Hardwood Floor Cleaning

[LeAnn]

I'm hoping one of you may have an answer for me. I have hardwood floors in
my great room and kitchen. In the past, I've always just used white vinegar
and water and have been immensely pleased. I just had the floors refinished
with a product that they called "traffic". It is suppose to be very 'hard'
because I have an in-the-house dog.

When they finished the floors, which turned out beautiful - couldn't be
happier - they gave me a wood cleaning product and said to get the refills
from them (at $40 a bottle for concentrate). I explained that I'd only ever
used vinegar and they informed me that vinegar is harmful to this finish
(Traffic).

Can anyone verify this? I paid enough for the floor refinish that I'm
hesitant to just try vinegar.

Any insight would be appreciated.

TIA
LeAnn

[Phisherman]

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:02:56 -0700, "LeAnn" <mslurk@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I'm hoping one of you may have an answer for me. I have hardwood floors in
>my great room and kitchen. In the past, I've always just used white vinegar
>and water and have been immensely pleased. I just had the floors refinished
>with a product that they called "traffic". It is suppose to be very 'hard'
>because I have an in-the-house dog.
>
>When they finished the floors, which turned out beautiful - couldn't be
>happier - they gave me a wood cleaning product and said to get the refills
>from them (at $40 a bottle for concentrate). I explained that I'd only ever
>used vinegar and they informed me that vinegar is harmful to this finish
>(Traffic).
>
>Can anyone verify this? I paid enough for the floor refinish that I'm
>hesitant to just try vinegar.
>
>Any insight would be appreciated.
>
>TIA
>LeAnn
>

I am not familiar with the product "Traffic" nor its composition so I
can not offer any specific advice other than to follow the
manufacturer's cleaning recommendations. Perhaps you can provide more
details about "Traffic" and the wood cleaning product provided? Since
I am a woodworker, I'd be interested in learning more about this
floor-finishing product.

[Sawney Beane]

Phisherman wrote:
>
> On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:02:56 -0700, "LeAnn" <mslurk@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I'm hoping one of you may have an answer for me. I have hardwood floors in
> >my great room and kitchen. In the past, I've always just used white vinegar
> >and water and have been immensely pleased. I just had the floors refinished
> >with a product that they called "traffic". It is suppose to be very 'hard'
> >because I have an in-the-house dog.
> >
> >When they finished the floors, which turned out beautiful - couldn't be
> >happier - they gave me a wood cleaning product and said to get the refills
> >from them (at $40 a bottle for concentrate). I explained that I'd only ever
> >used vinegar and they informed me that vinegar is harmful to this finish
> >(Traffic).
> >
> >Can anyone verify this? I paid enough for the floor refinish that I'm
> >hesitant to just try vinegar.
> >
> >Any insight would be appreciated.
> >
> >TIA
> >LeAnn
> >
>
> I am not familiar with the product "Traffic" nor its composition so I
> can not offer any specific advice other than to follow the
> manufacturer's cleaning recommendations. Perhaps you can provide more
> details about "Traffic" and the wood cleaning product provided? Since
> I am a woodworker, I'd be interested in learning more about this
> floor-finishing product.

It's made by BonaTech. It's a waterborne polyurethane. It stands
up to vinegar as well as other surfaces. In time, vinegar could
cause the buildup of a residue that would make any finish dull.

[rosebud]

Sawney Beane wrote:
>
> Phisherman wrote:
>> On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:02:56 -0700, "LeAnn" <mslurk@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm hoping one of you may have an answer for me. I have hardwood floors in
>>> my great room and kitchen. In the past, I've always just used white vinegar
>>> and water and have been immensely pleased. I just had the floors refinished
>>> with a product that they called "traffic". It is suppose to be very 'hard'
>>> because I have an in-the-house dog.
>>>
>>> When they finished the floors, which turned out beautiful - couldn't be
>>> happier - they gave me a wood cleaning product and said to get the refills
>> >from them (at $40 a bottle for concentrate). I explained that I'd only ever
>>> used vinegar and they informed me that vinegar is harmful to this finish
>>> (Traffic).
>>>
>>> Can anyone verify this? I paid enough for the floor refinish that I'm
>>> hesitant to just try vinegar.
>>>
>>> Any insight would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>> LeAnn
>>>
>> I am not familiar with the product "Traffic" nor its composition so I
>> can not offer any specific advice other than to follow the
>> manufacturer's cleaning recommendations. Perhaps you can provide more
>> details about "Traffic" and the wood cleaning product provided? Since
>> I am a woodworker, I'd be interested in learning more about this
>> floor-finishing product.
>
> It's made by BonaTech. It's a waterborne polyurethane. It stands
> up to vinegar as well as other surfaces. In time, vinegar could
> cause the buildup of a residue that would make any finish dull.

In that case I would use Bona floor cleaner. I use it on my polyurethane
finished floors. It's the best hardwood floor cleaner I've ever used.
I also use their Refresher every 6 months because my dogs scratch up the
floors. You can get a quart spray bottle of the floor cleaner at Bed
Bath & Beyond but I bought it on the Bona site because I got the gallon.
(I have hardwood in my whole house. Definitely use a microfiber mop/pad.
Forget buying something from the refinishing guy for $40. Also, this
cleaner is what the Traffic literature says to use.

> http://www.bonakemi.com/shop/shopexd.asp?id=5

Bonnie

[LeAnn]

Thanks so very much for all the information shared. I do appreciate
everyone getting back to me!

LeAnn
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> I'm hoping one of you may have an answer for me. I have hardwood floors
> in my great room and kitchen. In the past, I've always just used white
> vinegar and water and have been immensely pleased. I just had the floors
> refinished with a product that they called "traffic". It is suppose to be
> very 'hard' because I have an in-the-house dog.
>
> When they finished the floors, which turned out beautiful - couldn't be
> happier - they gave me a wood cleaning product and said to get the refills
> from them (at $40 a bottle for concentrate). I explained that I'd only
> ever used vinegar and they informed me that vinegar is harmful to this
> finish (Traffic).
>
> Can anyone verify this? I paid enough for the floor refinish that I'm
> hesitant to just try vinegar.
>
> Any insight would be appreciated.
>
> TIA
> LeAnn
>

[Piper]

On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 05:51:46 -0500, rosebud <rosebudxxx@comcast.net>
wrote:

>In that case I would use Bona floor cleaner. I use it on my polyurethane
> finished floors. It's the best hardwood floor cleaner I've ever used.
>I also use their Refresher every 6 months because my dogs scratch up the
>floors. You can get a quart spray bottle of the floor cleaner at Bed
>Bath & Beyond but I bought it on the Bona site because I got the gallon.
>(I have hardwood in my whole house. Definitely use a microfiber mop/pad.
>Forget buying something from the refinishing guy for $40. Also, this
>cleaner is what the Traffic literature says to use.
>
>> http://www.bonakemi.com/shop/shopexd.asp?id=5
>
>Bonnie

Bonnie, is that a concentrate or use straight from the bottle?
--
Piper

[rosebud]

Piper wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 05:51:46 -0500, rosebud <rosebudxxx@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> In that case I would use Bona floor cleaner. I use it on my polyurethane
>> finished floors. It's the best hardwood floor cleaner I've ever used.
>> I also use their Refresher every 6 months because my dogs scratch up the
>> floors. You can get a quart spray bottle of the floor cleaner at Bed
>> Bath & Beyond but I bought it on the Bona site because I got the gallon.
>> (I have hardwood in my whole house. Definitely use a microfiber mop/pad.
>> Forget buying something from the refinishing guy for $40. Also, this
>> cleaner is what the Traffic literature says to use.
>>
>>> http://www.bonakemi.com/shop/shopexd.asp?id=5
>> Bonnie
>
> Bonnie, is that a concentrate or use straight from the bottle?
> --
> Piper

Sprayed straight out of the bottle.

bonnie

[Piper]

On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:08:22 -0500, rosebud <rosebudxxx@comcast.net>
wrote:

>Piper wrote:
>> On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 05:51:46 -0500, rosebud <rosebudxxx@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In that case I would use Bona floor cleaner. I use it on my polyurethane
>>> finished floors. It's the best hardwood floor cleaner I've ever used.
>>> I also use their Refresher every 6 months because my dogs scratch up the
>>> floors. You can get a quart spray bottle of the floor cleaner at Bed
>>> Bath & Beyond but I bought it on the Bona site because I got the gallon.
>>> (I have hardwood in my whole house. Definitely use a microfiber mop/pad.
>>> Forget buying something from the refinishing guy for $40. Also, this
>>> cleaner is what the Traffic literature says to use.
>>>
>>>> http://www.bonakemi.com/shop/shopexd.asp?id=5
>>> Bonnie
>>
>> Bonnie, is that a concentrate or use straight from the bottle?
>> --
>> Piper
>
>Sprayed straight out of the bottle.
>
>bonnie

K. Thanks.
--
Piper