Cleaning Reclaimed Wood Floors

Then i clean the kitchen floor weekly and in other rooms twice a month.

Cleaning reclaimed wood floors.

This blog posts explains how to clean your reclaimed hardwood floors. A microfiber mop pre treated with a dusting agent will pick up dust and dirt and prevent scratches. The most important lesson i ve learned with reclaimed wood is when to lightly clean it vs. There are several different mixtures to use for hardwood floors and you ll.

In most households wood floors should be cleaned at least four to six times a year. Reclaimed engineered wood flooring may sound like an oxymoron but aged woods has just that. I bought some wood off of craigslist. How to prepare reclaimed wood.

Just remember if your floor s finish is in good shape and mopping is done correctly the water won t penetrate even the oil and wax finishes. This is the fastest and best way to deep clean solid hardwood floors. Hardwood floor cleaning and maintenance steps. The most important steps are best broken down into two important steps.

The fellow said it was redwood from a barn. 3mm of reclaimed antique wood laid over a nine layer substrate of plywood. It s a fact that reclaimed wood is usually dirty. Use a soft broom or vacuum cleaner with a hard floor setting to remove loose dirt dust and debris.

Use a broom or hardwood floor mop for daily cleaning. If you re planning to use it in a project the first step of that project will be to clean the old wood assuming of course that you re like me and you want to install clean reclaimed wood into your home. The first step in learning how to clean hardwood floors is removing dust or debris that can scratch or dull their surface. Step 1 vacuum the floor thoroughly.

The instructable will describe how i went through the process of getting the wood ready to plane usin. Years ago when i started cleaning reclaimed wood i would sand it down with a hand sander which would get rid of that beautiful patina and some of the character. Step 2 fill a bucket with warm water. Preventing initial wear and damage to your floor and cleaning the finish.

You re cleaning the finish not the wood so don t use water if the finish is in poor shape. Floor installer michael dittmer who lives outside chicago dispatches a robot vac daily to keep an eye on his entire first floor. Use your vacuum s hard. Dip a sponge or rag mop into the water and wring it out well.

Vacuum your hardwood floor once a week. Like other prefinished floorings this product receives seven coats of aluminum oxide finish. And unfortunately i learned this the hard way. The beauty of reclaimed wood with the practicality of engineered flooring.

Maintaining a reclaimed wood floor is no different from cleaning a new wood floor. Give it a scrub or sand down. If you have old parquet wood flooring clean it frequently to preserve its appearance.