Solid wood flooring can be vulnerable at times. Various finishes using varnishes, oils etc. can be damaged due to suns heat or the pouring of lots of water as well as humidity during the rainy season. The furniture, pets, high-heeled sandals, heavy vacuum cleaner, stains from ink or similar sources etc. can be other sources of dent and stains on the solid wood flooring. All these dents and stains can make the solid wood flooring look quite ugly and it is quite sure, you would like to stop all these. The tips below can be very helpful for you.
Solid wood flooring can be damaged by furniture and many sources. Let us look at the remedies one by one.
Protecting against the Pets
Your pets might have the nails and these nails can be deadly for your floors. The pets can form scratches on the floor and that will be a dent, which can look very ugly. To stop all this, always trim your pets nails. Sometimes the security issue compels you to leave the nails of your pets to grow. In that case, keep the pets away from the rooms where solid wood flooring has been installed.
Avoid High Heeled Sandals
There is no hesitation that high-heeled sandals can be a curse for your floors and hence, make sure that you wear sleepers inside your house and not those high-heeled sandals. Keep them for the shopping trips or any other outdoor activities.
Wash of Stains Immediately
The inks and edible oils can be a reason for lots of stains. However, various liquid cleaners available can help you remove those stains in seconds. Always use those liquid cleaners for those stains and avoid using lots of water. Lots of water will cause swelling of the flooring and that will be a bigger headache for you.
Avoid Sunsheat, which can lead to the decolonization of the Flooring
The sun’s rays can be deadly for you and hence you need to make sure that the sunrays do not fall directly on to the floor. The color and polish of the floor will fade quite quickly if you allow the sun’s rays to fall on the floor directly. You can get many tips to avoid this. However, the best method is to use the louvered shutters so that you can adjust the suns heat at any time and during evening, you can open the shutter completely allow the fresh air to enter the house. If in case you have glass window, which is never recommended these days, you should ensure a UV coating on the glass which will then stop the sun’s rays from effecting your floors.
Avoid dents from furniture
Heavy chairs, stools, sofas, center tables can cause the dents on the floor if you move them with force. However, you can avoid this as well and keep moving them with full force. Rubber backings over the hard tip legs of the furniture can prevent these rugs. Hence, always ensure that you have this rubber backing on each furniture legs.
Always follow these tips and that will help you in maintaining the beauty of your solid wood flooring for a longer period. Ask each member of your house to read this blog article.
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