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Recommended Hardwood floor cleaning products

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Home Builder with The Flooring Girl

Hardwood floors are a huge asset to your home, and most people would like to protect that valuable investment.  Below are some products that I highly recommend to my customers. Feel free to bookmark this page as it may come in handy for you and your clients.

 

Please note that this article contains affiliate links.  You can read my full disclosure in the right side bar (scroll down a bit).


Hardwood and Carpet resourcesFloor maintenance and cleaning products

Bona Hardwood Cleaning products

Bona is the most recommended cleaning product by hardwood professionals. It's perfect for hardwood flooring (any type - prefinished, site finished, solid, engineered), cork, bamboo and laminate.We recommend this to our customers. It's residue free and helps protect your hardwood investment. And, of course it's safe for family, pets and the environment. You can buy these on Amazon.com via below links.

Bona Hardwood flooring kit - Bona Hardwood Floor Care System 30% off

This is the Bona Starter kit with Bona mop, microfiber dusting pad, microfiber clean pad and 32oz cleaner. (See below for refills).

 

 

Bona Hardwood cleaner

This is the Bona 32 oz cleaner . Most customers use this size/form on a regular basis.

Bona Hardwood cleaner Refill

This is the Bona 128oz refill. You can use this in conjunction with your original 32oz cleaner (if you keep the bottle).

 

Search for other Bona Products on Amazon

 

Vacuums

Vacuuming frequently is probably the most important step in caring and maintaining your carpet. Besides the obvious cleanliness factor, walking on dirty carpets allows the dirt particles to penetrate below the top surface and that can damage the fibers and cause you to replace your carpet more frequently. For light traffic areas, vacuum twice per week, for heavy traffic areas, you should consider once every 1 to 2 days. We recommend the Oreck Magnesium LW100 as this is an excellent carpet cleaner and carries the Carpet Rug Institute Seal of Approval. It is also approved for super soft carpets including Shaw's Caress line. You can get the Oreck vacuum here: Oreck Magnesium Bagged Upright Vacuum, LW100

 

If you live in Westchester County NY/Lower Fairfield County CT, and you would like to add hardwood or refinish your floors, please give The Flooring Girl a call at 914-937-2950.

 

 

 

If you live outside of the Westchester County/Fairfield County area, feel free to use my special link to Fast Floors to order your flooring and have them shipped directly to you.

Hardwood, Cork, Bamboo Flooring Up-to 70% Off! www.fastfloors.com

 

Disclosure: Please note that some of the above links are affiliate links, and at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission, if you decide to purchase them. Please note that these are products I know/use and recommend to my customers. I recommend them as they are good products. I am in the flooring business to help my customers and that is how I earn my living, not by the small commissions earned on these products.

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Comments(34)

Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

Good morning Debbie. I have used the product, it works great. Nice job sharing the information, hopefully folks will have good results as well.

Dec 17, 2015 06:33 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Michael - Glad it will help

Joe - Yes, Bona is really an amazing product.

Dec 17, 2015 06:37 PM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

Wow, I've used Bona for a while now!

Our Oreck upright only lasted 3 years.  It simply died.  Failing motors is why it went bankrupt in 2013.  Since Hoover bought it the motors have been changed, but there is not much history to see how well the new motors will do.

P.s.  I still have my mother's long Electrolux, metal, and from the 60s.  It will not die and bags are available.

Dec 17, 2015 07:41 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Jay Markanich Yes, bona is great.  I need to look into more vacuums.  The issue is that some of them don't work on some of the super soft carpets I sell.  Plan is to add 1-2 other options soon (but also recommended by CRI, but I have to get other things done 1st.

Dec 17, 2015 07:50 PM
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

Debbie, Thank you for the great tips. I will share information about hardwood floors with my son. They have hardwood floor.

Dec 17, 2015 08:09 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Thx so much, Gita.  I hope it comes in handy.

Dec 17, 2015 08:51 PM
Sheila Anderson
Referral Group Incorporated - East Brunswick, NJ
The Real Estate Whisperer Who Listens 732-715-1133

Good morning Debbie. A terrific primer for keeping the hardwoods in good shape.

Dec 17, 2015 11:11 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Thanks so much, Sheila.

Dec 18, 2015 12:49 AM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Debbie awesome post, problem we have is the dog drinks and dribbles all over the wood... we are like clean up crew after he drinks.... and the list goes on and on....Endre

Dec 18, 2015 03:40 PM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Debbie Gartner - over the years I've come to know you as a credible business woman. If more people listened to you, all homes would have better floors that were well maintained. Keep teaching! I learn a lot from you and I'm grateful too.

Dec 19, 2015 01:44 AM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Patricia - Thank you. That is such a sweet thing to say.  You made my day.

Endre - LOL.  But, I'm sure they're worth it.

Dec 19, 2015 04:31 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hi Debbie -- interesting to read about the Oreck recommendation -- a few years ago I bought a Dyson and it's not quite as good as I thought ---- I think I bought into the design concept more than the function.   Live and learn.   

And yes, I did bookmark this post.   

Dec 19, 2015 04:32 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Michael Jacobs THx so much.  Dysons aren't good for super soft carpets.

Dec 19, 2015 05:22 PM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Debbie, I've heard a lot of good things about Bona.  I'm suggesting it to clients who want to keep their floors looking great.

Dec 22, 2015 09:43 AM
Carol Wilson
Your $imple Home - Toronto, ON

Hi Debbie, I don't know about super soft carpets, but I adore my Miele vacuum.  It has variable suction and is super quiet, quietest vacuum I could find.  Made in Germany and will last; guarantee is ten years.  I'd be interested in knowing whether you have looked into them and what you think.  Great post!

Dec 25, 2015 03:35 AM
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

I've been using Bona for quite some time too.  My cleaners recommended I switch to it.

Jan 01, 2016 06:11 AM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Ryan - Yes, it's the best!

Jan 01, 2016 06:20 AM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Carol - I'm not an expert on vacuum cleaners...I'm relying on the experts at both Shaw (carpet manufacturer) and CRI as they have independently tested.

 

Jan 01, 2016 06:22 AM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Debbie, I use to use Bona, then went to vinegar and water. I may go back to Bona. Great information and Bookmarked,

Jan 01, 2016 10:31 AM
Sybil Campbell
Fernandina Beach, FL
Referral Agent Amelia Island Florida

Hi Debbie, thanks for the recommendation, I have heard a lot of good things about Bona products.

Jan 03, 2016 04:17 AM