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zigi




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, May 13 2007, 11:12 am
I moved from an apt. that only had stone tiles to an apt. that has wood floors. I'm used to mopping. what do I do with wood. can you mop? what cleaning solution should be used? thanks for your answers!
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shoy18




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, May 13 2007, 11:17 am
Murpheys oil soap is best on wood, make sure to use just a cap full otherwise your floors will get sticky
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chocolate moose  




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, May 13 2007, 11:28 am
dn't use too much water as it warps.
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su7kids




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, May 13 2007, 11:28 am
My kids use a wet swiffer. It works extremely well.
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brooklyn




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, May 13 2007, 12:29 pm
In Home depot in the flooring section is a floor cleaner made for wood floors. It is called Bruce. Works great.
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shopaholic  




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, May 14 2007, 11:16 am
I've also heard of vinegar & water but when I tried it, I got streaks so I switched to Murphy's oil with water but squeeze out the mop very well. As CM said, you don't want the wood to warp.
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Ambassador-to-KJ




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, May 14 2007, 11:26 am
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My kids use a wet swiffer. It works extremely well.




Yes and the wet swiffer has a special wood formula
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rachel




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, May 14 2007, 11:53 am
Water only so the shine lasts much longer.
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Emuna




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, May 14 2007, 12:14 pm
Water with a small amount of dish soap - we were told Murphy's is too harsh.
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Seraph




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, May 14 2007, 12:28 pm
Water with a little bit of lemon juice. And then dry the floor with a towel as soon as you're done mopping.
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Purplehair




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Aug 14 2007, 4:27 pm
Mop in glo helps the floor shine..and I don't use alot.
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Bzgirl




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Aug 14 2007, 4:41 pm
rachel wrote:
Water only so the shine lasts much longer.

I agree, only water
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justanothermother




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Aug 14 2007, 4:47 pm
How do you clean off the dirt with only water?
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mimsy7420




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Aug 14 2007, 5:12 pm
Murphys wood oil works great.
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Mevater




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Aug 14 2007, 5:21 pm
A floor refinisher told me that any oily cleaner will not allow future refinishing jobs to penetrate- you'll get an uneven coating of finish bec. of oil residue. He said the best thing for wood floors is watered down white vinegar. It works cheaply and beautifully.
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  chocolate moose




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Aug 14 2007, 7:00 pm
letsbehonest wrote:
A floor refinisher told me that any oily cleaner will not allow future refinishing jobs to penetrate- you'll get an uneven coating of finish bec. of oil residue. He said the best thing for wood floors is watered down white vinegar. It works cheaply and beautifully.


I jsut got a bottle of that and it has no hechsher, guess I just found a use for it!
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  shopaholic




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 15 2007, 10:29 am
Keep an eye on it - like I said before, the diluted vinegar left streaks.
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