MAINTENANCE

MAINTENANCE
With the proper care a new hardwood floor will provide a lifetime of enjoyment. As a natural product, wood may require some adjustment for those who have lived on carpet or tile. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call us!

  • Allow one week before placing any rugs or carpets on the newly finished floor.
  • Do not use rubber or latex rug backings. They tend to stick to the wood floor and when taken up, they will destroy the finish underneath, or leave a rubbery residue. Contact a professional carpet retailer for quality backings.
  • Install felt covered floor glides on all furniture at floor contact points. Movement of chairs and tables can cause excessive wear on your floor finish. Felt protectors help to minimize the wear.
  • The floor should be dust mopped, vacuumed, or swept with a soft bristle broom as often as is necessary to remove grit and dust from the surface. Walking on a dusty or dirty floor is the fastest way to damage the finish.
  • Place walk-off mats at all exterior entrances. This will capture much of the harmful dirt before it reaches the hardwood floor. Shake out or wash mats and area rugs frequently.
  • Kitchen floors experience the most traffic in the home. To prevent premature wear of the finish, place an area rug in front of the sink and stove areas.
  • Avoid walking on your wood floors with cleats, sports shoes and high heels. A 125-pound woman walking in high heels has an impact of 2,000 pounds per square inch. An exposed heel nail can exert up to 8,000 pounds per square inch. This kind of impact can dent any floor surface.
  • Do not wet mop the floor. Excessive water can cause your floor to take on too much moisture and potentially cup. For more thorough cleaning, special cleaners are available that are specially formulated to clean hardwood floors that have been coated with polyurethane or water-base finishes. Tulip sells one brand of cleaner, and others are sold at most hardware stores.
  • Do not use “self polishing” wax, i.e. Murphy’s oil, or vinyl floor products. These will leave an oil or wax residue which discolors over time, and will not allow future recoating of the floor.
  • Recoat the floor every 3 to 5 years. Recoating is a relatively inexpensive one day job, which will greatly increase the time period between refinishing jobs, and consequently significantly stretch the life span of the your floor.

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