I have a laminated flooring that was installed about 5 years ago. My problem is that when I clean the floor with the suggested cleaning liquid by the manufacturer, or now the new Clorox or Swifter cleaners that I have also tried, the floor retains a dull film that I can't remove back to my shiny floor. Has anyone else experienced this problem and found a remedy for it? Could it possibly be a hard water problem?
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Try washing your floors with warm water and about a cup of vinegar (I use an ice cream pail 3/4 full of water and just pour some vinegar in). This is all my mom and I have ever used to wash floors and our floors both look great. My mom's lino. is 15 years old at least and although it is starting to wear at the seams it is still shiny.
I haven't tried it myself, but a co-worker said she adds vinegar (sorry, I don't know how much) to her water and that it eliminated the problem for her.
someone told me to try vinegar as well, it hasnt made my floors shine at all. I found a cleaner/shine formula, but it only shines the floor until it drys.. then it goes back to dull.
I use a drywall pole that has that they use for the sandpaper for drywall ( Lowes) that just sticks to the bottom but instead I use a ShamWow. I spray some water and vineger and use the ShamWow and it cleans it and the floor drys quickly leaving a shine. Works great on tile too!
I had a bad experience when I used a recipe of vinegar,water,soda and water.After I did my floors they had white spots all over them.After posting my problem I was told to use vinegar and water.I have gone over my floors several times but my floors look blotchy and no shine to them.Some spots just look worn,maybe I wiped them too much but what can I use to put the shine back.
I use 1 cup vinegar per 1 gallon of water. But it has not taken away the dull look. Please someone help. My laminated floor is only a year old. I did not know I could not use oil soap.
I agree with you. I've used the vinegar and water mixture and mine is still just as dull as before. I'm beginning to wish I'd never had the laminate flooring installed.
Same here. Mine has been down since we built, 14 years ago. It has been dull most of that time. Hate it, can't afford to replace with the real thing. I used nothing but clear water until recently. Have been using white vinegar and it looks just as bad as it did.
My previous laminate was easy to clean plain water no streaks and a high shine. Replaced the whole house with the same quality but not as high a sheen. The floor looks great until the light hits it and you can see every streak and footprint. Wish I bought the exact flooring I had previously. My flooring is a week old every one loves it but I see the problem with the finish!
My husband installed our laminate flooring 1 year ago January 2019 and we were really pleased with it !,but when we started mopping it with warm water ,it left a film and we cant get past it! I mop the floor every week and cannot go back to the shiny look that it once had .I dont understand whats going on!everyone is saying use vinegar!use vinegar!but then some people are saying they use vinegar and it still looks dull.
I agree wish I had never put laminate down. I've done all of the above and wish I could find something instead of buying a floor polish. I have bought Rejuvenate and it works fine but it is the cost.
I agree my dark shiny laminate Mohawk floor has a dull finish on it or haze after using 10 different solutions. Nothing works and know now what a bid mistake it was to purchase a whole living room floor with it.Vinegar I hear can take the design out of floor after using for a long period of time.
Do you use white vinegar for the cleaning or the browner types of vinegar? Or does it make any difference what kind you use?
My floor film was so bad I was ready to replace the floor but I called Bruce's Floor Cleaner and they told me they don't tell it but the film can be removed with 1 cup water in a gallon of warm water Scrub with white damp cloth to remove film. The thing was I was using Bruce's floor cleaner (dry thoroughly) which was what I had to do to remove. Cleaned it 3 times but if you look under Bono Floor cleaner for a Laminate flooring you also will find they also sell a polish for a Laminate flooring.
Mix eqaul parts hot water and vinegar. This works the best.
My laminate floor was also dull and showed every footprint and smudge. I regularly clean with vinegar and water solution but I wanted the shine back. I finally used the Bona laminate cleaner and followed with the Bona laminate floor polish.
Do it leave marks from the dogs nails like scratches thats what Im afraid of with the waxing one
I would love to use the Bona but the man demonstrating said not to walk on it for 24 hrs. Who can do that?
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