so much for the video!!!
Thank you for sharing, I now learned how to clean hardwood floor at my new house ;-)
I have been doing a lot of tips and cleaning in old fashion ways. I did clean and many other cleanings since a child "grew up in Vietnam". Clean easy for me, it does take me that long to clean. Yes done S and line before I found your videos, I had to find ways easy way to clean because of my health whole life and be on my own start age 12/Vietnam war. Micro cloth it's great. I did find magic micro cloth that's even greater. Thanks for reminder 💞
Same way!
What about the rubbing alcohol? Do you drink it?
hahaha
lol...
Hehehehe true.I was also wondering about it.😄
Ray A lol! That's my question!
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I had not mopped in awhile. Bethany you so much for the info.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘
The minute I saw the cute cats and the Wood floors I subscribed LOL being a lover of both❤️🐾🐾
Thanks for sharing this technique for cleaning hardwood floors. I'll try right away. And yes, you are very pretty as well! 💐
Love it !! Thank you I will do it today.. I wish I can show u the result but I’m sure it will look si shiny by this afternoon perfect for 4th of July party tomorrow 😎
Melissa, I must admit that you have become my cleaning guru:) I truly never thought that natural cleaning products/ingredients would ever be as good as chemical based cleaners but you have absolutely proved me wrong. Thank you!
She made a good point with the natural neutral cleaner too. Dish washing liquid awesome
Great Presentation Love Your Hardware floors
Am learning all these tips
thank you Melisa for all info , love it ... have a great one
Great way to keep hardwood floors clean I clean floors for a living hardwood and all hard floors and I like how you explained this the only other thing is people should also get hardwood and all hard floors deep cleaned professionally at least once a year. I explained this on a recent video I made.
Where's the link to the video?
Great Tips, A must Watch for Everyone.
Great Tips! Nice presentation and so cute.
Great video and information! Thanks for posting
Hi Melissa,
I love your channel. I really liked the tips you gave on bedroom cleaning and closet organizing.
My toddler spill cooking oil on my hardwood floor plz tell me how to clean it properly so that nobody skids or fall.
this was so helpful, thank you!
This worked. Thank you!
You can have finished hardwood floors but it doesn't mean that they are sealed! (As in the space between each individual plank) Many modern floors have each installed plank of wood already stained and finished with a few layers of varnish/polyurethane that protects the wood on the surface. Once put together the edges of each plank can allow water in between them. This is where sealing comes in. A sealed floor acts as one big surface versus individual planks. It's to prevent liquids doing down between the planks. This can cause swelling and damage. Even if just little of liquid gets in every week or month it will eventually cause the edges of some of the boards to lift.
Traditional wood floors would have unfinished wooden planks layed and the once done they would be all stained together and then a top coat or two of a finish would be applied. Then whole surface is protected including the edges between each plank.
Great vid. Going to see how this works and will get back to you.
Great video! Love your cats too.
Morning sarks I’ve got some serious floor cleaning to do today but a good hour of contemplation first I think 😤😤😤
I love your videos. Thank you for sharing
great tips moving into a house with all hardwood floors instead of the carpet I have now
awesome humor, Melissa! :), gonna mop the heck out of my floor now :p
Doesn't putting the mop back in the water and ringing it out just cause filth to be transferred back to the floor?
How often do you typically change the water, and where do you dispense of the dirty water?
Thank you so much! I'll definitely try it out soon (:
Tried vinegar, water and Dr. Bronner on my floors which are coated hardwood and it came out great. Thank you!!
4 yrs later
How are the floors 7 years later ?
@@daytopotatoh1331 Great, they look good.
@@SuthrnBella1980 Do you use Dr Bronner’s Sal Suds cleaner or the castile soap? Thanks in advance 😊🪣
@@revelation7262 I have only the Castile. A little goes along way.
Keep on making your videos!!! I love it!!!!
5 yrs later
Hi Melissa, I've watched both videos about cleaning my hardwood floors. Using rubbing alcohol seems like a separate process. Is that to be used less often or right after using the dish soap/vinegar method? Maybe it's used for a different cleaning situation? Love your channel!! Thx.
Throwback Thursday 😊 love ya girlie
Any tips for cleaning cork flooring and/or hiding scratches?
I have hardwood floors, thank you!
This video is like a time capsule
Instant fan/crush! Thx4the tips!
Thank you, nice video. 👍
You are cleaning already perfect polished floors.😉
1:03 lol so funny to watch a lot of the videos - good stuff :)
I love your channel! We just bought a house with hardwood floors and it looks like some kind of coating is peeling up in spots and overall grimy looking so I’m wondering if I should use the same solution to clean this floor? I called Stanley steamer to do their wood floor cleaner and they said they won’t clean it because of whatever is peeling up. They called it “orange peel“ 🤷🏼♀️
Thanks for the great tips on claining wood flooring. What about bamboo floors?
this video got me so excited about hardwood floors 1:15
she looks nice in leggings
Thank you Jane that's what iwas uinethank you
Thank you SO MUCH for making this video! !! Your house is so beautiful
Please do a video on cleaning normal tiled or cement floors, like really dusty grimey ones. Always drives me mental when I mop for one or two swipes then when I go back into the bucket the water gets dirty and black really fast. That sounds gross... but I live in a really dusty city. Thanks!
Thanks Melissa for this post. Could you adapt it to a flat head mop please?
Thank you so much Melissa! This is what I needed to know.
Watching it right now.
Awesome video! I am looking forward to trying this method out on my new condo's hardwood floors.
I just found your channel and I really appreciate your videos! Since I’m out of work because of the coronavirus, I took on cleaning a house to make extra cash but the lady I took over for says the only way to clean floors is on hands and knees and this is a 9000 square-foot home 😧so I just would like your advice on if mopping wood and travertine tile is OK using a mop so that I don’t need knee replacements by the time I can go back to work 😏🤷🏼♀️👍🏻
This looks great and want to try it! One question! Approximately how much water do I mix with the detergent and vinegar? My floors are in major need of cleaning!
THANK YOU!!!!!
What is the rubbing alcohol for in cleaning hardwood?
Ya i missed that too
Thank you very much
Yes seen it thanks
I finally have all of the items I need. Now I just need to get mopping. Switching from a sponge mop that my wife seems to like for some reason...
Good job on the edit when your talking about the items. Seriously didn’t look like you changed at all
Awesome tips Thanks for Sharing
Glad you think they're awesome, I was worried they were just okay!
thank you very much
I have tile floors (no grout) in my classroom. I need a cleaner that I can mix together in a spray bottle so I clean spot clean/clean it by hand. What do you recommend mixing together? I'd like them to shine as well.
Hi Melissa I came and saw your videos & they are awesome. Can you please tell me. Am I suppose to put alcohol in the bucket like the other ones you pour, I didn't see you do it? Please lmk!!
vinegar is acidic and can damage a polyurethane-coated hardwood. i haven't found a great homemade cleaning blend but when i stick to a hardwood-specific floor cleaner my floors fare pretty well. i'm using Method right now which smells wonderful but i think the Pledge floor cleaner works just a little better.
thank you. i just got my apartment the weekend before last. i will definately use this in the future.
this is fun and entertaining. i just watch for fun.
thank you for great advise...you didn't mention what the rubbing alcohol was for?
I love your cats!!!
Think twice before adding more vinegar than recommended if your floors are varnished. I successfully used full strength vinegar to strip the varnish from an oak dresser top. It was a lot easier on the nose and lungs than commercial varnish stripper. At the concentration Clean My Space uses you should be safe.
Melissa I just got hardwood floors and they looked amazing the first week! With three kids and 2 birds, ugh I find it harder to keep up with it. Now I just saw your video, and I have a question about the mops/brushes... if you don't mind. I have a microfiber "broom" to kinda sweep up the dirt and lint. Can I not use a regular broom? and the mop... 2 many to pick up from. ugh..help me :)
Hi Melissa I have a steamer mop I put vinegar water and some oil drops it smells amazing when I mop. Do you think this is good enough?
Can you do an updated version?!
Thank you :)
Love ur videos!!!! Can this method be used for laminate wood floors? Thanks
Hey, Melissa!
what do you think of dettol? in my house i have marble/tile flooring and laminate, and i clean it with a cap full of an "allesreiniger" (cleaner for everything) and a bit of dettol mixed in a bucket of steamy hot water.
Hey! New subscriber here:) I would like to ask how do you remove stains easily/maintain marble floors? What should I avoid/use? Any tips?:)
How much dishwashing soap do you recommend? I tried to put in 1/2 pinky nail but resulting mix got a little too sudsy? Thank you!
I love this, thank you. i've been using a water spray bottle 1/2 water 1/2 vinegar and adding some lemon juice directly on the floor. I live in an apartment so it's hard to re-use a mop or wash microfiber because I have to take them down to do laundry, which I already do plenty of, including my Dad's cleaning at his house. Long story short, I use thin microfiber (not nice thick kind) and throw them out because I just don't have strength to do more. My question to your knowledgeable self is, is that too much vinegar and is store bought lemon juice bad? So far I use clear lemon juice. I've seen other murkier ones, not sure why. Perhaps mine has some lemon oil as well. Thank you.
We mention it in the bonus video...
nice one hopefully it gets all the dirt off my flooor. for years ive been tryin to clean my floors and nothing really works. its looks clean but if you walk bear foot around the house your foot will turn black. lol so we wear slippers inside the house. hopefully this works thanx
Super. Thank you I like Newman from Seinfeld
I was thinking of an inappropriate comment, but this genuinely helped me out. So thank you for making my wood look shinney and hard again.
Thanks!~
Hey Melissa, would you do a video showing how to deep clean the bathroom...including how to clean the toilet, shower, sink, trash bin...please? Thanks.
I could tell a fast way we used at a motel. You need a bucket of water, a Janitorial cleaner, and vinegar to disinfect one cap full ( unless it is in the cleaner)... Wear rubber gloves use rags. Soak everything down, just slope it on, stool, tub sink with small mop used for stools. Not the bristle type. Take the rags, wipe down the sink and countertop, then the tub. Finish with the stool and floors. It is quick and everything gleams. It may take more than one rag. I was able to go through many bathrooms in a short time. We used old towels cut up as rags or you can buy them at Costco or other places like home Depot ... The wastebasket was wiped down and the bag changed. I was very picky about making sure everything was clean, unlike some motels I have stayed in.
what about the rubbing alcohol?
Just slipping in a bit of crip walk. nice.
Hey Malissa. My apartment has tile flooring sheets. Could you suggest some cleaning ideas? This would really help. Thanks :)