Do your wood floors look hazy or cloudy? Often times the cause of this is soap residue. If you’re using cleaning products like Fabuloso or Dawn dish soap or others, they need to be used sparingly and rinsed with plain water… without getting to much water on the wood floor.
Most people, even professional cleaners, use way too much soap. Yep, I used to be one of them! Like many people, I figured more soap meant more cleaning power… makes sense, right? But in reality, more soap means more residue to clean up, without any extra cleaning power to speak of. The key to more cleaning power is in dwell time and using the right pH level cleaning solution for the task.
Regarding wood floors… there are two primary reasons floors get that cloudy look. Residue is pretty common and can be fixed fairly easily. The other issue is floor polishing with Quick Shine, Bona, etc. This is a much bigger issue.
The problem isn’t the floor polish itself, but in how people use it.
Many people use Quickshine, Bona or similar acrylic floor polish. These products are fine to use, but should only be done on deeply cleaned wood floors. Here’s why – many people do a half-ass sweeping and quick mopping of the floor at best. Some people just mop polish on uncleaned floors so they can get the shine back.
Either way… if the floor still has dirty spots, dust balls, pet hair, food residue, previous soap residue, etc… whatever is still on your floor when you polish it is now trapped under the polish. And over time, especially if you polish more than once a month, this acrylic polish builds up, turns yellow, gets splotchy looking and otherwise looks like crap. Not to mention if you have babies & toddlers crawling around said floors, likely not real safe if they get into polish shavings as polish wears away.
If Polish Build Up Is The Problem…
Personally I do not offer this service, but you can get a service option called Screen & Recoat. The screen & recoat takes off the polish and a layer or two of polyurethane, leaving a deeply cleaned surface to work with. A fresh coat or two of poly is then laid down. When done right, the end results are quite impressive… and it’s way cheaper than a full sanding.
If you don’t use the cheap acrylic polishes, I can likely help with your floors. The best way to determine what the issue is having me come out to inspect the floor. I’ll give my recommendation and a flat rate price offer. I guarantee to fix the issue or you don’t pay. I’m very fair and honest… Treat others as I wish to be treated type guy.
