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Wood Floor and WoodBlock Flooring care and
cleaning
Wood Results: Douglas
Fir 6S Data ~ Douglas
Fir NNM 4S ~ Pinon
WCNM ~ Ponderosa
Pine WNM ~
~ Installation
Guidelines ~ Cleaning
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OLD WOOD LLC
888-545-9663
Care and Cleaning of Wood and Wood
Block Floors:
Remember the flooring Axiom: wear the
finish, not the wood.
The same is true for cleaning; if you are into bare wood: Fix It!
Scratch and Coat with urethane or clean and oil, early, not late
in the game.
Don’t get the floor too wet and most any cleaning method will
work.
A well wrung damp mop is fine for Douglas Fir, Pinon or Pine made
by Old Wood.
Depending on what you have as a final finish coat, you can use any
good commercial wood floor care/cleaning product such as Bona
which is in most Box Stores.
In our showroom, we use a product called Holloway House which is
available at WalMart. It adds shine to an oiled floor but it does
tend to build up and can be hard to keep pretty around the edges.
If you have a urethane or oiled top coat, you may use a damp mop
alone or a light soapy solution for sanitizing.
If you have an oiled finish, such as Old Wood House Oil, you may
use Murphy’s Oil Soap diluted quite well. The idea is to clean
but not remove the finish.
If after you have soaped an oil finish a number of times it begins
to be dull or lackluster in appearance, a wipe down with a lightly
oiled cloth will bring it back to life nicely.
Also, the beauty of oiled floors is that over time you are
building a deep lustrous finish.
Be careful NOT to apply wax to oiled or urethaned floors unless
you intend to keep waxing. Once you have waxed, oils and certainly
urethanes don’t ‘take’ nearly as well.
If applicable, follow whatever instructions your installer gave
you and it’s always wise to test a spot in a corner before
beginning the whole floor.
For commercial or heavy cleaning:
On urethane: spot clean with a Purple Soap or Goo Gone Paint
Thinner as appropriate to the stain.
Clean the overall surface as above but you may increase the soap
‘level’ as necessary to get a good clean surface. In kitchen
areas, be sure to hand clean the edges and corners occasionally to
avoid grease buildup. The grease gets hard with time and you will
destroy your finish (any finish) trying to clean it. Be consistent
and thorough in your cleaning regimen.
What to avoid: soaking wetness. If a mop bucket tips over or a
line breaks, dry it the best and the fastest way you can. This is
critical with wide plank and wood block floors.
If you allow the water to soak in for any length of time at all,
you can expect to see buckling or warping of your floor. At that
point,… dry it as best you can and hope for the best! Fans and
open windows are just for starters if you get really wet.
Wood Blocks can be easily replaced or re-caulked if necessary.
Call or write for instructions. Take reasonable care and you will
get a great result. Thanks.
David Old
david@douglasfirfloors.com
www.douglasfirfloors.com
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