Giving your floors a good dusting with a microfiber mop or cloth will be your best daily defense against scratches and surface damage. Using a broom to clean can be effective as well, but it usually just pushes the dirt around. When you want to clean wood floors without damaging them, avoid lifting your microfiber mop up from the floor when you clean - this way you keep the dirt trapped on the pad so it doesn’t scratch your floors. 

With their extra-large mop heads, Bona’s family of mops clean 40% faster than the leading competitor1 so you can get the job done faster. Use with our microfiber dusting pad that uses electrostatic action to pick up and lock away dirt, dust, hair, micro-particles, and other household allergens from your floors’ surface.

To most effectively dust mop your wood floors, we recommend:

Weekly maintenance will deal with harder-to-reach areas that a daily dusting can’t reach. Vacuum cleaners and spray mops are ideal for getting dirt out of problem-areas, like corners and the spaces between wood flooring on a weekly basis. 

However, you should take extra care when using vacuums and mops to avoid damaging your wood floors. The wheels on a lunky, heavy vacuum can make creases in your wood floor while the beater bar can scratch your floors or wear down your floors finish, so it’s important to ensure that it doesn’t hit the bare floor. When using a mop, remember that water and wood don’t mix! Avoid putting excess liquid on your floor that can cause it to warp. 

A gentle touch is one of the best ways to care for wood floors; lightly misting your floor with a pH neutral hardwood floor cleaner will be enough to give it a great clean. Our lightweight spray mop is the perfect answer to effective and effortless cleaning, and has a built-in refillable cleaner cartridge filled with Bona’s gentle, yet effective hardwood floor cleaner. Just a squeeze of the trigger gives you the perfect amount of cleaner every time so you don’t oversaturate your wood floors. For weekly cleaning or for those random spills and quick cleanup, use the Bona Microfiber Cleaning Pad, which can be washed and reused up to 500 times.

To keep your wood floors sparkling, we recommend:

TIP: When your wood floors need some extra love

When your floors are in need of a thorough clean, use a deep cleaner developed for wood floors to get rid of heavy dirt build-up, stuck-on messes and stains. Bona OxyPower Wood Floor Deep Cleaner is the perfect choice. It’s our most powerful cleaner yet, with 3X the cleaning action powered by hydrogen peroxide, specifically designed to remove heavy dirt build-up that provides a deep clean for your wood floors without the extra effort. Just spray and mop.
 
And for the ultimate in cleaning performance, use the Bona OxyPower Wood Floor Deep Cleaner with our Bona OxyPower Microfiber Deep Clean Pad. Its unique patented PowerLoop® technology gently breaks apart and loosens the toughest dirt build-up. The dual-zone cleaning action includes dark blue outer fibers for breaking up grime, while the light blue inner fibers trap and absorb dirt with more absorbency than with our regular cleaning pad. Read this article for a more in-depth guide on how to deep clean wood floors.

To deep clean your wood floors, we recommend:

Polish wood floors every 2-4 months, depending on the traffic in your home, to add extra shine and protection. Wood floor polish renews and refreshes the finish that protects your floor. With floors that have a protective sealant, it's the finish that's getting the most attention when we clean - and not the actual hardwood itself. When you polish wood floors, you fill in microscopic scratches, and even out a floor’s protective surface. Using hardwood floor polish is not a difficult task and can be done with a minimal amount of effort. Read this article for a more in-depth guide on how to polish wood floors.

To revitalize and protect your wood floors, we recommend:

Generally speaking, hardwood floors can be refinished every 7-10 years, depending on wear and tear, and a typical wood floor can be sanded 4-6 times throughout its life. When the time comes to have your hardwood floors sanded and refinished, you may also want to consider other changes, such as stain color and the type of finish. For the best possible results, find your local Bona Certified Craftsman, to ensure the highest level of professional care, treatment and service. From choosing a stain and finish to sanding and dust containment, your BCC will take care of your needs from start to finish.