Of course, the best way to clean the surface of the place you live in is to wipe it with a damp cloth. You can provide deep cleaning with a damp mop or mop to get rid of bacteria, dust and dirt. However, some wooden surfaces are unfortunately not good with damp mops. Swelling and deformations can occur when it stays wet.
Now, with a few simple steps, you can clean your wooden surfaces more deeply and effectively without deforming, and you can keep your home clean for a much longer time.
Determine Your Cleaning Frequency
If you want your home to stay clean longer, regular cleaning is a must. In this way, you will be less tired and your house will not be too dirty. Our recommendation would be to vacuum your house at least once every 3 days and to wipe it at least once a week.
Be sure to vacuum before wiping
Cleaning surfaces by simply wiping is one of the biggest mistakes made. Because passing through the same place with a mop dozens of times in order to clean the surface completely may cause you to use more water and wear your wooden floor. You can be sure that the water remaining on the surface will not be good for your wooden surfaces every time. Sweeping the surface and getting rid of dust and crumbs before wiping both makes your work easier and ensures less wear on the surface.
Use Special Product for Wooden Surfaces
As you know, there are many different products for surface cleaning on the market. Of course there is a reason for that too. Using cleaning products produced for ceramic surfaces while cleaning your wooden surfaces will cause your wooden surface to wear and deform rapidly. Therefore, be careful to choose from special products for wood.
Read Product Instructions for Use
Every cleaning product has an amount that needs to be used. This is clearly stated in the product's operating instructions. If you use much more than the amount of product you need to use, it will be inevitable for your surfaces to deform. Avoid the assumption that using more cleaning products will clean more effectively and follow directions.
Use Two Cleaning Buckets
One of the biggest mistakes most of us make is washing the mop in a single bucket with detergent and water for surface cleaning, and wiping the surface with detergent and water. For wooden surfaces, you can be sure that this is a huge mistake. Therefore, you have to use two buckets, mix one with detergent and water and fill the other with clean water only. After cleaning the surface with detergent and running over it again with clean water, it will help you get rid of the deformations caused by the detergent on the wooden surfaces.
Discover the Power of Hot Water
The temperature of the water you fill in your buckets is also very important. Because hot water provides much more effective cleaning than warm or cold water. Consider how easily grease and grime come off when washing dishes with hot water. The same goes for surface cleaning. You can see that the dirt on the surface dissolves much more easily with hot water. However, you should make sure that the mop head you use for surface cleaning is microfiber and that the mop is moistened, not wet.