How To Clean Laminate Floors

Many people want to beautify their homes by changing their floors to something nicer like hardwood floors, but because hardwood floors are thought to be a superior choice, many decide on Laminate floors. This is because laminates are durable, affordable, easier to install and are just as nice as hardwood floors. If you have just made your purchase you will want to learn how to clean laminate floors effectively.

A lot of people have the impression that cleaning laminate floors is hard and tedious, but you will learn the opposite. This type of flooring is not just nice looking, but it just requires low maintenance and is long lasting. Here are some simple steps that you can use to keep your laminate floors looking like you just had them installed.

First and foremost your laminate floors are designed to be easy to care for, and to require little maintenance, therefore you can get away with just having to clean up the higher traffic areas more often. These areas that have a lot of foot traffic should be cleaned daily to prevent dirt and debris buildup. The other areas or rooms that are not used as much can be swept once a week. Instead of using a broom to sweep your floors which can cause some scratching you can go with something like a Swiffer Sweeper which picks up all of the dust from the floor leaving it scratch free.

Secondly, after you have swept your floors you can grab a damp cloth or a mop with a little bit of water and mop your floors like you wood with any other type of floor. If you are using a mop make sure you ring the mop out twice as excessive water will damage your laminate flooring. If you are not careful you can destroy your laminate floors and they will begin to lift if you have excessive water on them. Likewise, if anything spills on the floor be sure to clean it up as soon as it spills.

Thirdly, if you are using a cleaner, make sure that it is nothing to strong that will eat away at the floors and destroy the first layer that the laminate floors have. If you want you can make your own solution with a cup of vinegar mixed with a gallon of water. If you do not like the vinegar smell, you don’t have to worry because after a few minutes the smell is gone. If it is still a problem for you, then you can add a few drop of lemon which will give your floors a nice, clean scent.

Sweeping once a day and moping once a week is a great way to decrease debris buildup, therefore make sure that you can commit to doing this. Additionally, you will want to make sure that you maintain your floors. By being careful not to use abrasive cleaners, by using moving pads when re-arranging furniture and by keeping scratchy objects like scouring pads away from your floors