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Cleaning Your
Floors
by: Vincent Platania |
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When you begin
shopping for the perfect product to clean your floors, you may you’re yourself
overwhelmed by the shear multitude of choices out there. In addition, you are
not likely to find one product capable of caring for all of the flooring in your
home. Nonetheless, whether you’re shopping at your local market, online, or at a
specialty stores, every company seems to have the perfect product to clean your
flooring. The perfect cleaner can be found whether you have hardwood floors,
laminate, tile, vinyl or laminate floors. There’s a product if not a dozen that
will assist you in keeping your floors looking like they day they were
installed. The array of floor cleaning products not only consists of chemicals
to clean the floor, but also products to apply those chemicals! No matter what
type of floors you have, you need the proper tools to clean them. Before you
purchase those products you will need to determine the proper tools needed to
keep your floors clean.
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1. Brooms/Dust mops:
The first step in maintaining a beautiful floor is to daily sweep the debris
brought into the home off of the floors. This applies to hard wood, most tiled
floors and linoleum. You will want to purchase a soft bristled and angular broom
or a dust/dry mop. Dirt, sand, and other debris can scratch hard woods and will
discolor the grout in tile flooring. Keeping debris off of the floor is the most
important step in maintaining the natural beauty of any floor.
2. Cleaners: The
second step in maintaining beautiful floors is the cleaner. For most hard floors
including hard wood, all stone tiles and ceramics you will want to use a cleaner
that will clean and protect the floor until it’s time to clean again. There are
multi cleaners that are available to clean all types of hard flooring. These
cleaners gently clean and leave no residue on your floors. For hard wood you
will want to purchase a product designed specifically for wood floors. For
marble, vinyl, and linoleum flooring you will want to choose a product that will
mop and shine the floor in one step. Make sure the product is acceptable to use
on no-wax floors.
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3. Mops: Just as
important as the cleaners, is the tool you use to apply the cleaners. You should
use a soft mop when cleaning hardwood floors, typically made with a terry cloth
or similar product. This will help to polish the floors as you clean. For tile
flooring including slate, stone, and granite it is best to use a cotton mop or a
sponge mop. These mops are best for tiled floors with grout and are also very
effective on vinyl and linoleum flooring. With the right tools and the right
floor cleaning products, you will achieve success in keeping your flooring
looking beautiful year after year. |
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Author Vincent Platania represents
the Fuller Brush Company. Fuller Brush has been in business
since 1906, and offers safe, environmentally friendly products
for keeping your home and your body clean. Visit
http://www.fuller-brush-products.com
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