Cleaning Hard Wax Oil Floor

Fiddes hard wax oil video transcript.

Cleaning hard wax oil floor.

A new 5ml sachet is now available for all tinted hard wax oils. Wax can penetrate the wood making future paint or stain finishes or touch ups difficult or impossible. Cleaning oiled or waxed floors with a steam cleaner or steam mop introduces high temperature and pressure water which can strip and penetrate the oiled or waxed finish and potentially damage the wooden floor. There is more than one way to remove wax from an existing finish but none guarantee success.

Coat with project oil first to add a warmer. Oli natura hard wax oil is a special oil and wax combination for the treatment of wood floors and interior wood. Surfaces protected this way are easy to clean and resistant to dirt and water. Is it good on all floors.

How hard wax oil should be applied depends on the brand of product but there are few standard procedures which always apply. Applying hard wax oil. The best candidate for waxing is a hardwood floor that was previously treated with a penetrating wood sealer lacquer varnish shellac or oil as wax can bolster the. Sanding down the finish can drive the wax even deeper because the friction of sanding heats up the wax.

After cleaning let floors dry for at least 30 minutes before walking on them. One for use on white colored oiled floors and a different one for other colors. To clean your floors. Nothing adheres well to wax and even after cleaning the wood grain can become contaminated.

To nourish and clean the floor manufacturers offer maintenance and oil. For extra protection on a quarterly basis an oil refresher can be used to clean and re oil the surface of your oiled wood floor. The oil penetrates deeply into the wood while the wax remains on the surface and causes a silk matte gloss which can be further intensified through polishing. Ideal for testing colour shades prior to application.

Fill a separate bucket with clean water to rinse your mop between applications. Vacuuming first followed by mopping with a wet but well squeezed cloth. Use a sponge mop to apply the cleaner making sure to rinse the mop and remove the excess water after each. Preparation of the substrate.

Mix hard wax oil floor cleaner with the suggested amount of water in a bucket 2 capfuls per gallon for our duchâteau brand. If a surface finished hardwood floor still looks dingy or dull after dusting deep clean it with any ph neutral wax free and petroleum free cleaner such. New oak lightening hard wax oil a lightly tinted hard wax oil that once applied maintains the natural colour of the timber extremely popular on oak and lighter woods such as ash sycamore and maple. Pallman magic oil is emerging as our choice however our floor finish guy has little experience with it and significantly more with loba high impact oil and he is trying to persuade us to this finish because he is sold on it having no wax component.