I feel for you Elaine! Same problem with my Cortec floor that runs the length of my home. (Kitchen, Foyer, and hallway) I mop it twice a week and live with the smudges in between. It is a flaw with the flat finish floors. I spent too much to replace it right away but I will get hardwood flooring as soon as I can. At least hardwood can be sanded and refinished. Cortec is one of my biggest mistakes.

So Jen K, if you think this thread is nuts, why are you looking at it?

So here I am about ~1 1/2 years layer and now my floors are too shiny and super slippery!! wtf i guve up

@Jen K (7b, 8a) You have an odd fixation with this thread.

Do us a favor myaglubpanny, please leave this discussion

I agree. If you dont have a valid contibution bye bye.

I have used plain water with a few drops of dish detergent and let it dry naturally. Seems to work pretty well. Also, washing with any recommended cleaner but drying with a microfibre cloth right away also works. But it's not long before the marks show up again.

Agree. I think drying it does help. Thanks.

My floor is LVP by Trucor. I thought I was the only one having this problem. Dog nail scratches everywhere, scratches with my fingernail, leaves smudges everywhere and I use vinegar/water and microfiber mop. My Shaw LVP was fantastic, called Easy Street. It was torn out as supposedly had water damage from Texas Rolling Blackout but it never scratched or smudged like this. I see I am not alone, wish something could be done as my contractor blamed it on the vinegar water and then told me to remove the scratches with vinegar/water, lol.

You have a psychological problem. You are addicted to snarky and useless comments on this thread. Be gone!

Agree! We are here to get ideas or solutions or helpful information. We don't need your insults.

I do use a Roombu vac on my LVP, but it doesn't help with the prints. I have a 10 month old grandson, crawling everywhere and his feet and knees are dirty in just a few minutes after coming over.

A floor expert has been here to see the floor and agrees there is something wrong with it . You can rub out the marks and then you see a shiny spot where the floor was rubbed. You can mop with water and the shiny spot will go away until you rub it again. Leaves brown residue on paper towels. Samples of the floor are being sent to a lab.

What brand of flooring do you have?

I have mannington and my floors also leave a brown stain on towels. rep said its dirt

That doesn’t sound right especially if you've just cleaned them.

I have Trucor flooring. My Shaw flooring never did this. Will let you know what lab comes back with.

I have Shaw LVP as well. We installed in 2020 and I thought it was dirty looking immediately from move in. Blamed it on construction dust. I have used vinegar water, Rejuvenation, Bona, all sorts of microfiber mops, and a mr clean mop. Spent hundreds of dollars on cleaning products. We got a dog a year ago. Immediate scratches. Just from her walking. It always looks cloudy, always has a residue, and always printed immediately after cleaning (without anyone walking on it). I attached some pictures of what it looks like right after I cleaned. Most of the time I can’t even get out water spots! (We don’t have hard water)Have not gotten anywhere with Shaw, they said I need to make a claim with our contractor. Our contractor will not call me back. My husband said let’s just ride this out until it’s time to replace the flooring, but we spent 7000 and that is crazy! Has anyone found any other tricks? Has anyone tried having a professional floor cleaning service come in?

I too have Shaw...also new construction. A rep came out and told me to use IFT cleaner by Basic cleaning. I had the all the same experiences you did. Used the cleaner...equal parts with water, once. It is Very strong. I usually clean with water and isopropyl alcohol. I occasionally use the IFT Very diluted. Also 1 mop to clean and 1 mop to dry. Spent 6k on my floors almost 3 years ago. They look better...not great, but better.

Thank you for the advice… did the rep happen to say they have been having complaints?

No. He blamed it on new construction build up!! I had been in the house almost 2 years when he came. I think LVP floors are overrated.

Same! I want to rip them out!

I hate ours so much. I wish I would have taken the sample and put it to use. Walked on them, spilled water, etc. You cant even take a paper towel or cloth to clean up spills without it showing a smear mark. Anyways, does anyone have this weird thing where when youre mopping it, it shows marks and scratches but they dissapear when dried? Its like the water just glides over the floor but doesnt actually clean the surface. Its hard to explain. I took a photo. You can kind of see the marks and dog scratches. This is right after going over it once with a wet mop before going over it again and then drying it.

Yes I have that. It seems to go away if I dry them with a separate mop. Weird.

You can follow this thread back five years and will find the same complaints you're having now. As far as I know none of the companies who manufacture LVP, nor any of the companies that sell it, have taken any responsibility for the disaster. Mine cost $9000 four years ago. I am still saving money month by month to get them replaced with engineered wood. I HATE what I have. They always look filthy.

Dark wood is a challenge to keep clean dog socks? I have LVP in my entire house Lighter colored in most of the house and dark(like yours) in the primary bedrokma nd bathroom i put a rug at the enterence wipe some of the dust off so far so good

I love my LVP the Waddington Oak is great it doesnt show any dirt is super durable and looks great bummer for all these people on here that are having issues

I too have the issue with the water showing things when wet and appearing different when dry. I just said the other day it seems like nothing is penetrating through to clean it. Sometimes the water beads in areas of my floor, like it is repelling it. Even water spots! They do not clean up! Hate them. And I hate even more that people spend so much money and the manufacturer does not care.

I have the exact same thing. Every drool spot from our dog shows up when floors are wet. Maybe eventually they will all meet up! so disappointed in these floors!

@Sandy okay thats what I thought it was! doggy drool spots. It makes sense, as these spots arent where the dogs dont go/lay. Its just so weird how it does that.

@Courtney Collien Yes, thats exactly what mine do. Its so annoying. When we went looking at floors, every sales person was saying how great they were. Ugh. I wasnt a fan of our old laminate, but I really wish we would have gotten laminate again.

My lab results came back and my Shaw Easy Street was twice the quality of the Trucor Spiced Acacia put in by insurance company to replace the original Shaw Easy Street. This is a contract violation of the insurance company to replace like with like kind so will be addressing this issue and hopefully getting my old floor back. The best thing I have found to make the Trucor Spiced Acacia look better is a pH neutral floor cleaner used without water with dry microfiber mop. It was used by the flooring expert and I need to find a source of it. My Trucor floor will look shiny if rub it hard with dry paper towel. The dry paper towel also removes the "scratches" from dogs. Unfortunately, unless have time and muscle to do entire floor like this, will have shiny spots on a dull floor.

I just find it so weird that myaglupanny likes to write snarky comments on this thread. Why are you even reading this when you don’t have a VLP floor? Nothing else to do?

I agree that its super weird. Sounds like a troll but with no purpose!

Courtney, I could have written your post. Our Shaw floors were just recently finished after we had a major leak from our fridge. We had engineered hardwood, but every decorator I spoke with raved about LVP. I HATE IT!!! It's like there is some weird film on it. It constantly has smudge marks and scratches from the dog. It's horrible stuff. It almost looks like we have the exact same floor.

Terrible! I’m sure you paid a lot for this floor as well. I recently looked at the better business bureau and there are multiple claims on the Shaw flooring. Have you had any success with a cleaner or talking to the company?

Has anyone had issues with Coretec? They were purchased by Shaw…but I don’t know if it’s the same product or not. We have Coretec Calypso Oak and love it. It’s lighter which I think also makes a huge difference.

I found a pretty decent floor cleaner. MORE luxury vinyl floor cleaner. Hope this helps someone.

I read some reviews on the MORE cleaner and of course they all look good. Denise did it help pull up left over residue and water spots? What kind of mop did you use?

I use 2 microfiber mops. One to clean, on to dry.. Drying is a must.

Great, worth a try!

I have the EXACT same issue. Our dog prints are everywhere even with dry paws. The dog drool marks are also awful. We had to pull up a mannington LVP due to a manufacturer defect and went with Coretec. The mannington one did not do this but I’m so disappointed in the core tec for this reason alone. No scratches, super quiet and feels nice but the marks are awful, it’s like someone is running around with powder on their feet!

Its been abt 2 yrs with my coretec. Its gotten a bit better. Initially it took many washings to remove film. Now I wash it once a week and abt every 6 weeks I put 2 coats of Quickshine. It helps with scratches and dog prints. I also swifer twice a week.

Do you have to remove the old application before applying new? Can you send pics?

I don't remove previous application of Quickshine. I just finished washing it. I put 2 coats of Quickshine abt 2 wks ago.

You’re floor looks great! thanks for the tip. As it starts to wear off does it become dull or show traffic wear? ive been thinking about applying something like this to shine up our Coretec floors

Yes, after awhile youll see more scuffs. 2-3 coats depending on traffic is good for abt 8 wks

I had my Shaw floors professionally cleaned two weeks ago. They used a hot water extraction method aimed to deep clean LVP. I would say they are 80% better. I’m planning on using Norwex to mop in between and do this every 6 months.

Sadly, I don’t think anything can fix these damn prints. I can clean it perfectly but the minute a paw or bare foot touches it they show up again. It’s only clean until the next person or dog steps on it. Sucks. This is a $10k mistake for me unfortunately. Next time a lighter color or wood for me.

Just wondering, has anyone tried Swiffer ?

Yes. I used to wet the Swifter pads but that didnt work too well. What works best for me is a square mop that I wet in hot water. i rinse the dirt out a few times during one wash of my main floor