Friday, August 1, 2014

How to Clean a Hardwood Floor Part 3

Part three of our series on how to clean a hardwood floor focuses on when to clean as opposed to when to refinish.
Call in a professional for hardwood floor refinishing in San Antonio | (210) 637-5050
Call in a professional for hardwood floor refinishing in San Antonio | (210) 637-5050

Is It Time For Hardwood Floor Refinishing?  

Is it time for hardwood floor refinishing?  The answer to that question depends on a lot of factors.  First off, what type of hardwood floor do you have?  Is it really hardwood or is it just wood laminate.  You don't want to try to refinish a wood laminate floor without knowing what you're doing, as you could end up stripping the wooden parts of your laminate off, and leave your floor a scarred wreck.  The laminate that covers the floor is remarkably thin, usually just slightly thicker than a piece of paper.
If your floor is hardwood, what type of wood is it?  Is it hickory, maple, or teak parquet?  Maybe you have walnut flooring.  If you don't know, make sure you call in a professional hardwood floor refinishing service in New Braunfels, TX.   However, if you are able to determine your flooring, then it is time to decide whether it just needs cleaning, sealing, refinishing, or some combination of all of them.  

How to Tell If You Need to Refinish Your Wood Floor

How can you that you need to refinish your hardwood floor?  Well the first thing you need to do is take a look at it.  IF you've been maintaining your floor, but for some reason you're still seeing dingy hardwood, that is usually a sign of fine scratches on your floor.  If you have big scratches or pits in the wood, you've only got two choices: put something on top of the marks, or call a hardwood floor refinishing service.  
A professional hardwood floor refinishing service can help in a lot of ways.  First off they'll clean your floor for you.  Sometimes something as simple as that can make all the difference.  If it doesn't, then they will go over the process with you.  Usually the floor is lightly sanded down, refinished, and then to protect it, sealing may be in order.  As to why you want to think about it, that's simple.
Good hardwood flooring is never cheap.  So any wood flooring you put in is an investment of your money.  As such, you want to keep it up.  One of the best ways is to contact a hardwood floor refinishing service in your area.  
This concludes part three of our  series.  For more information on hardwood floor cleaning, be sure to read part one and part two as well.   
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