Products/cleaners to avoid with hardwood flooring

Question

What type of products/cleaners should NOT be used on a hardwood floor?

Patrick · Answer

When choosing a cleaning method for your hardwood floors, avoid Vinegar and Ammonia. Cleaning products that have a base of vinegar or ammonia eat away at the dirt on your floor - and also the floor's finish itself.

Paul · Answer

Don’t use any liquid that has acid or stain as it will effect the wood in many ways

Mark · Answer

Hi,

The best way to know this is check the instruction of the floor bought, but most would say use warm soapy water with no strong chemicals

Richard · Answer

Do not use harsh chemicals and abrasives to clean wood flooring.

Gerasimos · Answer

One of the best ways to clean hardwood is dry cleaning, there are special brooms that we put a kind of wet cloth and wipe, there is also a similar broom with a cleaning liquid attached and at the bottom it is like a normal broom.  We try to avoid the mop on wooden floors because the water passes through the joints of the wood, i.e. the joints.

Products/cleaners to avoid with hardwood flooring

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