How do you polish your woodblock floor ?

morganlefay

Our 'new' house has a woodblock floor in the hall and one of the rooms (NOT posh parquet). I have never had one before and don't know how to look after it. I 'washed' it (on all fours) with a slightly damp cloth and when it was dry sort of skated about on two dusters to 'polish' it. Not a technique I can see myself doing often. It looks nice now, but I think it needs a polisher and they are way too expensive (if you can even find them). How do other people manage ?

DawnW

My wooden floor has been down a year, and I don't really do anything to it It doesn't really need more than hoovering and an occasional wipe with a damp mop. However, that might be down to the particular type of finish, or the fact that it is still quite new.

You could try old fashioned wax polish like my Mum used to use :eek: Or OH, who works with wood, advocates building up layers of oil, and buffing / sanding in between. Both those options sound too much like hard work to me though

You can buy stuff in B&Q and such like...

Lakeland have a product for wooden floors, so it might be worth trying that? I think that is what I would do. If you haven't used them before, their customer service is great.

Butterfly_Brain

What about using a buffing machine that they use for
waxing cars, it would be a lot easier this one is a Kent and you can buy the spare pads as well on Amazon for £25.99 and £5.99 respectively

Ben84

As non-21st century as it is, I still polish the wooden floors by hand with a cloth. I also scrub the tiled floors by hand with a brush. Nothing else works as well it seems.

The old fashioned wax from a tin takes more time, but fortunately it also lasts a long time. There's also various quick one step products you just wipe on and allow to dry. Personally however, I still like wax in the tin, because I find it easy to polish the sections (around doorways and near chairs) that require it more frequently in between doing the whole floor. The wipe on stuff is fast, but really does need you to polish the whole floor every time to keep things even, which means lots of moving furniture around. Wax from the tin doesn't produce such sharp edges, so you can do any worn patches as needed.

Butterfly_Brain

Oh how I wish I could kneel again, but sadly with osteoarthritis in both knees and awaiting replacements I can't do that and I still won't be able to when the knees have been replaced

morganlefay

me too Butterfly Brain ! me too :beer:

missrlr

Keep an eye out at tips, we've had 2 commercial floor polishers from there over the years schools get shot of them as do cleaners now carpet is more common