Easy care for laminate flooring
Laminate flooring is a smart and popular choice to give the existing floors in your home a new lease on life. Today’s laminate floors have the styles, textures, versatility, price, and added benefits that make laminate flooring a smart choice for the floors throughout your home.
Some of the beneficial features in laminate flooring include:
- Dependable Durability
- Easy to Clean Surfaces
- Superior Stain and Fade Resistance
- Installs over Many Types of Sub-Floors
- Great Impact and Indentation Resistance
- Fashionable, Functional Designs and Textures at Affordable Prices
- Easily Replaced Later On, If Desired
The enormous popularity of laminate flooring among consumers isn’t just because laminate floors are available in spectacular designs and rich textures, or even because of its simplistic installation, durability, or affordability. Laminate flooring has gained in popularity because it is easy to care for flooring, with no special, or expensive cleaning equipment needed to maintain its beauty for many years to come.
For the specific cleaning and maintenance of your laminate floors, you should always refer to the manufacturer’s instructions and recommendations first, for the care and maintenance of your new floor. Follow closely the manufacturer’s suggestions for the cleaning and caring of the brand of laminate flooring you have selected.
Laminate floors will give you years of dependable performance as long as you follow a regular routine of cleaning and caring for your floors. Even though laminate flooring is made to be extremely durable, they can be cut by the dropping of sharp items such as knives for example, or even scratched if heavy objects are dragged over its surface. Keep your laminate floors in tip-top condition by taking care to keep sharp items from coming into contact with the floor. Protect them too from heavy objects being dragged across the floor, which could seriously damage the floor’s surface. You can further protect your laminate floors by placing felt pads, or wide-based casters underneath all chairs and furniture legs to prevent scratching of the floor. If you must move a heavy object across the floor, place a mat underneath as another way to prevent the scratching of your precious laminate flooring. Be quick to clean-up spills so that they don’t have the chance to get under the protective sealing of your laminate flooring.
The general care and maintenance of your laminate flooring couldn’t be simpler. Here are some general cleaning tips that when performed on a regular basis, will go a long way towards keeping the condition of your laminate flooring in tip-top shape.
A regular cleaning routine should include the following:
- Vacuum your floors regularly and always use the soft-brush attachments from your vacuum cleaner to prevent scratching the surface
- Wipe-up spills immediately, using a clean, dry soft cloth to prevent spills from ‘leeching’ into the floors surface
- For small areas of dirt, or to pick up pet hairs, use a damp soft-cloth to wipe them up and keep them from falling back to the floor. For larger areas, use a slightly dampened mop to easily remove dirt, grime, crumbs, and hairs from the floor.
- Do not polish or wax these floors. Some of the chemicals in these waxes could damage your flooring and because of the density of laminate flooring, these waxes won’t stick to the surface anyway
- Never attempt to sand or refinish a laminate floor
- Do not use steel wool or harsh cleaners like comet or other abrasive cleaners on these floors
- Keep dirt at bay by placing mats and rugs at all entryways
- Never use an excessive amount of water on your floors to prevent ‘curling’
Your laminate flooring will retain its beauty and durability for years to come by simply following these recommended strategies on a regular basis to care for and maintain the laminate floors you have throughout your home.
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My name is Jason Ashby and i have 21 years experiance in the flooring
trade. First starting out as a flooring installer then progressing into
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