Cleaning Carpet Over Hardwood Floor

It takes some elbow grease but it worked.

Cleaning carpet over hardwood floor.

Protecting the hardwood is just as important as cleaning the rug properly. Thoroughly wash the hardwood floor. With steam cleaning all you need to do is to have a steam cleaning machine and a few prerequisites to meet. Cover the hardwood floor with a waterproof barrier.

Step 2 buff the floor gently with a piece of steel wool if it has a varnish or urethane finish. Vacuum well and ensure that no dust wood splinters and other remnants are left on the floor. Sweep up any loose dust or debris from the discolored area of your hardwood floor. Step 3 lay the area rugs that you want to steam clean back down on the covered hardwood floor.

At the same time you should clean the hardwood once more using the appropriate vacuum cleaner in order to make sure that it s 100 dust free. Cleaning an area rug on a hardwood floor is a bit more complex than cleaning on that is placed on top of wall to wall carpeting. Steps to clean an area rug over the hardwood floor. Cleaning area rug out in the open is not always a good idea considering the weather conditions and the amount of effort required in cleaning.

Step 1 determine the type of surface finish used on the hardwood floor. One safe method is to use vinegar and water drying the floor by towel as soon as you re done cleaning it. To discover the type of finish on the floor place a drop of water on the floor and wait for it to dry. Typically designed similar to a stick vacuum hardwood floor cleaners are equipped with a soft scrubbing pad and a wood approved cleaning solution.

Use any kind of plastic sheeting or tarp like painter s plastic and tape the plastic to the walls around the room with masking tape. Your floor needs to be absolutely dry before a new finish can be applied. Old hardwood floors usually have a wax finish while more recent hardwood floors have a polyurethane finish. Liquid and water can cause permanent warping damage.

Chemicals can stain and damage your wood permanently. You have to be careful when cleaning unfinished hardwood flooring. I used the bona hardwood floor cleaner system. All you need to do is run the cleaner along your floors and either push a button or pull a lever to release the cleaning solution.

I saw a tip somewhere to use resolve the carpet cleaner but not to clean the carpet but get the padding residue up from a hardwood floor. Whether they are made from wool natural grasses or synthetic fibers eventually they will need to be cleaned.