How to Protect Laminate Floors
Learn how to protect laminate flooring by using best cleaning practices and Bona Hard Surface Floor Polish.
How to Protect Laminate Floors
Learn how to protect laminate flooring by using best cleaning practices and Bona Hard Surface Floor Polish.
For a beautiful laminate floor, polish with Bona Hard Surface Floor Polish
Using laminate floor polish does more than just add shine to your laminate floor; it provides a layer of protection against future wear and tear. Polishing floors helps restore a floor’s protective finish while filling in any microscopic scratches. When it comes to maintaining beautiful laminate floors, polishing should be added as a necessary part of your long-term maintenance. Polish laminate floors every 2-6 months, depending on foot traffic.
No matter what kind of hard-surface floor you have, Bona Hard-Surface Floor Polish has you covered. Bona Hard-Surface Floor Polish is formulated for a wide range of surfaces like linoleum, stone, terrazzo, vinyl, sealed porous marble, laminate, luxury vinyl and no-wax sealed tile (ceramic, Mexican Saltillo, quarry). To make polishing laminate floors easy and effective, be sure to keep the following best practices in mind.
Prep and test before polishing laminate floors
- Measure your floor to ensure that you have enough polish. Bona Floor Polishes cover anywhere from 350-550 sq. ft. depending on the size of the bottle. (One 24oz. bottle covers 350 square feet of flooring, one 32oz. bottle covers 500 square feet of flooring, and One 32oz. bottle covers 500 square feet of flooring.)
- Clear furniture. Sweep/dry mop and give your floor a good cleaning with Bona Hard-Surface Floor Cleaner.
- Do a small test area in an inconspicuous spot before applying Bona Polish.
Polish laminate floors
- Use a microfiber pad for the polish application that is separate from what you use to clean your laminate floors.
- Be gentle. Don’t work the polish into the floor. Let the polish do all the work when applying.
- Divide the floor into smaller sections, being sure to give yourself an exit.
- Pour polish directly on the floor in an S pattern. Dampen the microfiber pad with polish to start.
- Keep applicator pad damp with polish to avoid streaking.
- Don’t apply polish too thin – it needs to be a nice, even layer.
- 1 to 2 hours after polishing, you can walk on the floor with socked feet. After 24 hours, the product is fully cured, ready for furniture, regular foot traffic and pets.
Bona Hard-Surface Polish
This laminate floor polish effectively protects and restores shine to dull, worn or scratched laminate floors.
Bona Hard-Surface Floor Cleaner
This laminate floor cleaner is rinse-free, streak-free and removes dust, dirt and grime for cleaner laminate floors.
Bona Premium Microfiber Mop for Multi-Surface Floors
Bona’s microfiber floor mop has a large mop head and telescoping handle for quick and easy laminate floor cleaning and polish application.
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Quick tips for fixing deeper scratches in laminate floors
Fixing more significant scratches in your laminate floors sometimes takes more than floor polish, but it isn’t hard to do.
To repair scratches in laminate flooring, you will need:
- A laminate flooring compound filler
- A plastic putty knife (do not use a metal one, as it can scratch the floor)
- A paper towel
Once the area is cleaned, wipe down the trouble spot with a dry paper towel. Then simply squeeze a bit of your laminate flooring compound filler directly into the scratched area, and work it in. Next, run your plastic putty knife right over the top; pressing down slightly as you go. Wipe off any excess with the paper towel. This method may not completely solve the issue if your scratches are very deep. In such cases, you may want to contact a flooring professional.
How to Clean Laminate Floors
Use Bona’s daily-weekly-monthly plan for dusting, mopping and cleaning laminate flooring.
What is the Best Laminate Floor Cleaner?
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Bona Polish Guide
Discover the right polish to give your floors the maintenance they need, and the renewed look you want.