How to Clean an Oiled Hardwood Floor

Series Summary

Cleaning floors is an important part of maintaining a clean house, but diligent floor cleaners face a world of potential spoilers. Pets, children and party guests can soil, scratch and muddy all sorts of flooring; but with the proper maintenance measures, homeowners can keep their floors looking like new. In this free series on housekeeping, a professional decorator and home cleaner demonstrates how to clean and care for a number of floors. Learn the right way to mop floors, vacuum carpets and clean vinyl, tile and hardwood floors. The home cleaner shares how to handle specific problems such as removing scuff marks from vinyl flooring and wood floors, cleaning mud from carpets and removing the scent of cat urine from hardwood floors. Find out requirements specific to cleaning polyurethane-coated hardwood floors, laminate floors and pergo laminate floors. Cleaning floors is an important part of cleaning a house and a sure way to impress family or friends visiting for a party, family dinner or just stopping by for a visit.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Ann Myrick and today I'm going to show you how to do an oiled hardwood floor. First you want to sweep to get all the dust particles and food off your floor. We're in the kitchen so there's always a lot of food. There are many products out there. I am using Murphy's Soap, but there are many things that you can get commercial or use that's already in your cupboard. You just want to be sure to read the directions. But on Murphy you put a fourth of a cup of Murphy Soap in the water. Since we're using a oiled hardwood floor you want to be sure that you ring your mop out very well, and then go back and forth across the floor. Then you go back with a clean bucket of water, rinse the floor, and let it dry. And that is how you clean an oiled hardwood floor. I'm Ann Myrick. Thank you."