Do You Steam Clean Hardwood Floors

Again i m no expert on the subject.

Do you steam clean hardwood floors.

You may be considering the purchase of a steam mop to keep them clean and. Hardwood is naturally a very absorbent material and exposure to water can cause it to plump warp twist and mold. That s true whether you have solid or engineered wood floors and for bamboo too. There are really only a few acceptable and very safe ways of cleaning your hardwood floors without damaging them.

A steam cleaner by its very nature uses water heated to a very hot vapor to clean and disinfect the surface of a floor. For this reason you should avoid all these so called safe hardwood floor steam cleaners. Keep steaming on as low of a setting as possible. Some steam mop manufacturers such as shark and bissell may say you can use it on a sealed hardwood floor but.

However avoid using a steam mop on unsealed hardwoods as they re more vulnerable and easily damaged by excessive moisture. Sealed hardwood floors can withstand the moisture and heat from a steam mop and they clean really nicely with a streak free finish. Combine that with the fact that you re blasting micro particles of wet hot steam into the cracks and crevice of hardwood floors and i personally didn t feel comfortable continuing to use the monster steam mop on my hardwood floors especially since i couldn t find any documentation or flooring experts who agreed with steam cleaning. They are as follows.

You can sweep floors as often as you like but just. But here are the steps we take to try to reduce potential damage from using a steam mop on hardwood floors. Exercising caution common sense steam cleaning hardwood floors. Make sure the floor sealer is in good condition.

Here are steps on how to steam clean hardwood floors correctly. If you have wood floors you ve probably already noticed their propensity for attracting dirt and sustaining scuff marks.