Cleaning Reclaimed Wood Floors

Use a broom or hardwood floor mop for daily cleaning.

Cleaning reclaimed wood floors.

How to prepare reclaimed wood. Floor installer michael dittmer who lives outside chicago dispatches a robot vac daily to keep an eye on his entire first floor. A microfiber mop pre treated with a dusting agent will pick up dust and dirt and prevent scratches. I bought some wood off of craigslist.

It s a fact that reclaimed wood is usually dirty. In most households wood floors should be cleaned at least four to six times a year. Use your vacuum s hard. The fellow said it was redwood from a barn.

This tutorial shows you how to do it. Preventing initial wear and damage to your floor and cleaning the finish. Step 1 vacuum the floor thoroughly. 3mm of reclaimed antique wood laid over a nine layer substrate of plywood.

Like other prefinished floorings this product receives seven coats of aluminum oxide finish. Maintaining a reclaimed wood floor is no different from cleaning a new wood floor. Vacuum your hardwood floor once a week. Use a soft broom or vacuum cleaner with a hard floor setting to remove loose dirt dust and debris.

Give it a scrub or sand down. Just remember if your floor s finish is in good shape and mopping is done correctly the water won t penetrate even the oil and wax finishes. The most important steps are best broken down into two important steps. I decided to restore it rather than using it with the aged look.

Hardwood floor cleaning and maintenance steps. Then i clean the kitchen floor weekly and in other rooms twice a month. Step 2 fill a bucket with warm water. The first step in learning how to clean hardwood floors is removing dust or debris that can scratch or dull their surface.

Dip a sponge or rag mop into the water and wring it out well. Years ago when i started cleaning reclaimed wood i would sand it down with a hand sander which would get rid of that beautiful patina and some of the character. If you have old parquet wood flooring clean it frequently to preserve its appearance. Hardwood floors add a beautiful touch to just about any room but there s some debate about the best way to clean them.

This blog posts explains how to clean your reclaimed hardwood floors. The instructable will describe how i went through the process of getting the wood ready to plane usin. You re cleaning the finish not the wood so don t use water if the finish is in poor shape. If you re planning to use it in a project the first step of that project will be to clean the old wood assuming of course that you re like me and you want to install clean reclaimed wood into your home.

The most important lesson i ve learned with reclaimed wood is when to lightly clean it vs. Reclaimed engineered wood flooring may sound like an oxymoron but aged woods has just that. The beauty of reclaimed wood with the practicality of engineered flooring.