Was wondering if anyone out there who has wood floors - NOT laminate, has tried waxing them? I've got some nail scratches from the dog and was looking at the Internet and one site said not to wax anything that has polyurethane on it. The others I looked at never mentioned anything. So now there is confusion. To wax or not to wax? Any help would be appreciated:)
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Originally posted by Debbie View PostWas wondering if anyone out there who has wood floors - NOT laminate, has tried waxing them? I've got some nail scratches from the dog and was looking at the Internet and one site said not to wax anything that has polyurethane on it. The others I looked at never mentioned anything. So now there is confusion. To wax or not to wax? Any help would be appreciated:)Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.
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Originally posted by Dreadnought View PostIMO, Not to wax Ms Deb. I have hardwood floors at home and they are eurathaned/sealed. I merely use a good cleaner recommended for hardwood floors and a damp hot rag or towel. The reason they probably tell you not too is the fact that the dogs paw scratches may lift the eurathane and if you wax it, may darken the exposed part of the hardwood. Leaving a mark that you may not get out.:)Last edited by Debbie; 01 Jul 08,, 18:20.Welcome, you step into a forum of the flash bang, chew toy hell, and shove it down your throat brutal honesty. OoE
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Originally posted by texasjohn View PostI completely agree with Dreadnought there... waxing is a never ending lifetime job too once you start.Welcome, you step into a forum of the flash bang, chew toy hell, and shove it down your throat brutal honesty. OoE
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Wax on, Wax off
I have lyptus hardwood floors everywhere. If I don't say so myself, they are beautiful, but a lot of work. Sans stripping them entirely, once the scratches are there, they are going to stay. Trust me, as my mother and her stiletto heels did a little tap dance to which I get to remember every time I am on my hands and knees and see the marks. Throw in scratches from our dog too.
I tell myself that my floor has personality!
I use good old fashioned Murphy's Oil Soap- remember the commercials with the nice old ladies cleaning the church? I also use Mr. Clean with water and it doesn't leave a sticky feeling that the wax will give plus it sanitizes. On very rare occasions I used a furniture and wood polish called Milsek but it it oil based and makes the scratches a little darker but it fades with in a week or so. Milsek is also awesome on stainless steel.
Hope it helped. BTW- are you pregnant? Why on earth are u scrubbing floors?sigpic "We are the people our parents warned us about." Jimmy Buffet
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In India we wax our wooden floors.
But, be warned, it is a back breaking chore!
It also gathers the dust.
"Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion, Instead of Truth they use Equivocation, And eke it out with mental Reservation, Which is to good Men an Abomination."
I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to.
HAKUNA MATATA
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Originally posted by Desdemona View PostI have lyptus hardwood floors everywhere. If I don't say so myself, they are beautiful, but a lot of work. Sans stripping them entirely, once the scratches are there, they are going to stay. Trust me, as my mother and her stiletto heels did a little tap dance to which I get to remember every time I am on my hands and knees and see the marks. Throw in scratches from our dog too.
I tell myself that my floor has personality!
I use good old fashioned Murphy's Oil Soap- remember the commercials with the nice old ladies cleaning the church? I also use Mr. Clean with water and it doesn't leave a sticky feeling that the wax will give plus it sanitizes. On very rare occasions I used a furniture and wood polish called Milsek but it it oil based and makes the scratches a little darker but it fades with in a week or so. Milsek is also awesome on stainless steel.
Hope it helped. BTW- are you pregnant? Why on earth are u scrubbing floors?
Pregnancy, would require a man of some sort last time I heard. Those I seem to be interested in don't share that view. :))Welcome, you step into a forum of the flash bang, chew toy hell, and shove it down your throat brutal honesty. OoE
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Just a thought....when I bought our kitchen cabinets the folks at Kraftmaid gave me a sort of wax pencil to fill in scratches with. I don't see why you couldn't use it to fill in a deep scratch on the floor if the colors matched.sigpic "We are the people our parents warned us about." Jimmy Buffet
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