Clean Painted Hardwood Floors

They can leave residue emit harmful toxins and even over clean or strip your floor.

Clean painted hardwood floors.

Keep your hardwood floors clean the natural way by following these tips. Several solvents will remove oil based paint but mineral spirits is the strongest one you. Avoid steam mops too. Certain polishes or cleaners are like poison for your floors.

Use of commercial paint removers this is a quicker way to remove dried paint off the hardwood floors. Carefully scrape off as much of the paint as you can with a putty knife grab a rag dip it into a mix of 3 parts rubbing alcohol 1 part lemon juice. Do pick no wax water based polishes and cleaners. Sand and refinish every 10 years.

Apply a fresh coat of finish every three to five years. Clean with recommended hardwood floor cleaner once a month. Clean heavy traffic areas with a damp mop twice a month. The trick to making this work is allowing time for the rubbing alcohol aka isopropyl alcohol to do its magic on water based paints.

The moisture and heat can damage the floorboards. Visit one of the home improvement stores and buy a paint remover. Latex paint remover is the ideal solvent for removing latex paint but it won t work on oil based paint. If moisture is allowed to collect on paint it will leave unsightly water marks when it dries and these can be difficult if not impossible to remove.

Sweep dust or dry mop daily. Soaking a hardwood floor with a wet mop is a huge no no even if it s painted. Directly apply the paint remover on the dried paint using a cotton ball or swabs and leave the product to soak for about 15 minutes to break down the paint.