How to Clean Hardwood Floors
Learn how to clean hardwood floors easily with Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaners, microfiber mops and microfiber mop pads.
How to Clean Hardwood Floors
Learn how to clean hardwood floors easily with Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaners, microfiber mops and microfiber mop pads.
The best way to clean hardwood floors is with Bona
For over one hundred years, Bona has been perfecting the art of caring for hardwood floors. We are proud to bring you the very best in hardwood floor care products, and to help you keep your floors looking beautiful for many years to come.
In this article, we’ll guide you through the best steps and practices to help you clean and care for your hardwood floors.
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Hardwood floor dusting and sweeping – daily schedule
Keep hardwood floors looking great with a daily dusting and sweeping routine. A microfiber mop with a microfiber dusting mop pad are the ideal tools for the task, as they will neatly trap away dirt, allergens and other particles to protect against scratches. Brooms and vacuums tend to be less effective overall, since they can either move or blow the dust around and into the air.
Best hardwood floor dust mop
Bona Premium Microfiber Mop for Multi-Surface Floors
This microfiber mop has a large mop head and telescoping handle for quick and easy hard-surface and hardwood floor cleaning.
Bona Microfiber Sweeping Pad
The Bona Microfiber Sweeping Pad attracts and locks away dust, hair and household allergens from your floor’s surface.
Hardwood floor mopping – weekly schedule
Each week, be sure to give your hardwood floors the care they deserve. To do the job effectively, mop thoroughly with either your Bona Premium Spray Mop or Bona Premium Microfiber Mop for Multi-Surface Floors. With its extra-large mop head, the Bona Spray Mop cleans 40% faster than the leading competitor1 so you can get the job done faster.
Our lightweight spray mop is the perfect answer to safe, highly effective and effortless cleaning, and has a built-in refillable cleaner cartridge. Just a squeeze of the trigger gives you the perfect amount of Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaner every time. For weekly cleaning or for those random spills and quick cleanup, use the Bona Microfiber Cleaning Pad. All Bona microfiber cleaning and dusting pads are made to fit the Bona family of mops, and can be washed and reused up to 500 times!
Best mop for hardwood floors
Bona Premium Spray Mop for Hardwood Floors
This spray mop for hardwood floors is durable, lightweight and refillable to make cleaning hardwood floors effortless.
Bona Microfiber Cleaning Pad
he microfiber mop pad breaks up grime and traps dirt; a reusable mop pad that is washable up to 500 times.
Best hardwood floor cleaners
Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaner
Bona’s hardwood floor cleaner is a pH neutral floor cleaner spray that removes dirt and grime to reveal a floor’s natural beauty.
Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaner with Cedar Wood
Bona’s hardwood floor cleaner with cedar wood is an essential oil floor cleaner spray that leaves your home smelling fresh.
If you have an upright hard floor cleaning machine, like the Bissell®, Crosswave, Hoover, Powerdash, Tienco, iFloor, Jashen, M12, ionVac, HydraClean², just follow the manufacturer’s instructions for filling, operating and cleaning your machine.
Hardwood floor deep-cleaning – every 2-3 weeks
Sometimes your hardwood floors need a little extra care. At heavier foot traffic times and during colder months when more grit or even road salt can be tracked indoors, deep cleaning is recommended every two weeks. Fortunately, Bona comes to the rescue with the Bona PowerPlus Microfiber Deep Clean Pad and Bona PowerPlus Hardwood Floor Deep Cleaner. Our deep cleaner provides a powerful, oxygenated formula to penetrate tough, heavy buildup. The deep clean pad delivers patented PowerLoop® technology to break apart and lift difficult dirt and grime, while dual zone microfibers trap dirt particles away. Once again, either of your Bona microfiber mops are fully up to the task.
Best hardwood floor cleaner for deep cleaning
Bona PowerPlus Hardwood Floor Deep Cleaner
Bona's PowerPlus hardwood floor deep cleaner is a hydrogen peroxide floor cleaner that easily deep cleans hardwood floors.
Bona PowerPlus Microfiber Deep Clean Pad
For extra cleaning power, the deep cleaning microfiber mop pad loosens tough dirt build-up and traps dirt away.
Hardwood floor polishing – every 2-6 months or 6-12 months, depending on traffic
Give your hardwood floors a stunning shine as well as protection by polishing them. How often you should polish depends on traffic. Polish every 2-6 months for high traffic, and for low traffic, every 6-12 months. Bona Hardwood Floor Polish works to fill up microscopic scratches while also reviving and refreshing the protective sealant that covers it. It's an easy way to revive dull wood floors and make them look new again.
Best hardwood floor polish
Bona Hardwood Floor Polish High Gloss
This hardwood floor polish in high gloss renews and restores shine by filling in micro-scratches and shielding against future wear and traffic.
Bona Hardwood Floor Polish Low Gloss
This hardwood floor polish in low gloss renews and restores shine by filling in micro-scratches and shielding against future wear and traffic.
Hardwood floor long term maintenance
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.
Why choose a Bona Certified Craftsman for your hardwood flooring project?
A Bona Certified Craftsman combines skill, passion, and trustworthiness to give you the floors you’ve always wanted. You can rest easy knowing that you’re working with a trained and certified professional that will ensure your hardwood floor renovation process provides minimal disruption to your home with dustless sanding and waterborne finishes and results in beautiful, durable hardwood floors.
Hardwood floor cleaning articles
From all your friends at Bona, we wish you and your hardwood floors a lifetime of shine and happiness!
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1Bona usable cleaning pad size compared to leading competitor’s usable cleaning pad size.
2Based on independent testing conducted by Bona. Bissell and CrossWave are trademarks of Bissell Inc. Corporation. Hoover and PowerDash are trademarks of Techtronic Cordless GP. Tineco and iFLOOR are trademarks of Tineco Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. Jashen is a trademark of ShenZhen Jashen Technology Co., Ltd. ionVac is a trademark of Tzumi Electronics LLC. Bona’s use of these trademarks does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by the trademarks’ owners.