Waxing: The Best Key for Hardwood Floor to Look Good and Shiny? Here's what Floor Master Expert Mishel, says:

October 02, 2017

A long time ago, waxing regularly of your hardwood floor was the best key for your floors to look good and shiny.

As time goes by, it was evolving and discover polyurethane finished that makes the floor look good, shiny and even durable.

We ask the expert to help us decide if waxing is the best key for hardwood floor to look good and shine and Floor Master Expert, Mishel says:

In waxing your hardwood floor, I have listed some advantages and disadvantages for you to have some ideas and information that might help you decide on waxing or not your hardwood floors.

Advantages of Waxing:

It gives a classic look
Penetrates deeply into the wood
Gives a shine
Unique scent that appeals to many
Easy to apply
No waiting time for the floors to walk on again

Disadvantages:

It could permanently stain the wood floor
It requires maintenance
It takes time to apply
Need to repeat applying more than once

There are several ways on achieving shine on your floors:

It may be coated with polyurethane (oil or water-based)
It could have an acid cured finish
It takes 3-4 days to dry the poly and wait to walk on its floor again
It could take multiple layers to achieve a truly gloss shine

Let Century Custom Hardwood Floor help you in deciding what you want for your floors, our team will be glad to help you and answer everything you need to know when it comes to hardwood floor.

Give us a call @ 1-800-608-6007 our friendly help desk officer will assist you.

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