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Weird white marks on my laminate floor - how do I get this off?!
Comments (2)Windex Original formula (with the ammonia) will most likely do the trick. Laminate finishes do VERY WELL with Windex. I've used it on finished furniture, hardwood, cork, laminate, vinyl, etc. You'll be fine. First things first: Your cleaning schedule. I'm going to bet this floor is being over cleaned (yes...there is such a thing). With rigid floors, the most important thing is sweeping. Or vacuum with a unit that does NOT have a beater bar (just suction). Here's your cleaning schedule that you will want to take up as a regular habit: 1. Sweep 1-3x per week (or vacuum...either way) 2. Damp mop (water ONLY) 1/week. Damp means so little water the microfiber mop feels 'dry'. 3. Damp "clean" = 1-2x per MONTH. A cleaning product such as water and vinegar is just fine. It should be a 20:1 ratio (20 parts water to 1 part vinegar...some people will use a small bucket of HOT water + 1 tablespoon of white vinegar = just fine). 4. For tough situations (like dried spaghetti sauce) you can use the Windex as a treatment of the area. ***Do NOT use wet swiffers!!!!! In fact the dry swiffers leave behind 'wax'. That wax, over time, can cause build up as well (weird but true). The OVER USE of cleaning products AND the mixing of chemicals (vinegar vs. Bona cleaner) have always caused 'build up' like you are showing in your photos. Relax. Breathe. You are doing fine. Build up can be reversed....with a mild 'stripper' like Windex. Remember: build up is caused by too much cleaner being LEFT BEHIND. Water EVAPORATES but dirt/cleaner does NOT. They stay behind. Over cleaning leaves +++cleaner. And then mixing in vinegar with Bona and you get the one chemical (vinegar) grabbing on to the other cleaner (bona) to create weird looking spots. The fix: use a mild degreaser/stripper like Windex to remove the issue...and start again. Windex works well because it has a HEAVY concentrate of alcohol. The alcohol evaporates VERY quickly meaning your laminate floor (which HATES water...hates, hates, hates, hates water) will not have an issue with being 'too wet'. Which is another reason to stay away from 'over cleaning' these floors. Good luck. Tell us what worked....See MoreHow do I fix these small problems?
Comments (10)Hot Rod, I know they usually do much better work than this, so I hate to be so picky regarding the trim pieces. Maybe there are reasons why. I hope to see him on Monday. On Friday, one of his cows was in labor and died. He had to cut the calf out, but it died too. He lost a lot of money that day with the animals' deaths. No drugs for him, he is just busy. Ranching is tough work, and doesn't pay well, but we consumers need small ranches to stay in business or the big corporations take over ranch land and increase prices. When the cabinet maker made his own floor trim for my kitchen 7-8 years ago, we noticed a year later than one small side cabinet never had trim installed. We could not match it of course. When I mentioned it to the cabinet maker last week, he made the trim, stained it, and installed it free. After 7-8 years! Oklahoma just voted to let medical marijuana be legal a few months ago. You should try teaching small children whose parents use or did use drugs. I will say though, that teaching a child with fetal alcohol syndrome is much more difficult than teaching a child who was born addicted to cocaine or any other drug...and alcohol is legal! mmmm12COzone5, I think if I was building a new house, there wouldn't be much of a problem. It is just remodeling, and we have to do it in stages. Too small of a job for most contractors. I can understand that, but I can't even get a plumber to call me back. I called 15 last Monday who have advertised online or who were in the Yellow Pages or on BBB website. Lumber yards gave me 3 names. Not one called back. I had explained the job I needed done when I left the message. All of them are within a 40 mile radius from my home. I guess I will have to look for handy-man type people or learn to do it myself. I am a retired teacher, but my husband is still working and driving 1.5 hrs one way to work every day, so he doesn't have much time. But, it is what it is and we live where we live! At this point, I just need to learn to DIY...myself. I know what you mean about low expectations. I am sorry you are having trouble as well. You cannot trust their references. Due diligence does not always pay off. We went through 6-8 electricians before I found one that was exceptional. When I called him the other day, he has moved. He said, "I was sick of all the drugged up, deadbeat, rednecks in this area who didn't want to pay what I had estimated." So, it goes both ways...contractors have trouble getting paid here! Maybe it is like all the uninsured people who go to hospitals and don't pay, so it winds up costing the insurance companies more so they raise my premiums. I never took the lowest bid when we were first looking for contractors in 2011, but I may as well have. My roofing installers had to have seen problems in the roof edges, but they never mentioned it. They just put new shingles on. We found nails in our pool, on the deck, in the landscaping, and in the yard for months. My siding people told me about the problems AFTER he had completed the demo, and AFTER he had installed 3/4 of the siding. So the additional cost was $8000.00 over the $38,000.00 originally bid. I understand that they had to replace about 10 ft of fascia and that parts of the old soffits had no plywood at all under the old siding, but geez, tell me sooner. He was lucky I had money set aside for something else which was my upstairs bathroom and upstairs remodel. So now, I have less money and will reuse the carpet, tub, tub surround, wood countertop and old stained trim upstairs. I had assumed it was just my rural area that caused them problems. Maybe jobs are scarce so some people say they are contractors, but are really just untrained handy-men who need money. I didn't realize that bigger cities than my little town had the same problems. Really, I can't call my town a town... Wdccruise, he said he would take care of it so I can only hope. He is really a nice guy so I think he will. I just hope taking it apart doesn't weaken it. Here is a picture of the roll top doors he made for an enormous, big screen, projection TV, entertainment center in the master bedroom years ago. He said it was in 1980, so they are 40 years old and still work well. He built the 4 large cabinet doors the other day, so they are new. There were huge speaker niches that didn't have any doors. We put adjustable shelves in them when we moved in. We stuck a desk where the projection TV was, but will probably have him add cabinets to the desk section for a TV and other electronics. It is hard to believe it is 40 years old until you seen the popcorn ceiling, gold knobs, and the pink half bath. The bedroom and the great room/kitchen wood floor will be done after all bathrooms are finished, IF I can ever find a plumber to move the plumbing in the concrete. So, does anyone know the size and length of the nails I should use on the trim?...See Morecode issue? contractor to fix or do I have to pay for fix?
Comments (16)Why not raise the outlet to be up by the new switch location. Replace the BEP3 (3" base end panel) with a B9 or B12.....extend it down. Run your tile across and down to the floor/baseboard. If you don't like that idea, then put the outlet back between the window. What is the switch for? Drill an airswitch in to the countertop. You can use an airswitch for lots of things....not just a disposer. Another solution: Do an angled plugmold between the windows. Are you putting a wall cabinet back there? They will do one with a switch too. Or put the outlet and switch back....split it with him. I think he should eat it....but for $250...keep the peace....See MoreHalf dead trees after winter. How do I fix them ?
Comments (15)Oxalis is another problem I am fighting but that is another story. I asked for comments on the vein of "fungus vs freeze caused issue". I am not sure if those grasses are prone to the exact fungus that supposedly attacked everything else. I am seeing different plants attacked at the same time so it is either a common fungus or the weather. Now I am not sure how fungus would propagate from one plant to the other (they are in different areas without affecting others in between (ex it skipped the other species of grass or it jumped from the south edge of the property to the patio which is central close to the edge. I also have some climbing roses that I totally forgot to mention (those died back but are relatively fine -the plants are growing like crazy trying to catch up with the roots)...See MoreA Mat
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