What's best to clean Kitty Litter on Hardwood floors?
karenfromknoxville
15 years ago
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Comments (11)I have a 5-year old Panasonic cannister vacuum with a retractable (love it!!!) cord. I have hardwoods, tiles, and thick, variable pile area rugs, 2 dogs, a cat, and two perpetually molting parrots. This vacuum is great for everything. I use the regular head on the hard floors and the carpet beater attachment for the rugs. Both heads easily go under all my furniture, and it picks up everything. It does use bags, which must be replaced as they get full. It was also reasonably priced compared to many others. I checked the website, and mine has been replaced with a new model. They no longer require two heads, one for bare floors and one for carpets. Instead they have a power head with a hand switch which disengages the beater, so you can do all floors with the same head. I would say mine is like the $319. dollar model. They do seem to have gone up in price in the last 5 years, but what hasn't? Anyway, I've included the link below. Here is a link that might be useful: Panasonic cannister vacs...See Moreengineered hardwood floor over old hardwood floor
Comments (14)You need to do a little more archeological digging still. You need to know the whole construction of the floor before you can decide how best to install something new. I'd take up that plywood piece in the kitchen and see what's under it. It's higher than the surrounding floor, so needs to go. You should also be able to see from there what subfloor is under the original kitchen hardwood. It's too bad the space under your entryway is finished, but I'd still do some exploring from below to see what's under there, and to figure out the fix to stop it from squeaking. Is it drywall below or a drop ceiling? I know it probably seems like a pain to tear out drywall, but if you cut out a clean patch, like 2' x the width of the joists, it'll be relatively simple to repair. Just make sure to cut it down the center of the joists so that there's room to screw the patch piece to it later. Cut the hole under the area that squeaks the most, if you can. Have someone walk on and watch the floor from below to see what's moving. It might be as simple as pounding in a couple shims from below, or face-nailing a loose board from above. You want to find out what's underneath the hardwood. It might be laid directly on the floor joists, or there might be 10" wide boards that the hardwood is nailed to. Another thought is to take out a board in the hallway, since that's not original and you want to replace it. See what the subfloor is there. I am a bit puzzled at why, when you've stripped the kitchen down to the original hardwood, it's still higher than the hallway floor. Is your current surface perhaps not the original kitchen hardwood? Peeling back the plywood area will help determine that. BTW, I haven't heard of that stop squeaking product you linked to, so can't offer any personal opinion. And don't pour self-leveling compound over top of hardwood. It needs to go over plywood....See MoreBest way to clean polyurethane-coated hardwood floors?
Comments (4)daily to a few times a week: dry mop or mop with a treated head dry mop for ease in picking up the dust. weekly to a few times a month: vaccuum (make sure you dont scratch the floor doing this) monthly to a few times a year: damp mop with a very very very dry damp mop with either a product recommended by your hardwood manufacturer or a mild solution of vinegar and water, or a very mild cleaning solution that will not leave a residue. there are a few of them out recommended for wood. They key here is very very very dry damp mopping. Enough just so it picks up the dirt your regular cleaning regimine can't. Remember that excessive moisture is your wood floors worst enemy (next to that dropped cast iron frying pan!). Bona - Bona X - BonaKemi has some of the very best hardwood cleaning and maitenance products under the sun, so I highly suggest in investing in them. So good that we give our customers their Hardwood Premium Kit with every hardwood installation (no i dont work for BonaKemi). Alot of hardwood flooring care is (or should be) preventative action, instead of reactionary after an "incident". use of felt furniture pads floor mats inside and outside of each entrance rules for no shoes (impractical in some situations but if you can stop that running kid with the stone caught in the sole of his shoe or asphalt just once, its worth it!) keep area rugs and mats cleaned daily and /or vaccuumed use carpet runners in traffic areas where practical clean any spills up immediately Cleaning Your Hardwood Flooring...See MoreWhat the best way to clean hardwood floor and tile next to it?
Comments (3)I also use Bona. And I think you're making the cleaning process too difficult in your head..........if you had carpeting right up next to your wood floor, you would know immediately that the wood had to be cleaned with a dust mop and a wood floor cleaner, while the carpet needs to be vacuumed. You would just automatically go get different tools for the two different surfaces. But since both your surfaces SEEM like they could be cleaned the same, that's what's throwing you. Use whatever you normally use for your tile, then, go get a hardwood cleaner for your wood floor. Red...See Morekarenfromknoxville
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