Here's How to Clean Different Types of Flooring Easily

While vacuuming or brushing an uncarpeted floor is usually sufficient to keep it appearing clean, there are occasions when you'll need to take it a step further and use a bucket to properly clean it. Maybe it's something you've always done as part of spring cleaning or before your parents' visit—or maybe it's something you're considering now that you're spending all of your time at home. Regardless of how you clean floors, doing it properly may seem arduous, but it's actually a rather simple process if you consider your flooring type. Here's all you need to know about how to clean different types of flooring.

 

Linoleum Flooring

Linoleum floors are usually cleaned with a steam mop. If you don't have this cleaning tool, a microfiber mop will be enough to keep your linoleum floor looking spotless.

 

The first step in cleaning linoleum floors is to use grade steel wool to remove any marks that have formed on the surface. Then, using a mop, apply a mixture of dish soap and water to the surface and wipe it clean. A solution of water and eucalyptus oil can also be used to remove stains and grime from a sticky surface.

 

Hardwood Flooring

 

Hardwood floors are a popular choice. After sweeping a hardwood floor, use a damp cloth and a little dab of wood floor cleanser to spot-treat any sticky places. After that, use a flat-head mop with a microfiber pad or a microfiber string mop that has been fully wrung out to remove any excess water from the floor. By utilizing a spray bottle and aiming for a thick mist or gentle squirt of about a half teaspoon per 2 square feet, you can go with the grain and regulate the amount of cleaning solution. There's no need to rinse. There's no need to buff, but cloth diapers and soft socks will suffice.

 

Carpet Flooring

 

To clean a carpeted floor properly, you'll need a vacuum cleaner like the Acekool Vacuum VU1 that lets you vacuum, wash, and mop your floor in one step. It leaves even the dirtiest floors clean, dry, and streak-free. Transitioning from carpets to hard flooring is easier with multi-surface cleaning offered by this vacuum cleaner. 

 

 

Vacuum the surface once or twice a week. The vacuum cleaner is a fantastic cleaning tool for removing dust and other microbes that have accumulated on your carpet.

 

If your carpet, on the other hand, has stains, you'll need to acquire a carpet shampoo and apply it to the carpet's surface. To remove the stain of it, use a hard-bristled brush. After that, let it air dry for a few minutes.

 

Laminate Flooring

 

Laminate flooring comes in a variety of styles. Even while laminate flooring resembles wood or tile, it is significantly easier to keep clean. According to Bill Dearing, president of the North American Laminate Flooring Association, a laminate floor can be damaged by relatively few things. One of these is getting water underneath the flooring, which you should avoid at all costs. Otherwise, spot treat any particularly unclean area with your favorite all-purpose cleaner before mopping as usual. (Dearing advises against polishing laminate floors.)

 

It is necessary to clean your floors regularly. But, before you start cleaning, you should figure out what kind of flooring you have and how to clean different types of flooring properly. For that, you can use the above-mentioned list of suggestions.