Remove Orange Glo from wood flooring?
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Orange Glo Hardwood Cleaner/Brazilian Cherry/A Mess
Comments (16)I tossed what was left of Orange Glo cleaner and polish. Never used it on my hardwood floor, but didn't care for it on my cherry cabinets and have moved on to other things. When we had our maple floors refinished a couple of years ago, they gave me Glitza products to use. It went on like honey and left a residue and really didn't clean as well as I would have liked -- a real aerobic workout every time and I dreaded the challenge. I used the Bona hardwood floor cleaner for the first time yesterday, and it was a breeze to use and the floors look great. I'm really sorry for all of you that had that problem with Orange Glo on your floors....See MoreRemoving OrangeGlo buildup
Comments (4)The old "pre-Bona" Orange Glo products used an orange/citrus oil base. Here is what we recommended for any oil contamination. Wet clean the floor with mineral spirits / paint thinner. Make sure to ventilate and extinguish any pilot lights. Charcoal filtered face masks for workers are recommended. Dry white cotton rags work well, and you should see a visible yellow residue on the rags (oil residue). Wipe from the clean area into the contaminated area, refolding the rags to wipe with a clean face, and changing rags frequently. Let dry, and clean a second time with a good water based surfactant cleaner (like Bona / Basic cleaners). Repeat water cleaning until no color transfers to the white cotton rags. If the floor is tight with no open cracks filled with reservoirs of oil, you may have restored the original appearance and gloss. If this procedure doesn't remove all dulling film, you have greatly increased the likelihood of a recoat succeeding by removing most of the contaminant. If the floor is "open" with lots of cracks filled with contaminant, it may require a resand and refinish....See MoreRemoving urine odor from wood floor
Comments (10)Even better than Nature's Miracle is Kennel Odor Eliminator by Thornell http://www.amazon.com/Thornell-Kennel-Odor-Eliminator-Gallon/dp/B0002XI7DW My old house POs had cats, lots of them. And no litter box. It's more expensive, but it did in 4 treatments what Nature's Miracle (and others) could not. Now, the one problem you may have (and I did) is that the urine has infiltrated the HW and is into the subfloor. Try TOE first, but if it still smells....then your only option left is to remove the HWF and treat the subfloor. Mine was so bad I removed the entire subfloor because it had sunk into the joists below, but I think I'm a worst case scenario. Good luck. PS....the smell is due to the ammonia salts left behind, which are activated by moisture, hence the stronger smell when the humidity rises. My floor was so bad it changed color (got darker) when it was humid...hopefully yours is not!...See MoreRemoving 12" tile from wood floor.
Comments (1)Carefully try to scrape the tiles and glue off. Eventually hire a professional wood floor refinisher to sand the glue off....See Morehousefairy
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