Ways To Care For Walnut Flooring

It's really like a dream to make own house flooring with walnut wood. Wooden flooring is really very attractive and eye catching for their design and style. It looks completely different from normal flooring. But hardwood floor needs more care and cleaning rather than any other floor. Cleaning is very important for the wooden floor to keep its finish last long. Dust, sand, water can damage your floor.

Types of wood flooring

There are different types of floor finishing.  Waxes and oil gives matte or satin finish on the wooden floor. Oil and waxes protect the wooden floor from within. Paint removal can't harm the preventing seal or layer of oil or wax. When you don't know what type of finish your wooden floor has, you should ask your contractor and then use stain removing chemicals or materials. Because, without knowing the material of finish, if you use any normal cleaner or stain removal may harm or damage your hardwood floor. In this matter the hardwood flooring Dubai uses the best quality of preventing seal to protect the wood.

In fact, before repairing the floor, you should know the conditions of the wood. So that you understand that your wooden floor has any burns, stains, cuts, holes or cracks and it needs repairing or just a deep clean.

Even you can understand your wooden floor is worn off or just dirty by doing a simple test. In the high-traffic area of the floor, pour one or two tablespoon of water. If the water is soaked by the wood and leave a black spot or scar, that means your wooden floor is worn and need to be repaired. There are different types of repairing techniques you will find in hardwood flooring Dubai.

Some tips to take care of wooden floor

There are so many preventive measures and maintenance step that can give your walnut floor, longevity. New wooden floor needs less effort of maintenance than a old floor.

• Regular cleaning is the best way or technique to maintain the wooden floor finishing. Dust, grit, sand are the main enemies of the wooden floor. It works like a sand paper on the surface of the smooth wooden floor. It makes the floor dull, damage and scratches. So, clean your walnut wooden floor every day and keep floor mat in front of each door.
  
  
• Do not leave standing water or liquid on the floor for extended periods of time. It may damage the surface of the floor. Just simply wipe up all the spills as they happen.
  
  
• Try to use vacuum cleaner rather than broom stick to clean the dirt from the floor. The broom stick may leave scratches on the surface. You can use wax or crayon on the single or minor scratches for fixing the damages temporarily.
  
  
• Lift the furniture when you want to move it from one place to another to avoid dragging. Dragging the furniture can give the scratches on the surface of the floor.
  
  
• Try to protect your wooden floor from direct sunlight. Because, sunlight may damage the surface's glossiness and makes it shabby and dull. So use curtains in windows and carpet on the floor to protect the floor from direct sunlight and harmful UV rays.
  
  
• Use dirt mop to mop the floor surface and keep it always clean and dry.