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Getting Pet Urine Out of Hardwood Floor
Read all 8 responses: "While trying to house train our miniature Yorkie I didn't see an accident until it had soaked and dried into our hard wood floor.
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- Sounds like you need to have your floors sanded and polyurethaned. If you have 5 coats of poloyurethane on the floor, the pet stains will just wipe up easily. There m...
- S. - you may want to go to a pet or dog blog. I think you will get some good advice there. Try searching for dog urine removal. Good Luck
- We had the same problem except the stains were from a previous owners pet. I mixed a paste of water and Oxyclean and brushed it thickly over the stains. I let it dry...
Master's Flooring
H., let us know how the floors turn out! We are considering hard wood as well and would love to hear who you ended up going with and the results. ...
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- H., Call ____@____.com husband installs hardwood floors. I have given his name out to people and have heard nothing but great things about him. Tell them L. gave yo...
- We used Master Flooring to install our hardwood floors about 6 years ago and we're extremely please with their installers. They arrived on time and did a quality job...
- We used Master's flooring and I was very pleased with their service. They were dependable and did a fantastic job. We had also gotten an estimate from Home Depot dur...
How Do You Clean Beveled Laminate Flooring?
Read all 5 responses: "We just got new flooring- beautiful handscraped, beveled wood laminate. I have NO IDEA how to clean it, or what to use!
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- You can use tough n tender mixed with water...not only will it work, but it's safe. No toxins, chemicals or fumes. Safe for children and pets! Good luck!!
- I have nailed down/sanded/stained hardwoods. I use a dust mop to get the dust off and a hardwood floor cleaner from Home Depot called Bruce to go over it after gettin...
- We put in wood laminate about 2 years ago. Swiffer makes a formula specifically for wood and laminate. I love it and it hasn't damaged our floors at all. It dries supe...
Help Please Hardwood Floor- Huge Scratch
Read all 6 responses: "I was moving my couch and didnt realize the leg must've had a screw hanging low and it scrached a huge deep scratch about 15 inches ...
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- That's a tough one! You may have to pull up the affected pieces and replace them. Did you keep any extra? Being that it is faux wood I don't know that there is much yo...
- 2 suggestions: 1) you can try one of those crayon like sticks that are made for scratched wood. YOu buy the color that matches your wood and apply it directly, like ...
- Depending on how deep you can use wood putty to fill in the gauge. You can by color matched wood putty from Home Depot and Lowes or you can buy 'stainable' wood putty....
Looking for Recommendations on Hardwood Floors
Read all 14 responses: "Hi. My husband and I want to have hardwood floors installed in our house. We are looking for recommendations on what type of ...
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- http://www.turnkeycontracting.com/contact.htm we used jon from turnkey- he has done all our household jobs and is resonable with price- I beleive he did our floors ...
- I am interested in knowing what recommendations you have been receiving, as I have thinking about hardwood floors as well, but with my dog I am not so sure. J.
- Hi M., I have the laminate hardwood flooring (pine color) with 1 toddler and 2 large dogs....the floor is great!! My only suggestion is to buy a good laminate floor (...
Cleaning Hardwood Floors
Read all 37 responses: "i just recently purchased a house with hardwood floors i need advice on how to clean them i used a swifter and it made my floors ...
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- We had hardwoods throughout our entire old home and the best thing was orangeglow that came in a spray bottle - anything in a spray bottle that is floor cleaner, not a...
- Hi A., I used to use the Swifer Wet, the one that sprays a cleaning solution, and that worked well but I recently bought a steam cleaner (you can get them for u...
- Hi, A.. We bought our home last June and had the same need for a floor clean system. My friend Heidi told me about her floor system and I am SO glad she did, I LOVE IT...
How Do I Get Paint off of Hardwood Floor and Glass Windows?!
Read all 6 responses: "We have paint on our hardwood floors and also on our glass windows. What can I use on each to remove the paint?"
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- If it's water based paint hot water and soap will work fine. On the wood floors use hot water and murphey's oil soap (it just takes a little scrubbing) and for the win...
- Paint on hardwood: Hot water (tolerable to the touch) and vinegar,work in small areas, scrape gently. Glass w/ water base paint: razor. Oil-base paint will come off w...
- Hi K.! Ahhhhhhh, we just got done painting and that was one of MY problems.... I am a sloppy painter (trying to avoid having to do it in the future and hubby hates...
Floor Cleaner for Hardwoods
There is a box that comes with a mop and a bottle of the wood floor cleaner. ... Don't use Murphy Oil if yur hard wood floors are sealed with wax it will ...
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- I have hardwood in my kitchen, dining, and laundry rooms and I use Bruce Hardwood Floor Cleaner on them. I only do this (approximately) once every 2 weeks and they shi...
- I only use Shaklee's Basic H2 on our dark hardwood. It only takes a little! J. http://www.jessicagrimm.com
- Where do you live? I work for a flooring distributor in Wichita and we have warehouses in Merriam, KS, SPringfield, MO, Tulsa,OK, Oklahoma City, OK and of course WIchi...
Cleaning the Laminate Floors.
Read all 6 responses: "Hello! I'm looking for a good cleaning agent for laminate floors. The one I use says “no rinsing required”.
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- We use a spray called Bona (so far I've only found it at Elliot's Hardware - there's one in Plano off of Coit and Park), and we use a microfiber mop to clean it up. I...
- The cleaner from Home Depot is called Zep and it is wonderful. It does not need rinsing - it comes in a spray bottle and you can buy larger bottle to refill the spray...
- We have pergo laminate flooring & I use what they recommend on their website: 1 cup vinegar in 1 gallon of water. I mix it up & put it in a spray bottle. I spray it...
Hardwood Floor Finishes?
Read all 9 responses: "The super for our new house wants to know what finish we want on our hardwoods: Satin, semi-gloss or glossy?
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- Our floors are a semi gloss finish, and I love the looks of them, but I'm constantly wiping up drips from the dog when it drinks, and they show more dirt and dog hair ...
- The higher the gloss, the more it will show scratches. Glossy also reflects light so it makes a room seem brighter but it probably takes more work to keep it clean an...
- Definitely go with the lowest shine possible (I suggest satin from your list of choices). Even with low shine you tend to see the scratches, but it is much, much wors...
