Have your floors suffered from years of scratches and abuse? No worries.
My wood floors have seen a lot. They’ve been trampled throughout the years by lots of children, wheels of baby strollers, and heels of dozens of guests joining us to celebrate a simcha. We don’t remove our shoes or treat it delicately…and yet, those floors still look brand new.
How can it be possible? It is. And it doesn’t matter if you’ve been abusing your floors all these years…it can still look like new tomorrow. Here’s how.
Before treating your floors, vacuum them to make sure they’re clean.
You’ll need a swivel mop, a bottle of Bona (available on Amazon or at Bed, Bath, & Beyond), and a spray bottle. Put the Bona in the spray bottle, then either spray the swivel mop or the floor and clean desired areas. Note that although Bona sells their own swivel mop, any mop of this type that you find at a local store would work just as well.
So now the floor is perfectly clean. But what about those years of accumulated scratches? That’s what Bona Restorer is for.
Restorer will bring back the luster of any polyurethane (not wax) coated wood floor, which is most wood floors. Bona recommends using a different mop head with the Restorer, but I use the same one and it’s fine.
Water, vinegar, and many other things you might have tried on your floor simply ruin it. Even if you’ve never treated your floors like this before, it’s not too late and you can make them look like new!
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will this fill in scratches or just shine?
At the risk of sounding stupid, what is a swivel mop? Is it the one in the picture? Thanks!
Yes. We added in a link to the word swivel. You can buy it on amazon, or target and walmart..
If your parquet floor is matte and was not treated with a chemical that makes the parquet shine then I was informed from that you can damage your floor with Bona and not use anything except for a dry rag. Since the parquet is not treated the chemicals ( bona) gets absorbed into the wood. That is not good for the parquet.
thanks my floors look terrible i will definitely try it.
how often do you use the bona cleaner? weekly? do you dilute it? how often do you use the restorer?
Use the bona once a week and the restorer when your floors are scratched or dull, that could be once a year or after a Simcha in your home or once in 5 years depending on traffic or your lifestyle . Do not dilute the cleaner, unless it says concentrate .
Hi to save time Bona has a mop that you can fill up with the cleanser squeeze from the top to spray and then mop. I use it all the time and love it
Just a great tutorial. Working with wood is very difficult especially if you’re a newbie, so woodworking tutorials like this are a great way to get the hang of it!
Does that mean i cant wash my floors with water?Does the bona remove dirt as well or just shines?Please respond!
Hi, I lately scrapped my floors with polyurethane, is bona better to wash the floors weekly, someone recommended me to use polycare, which one is better?
I use really hot water and Murphy oil soap. I think it works so much better than bona
HELP! My new wood floors are full of ´clear’ non black scuff marks! Will Bona Restorer get rid of them?