I've been buying a fair amount of Rubio so my supplier had the Rubio rep. stop by when he was in town recently. He recommended diluting their Soap 100:1 with water and using in a spray bottle with a microfiber mop rather than the two bucket method. He said every two years or so to apply a thin coat of the same 2C oil over the floor. Sounds easy. I've got the soap and mixed up a bottle but still haven't done anything more than vacuum my floor though. I'm considering swapping out the floor in one room and finishing it, a hall and my master bedroom with Rubio. That would leave only one poly finished floor in my house.

At 2.5 years old with only the cleaner, the floors are exactly where they should be: a little beaten up, a little dry but other wise fully functional. At this point, you will need to do your repairs (hands and knees with sand paper and coloured finish) and add the maintenance oil to everything. And oiled floor can require the recoat (maintenance oil) as often as every year or as infrequently as every 5 years. It all depends on the first application and the abuse since then and the climate. It sounds like the floors are well used and well loved. Excellent. They are exactly where they should be (visually). The recoat with maintenance oil is in order for the whole thing. Colour patches to be done as needed. I will let the boots-on-the-ground type of guys answer the "how to" side of things. Ultimate Hardwood is the best one for this job. Post photos if you can so he can see what is going on with your floors.

Rubio will be just fine in a kitchen. The local professionals are probably untrained in this finish = STEEP learning curve for them (which they don't like...it can lead to complaints by homeowners if they get it wrong). These Hardwax oil finishes will have a bit more maintenance to them....but the BEAUTY of that is = DIY friendly repairs and refreshing of the finish. If you are going to work with Rubio, make sure you hire a TRAINED Rubio/hardwax oil professional. It is ALL in the sanding. The sanding technique must be THE BEST. Any ooopsas during sanding and it the finish won't look right (fully functional....but won't look perfect). And make sure you get the professional to walk you through how, when and WHY you do maintenance. Make sure you purchase the maintenance package AT THE SAME TIME as you have the floors finished (there are cleaners, repair kits and refreshing products that make up the kit). That way you can have immediate access to your repair/cleaning products. This makes life with a HWO finish MUCH easier. Too many times we see people on Houzz asking "How to clean/repair" these finishes YEARS after the floors were finished. That's not a good way to start life with HWO finishes. The best way is to have everything ON HAND so that you have everything within arms reach should you wish to do a touch up before company arrives! They are DIY friendly floors - but you need the "stuff" on hand to do it.

@Brian Adamczak I had to redo The Entire Floor by hand. I did not re-sand, instead I put on a second coat of Rubio to make the whole floor shiny. This is because I could never get the shiny spots to dull and become matte. I tried everything! My steps were: apply 2nd coat of Rubio chocolate product, wait 5 minutes wipe up as much as possible with a terry cloth towel by hand use a clean terry cloth towel under a handheld sander (Black & Decker Mouse Detail Sander) and get more of the product up and out use a Viva - like cloth - paper towel under the handheld sander to get the last bit of product up and out of the floor. I went through about 20 rolls for 1250 sqft. did not walk on the floor for 7 days I was (am) frustrated with Rubio Monocoat for not being honest about the situation and resolve. I spoke with them at length a dozen times. They were in denial of the problem - even though it happens quite often when you start asking around. Rubio does not recommend applying a second coat. But the problem was that the shinny spots (1% of the floor) soaked up more oil. Therefore I had to get the rest of the floor (99%) to also soak up more oil. It was all about making the sheen uniform with oil. Note, doing 2 coast did darken the color a bit. To be honest, I prefer the matte look over the shiny. In the end the upstairs has 2 coast and is shinny & darker. Downstairs has 1 coat and is matte and lighter. But the extra oil in the wood upstairs makes it more water spot resistant (that is helpful, because upstairs is where the kitchen is.) Whereas, downstairs with 1 coat, there is a tendency for the floor to spot when water gets on the wood. My goodness it was a lot of work. Best of luck!