Horrible hazy smears on my wood floor

mudgekin

Hi,

Hopefully someone can give me some suggestions to get my wood floor back to normal.

I have a beautiful Iroko hardwood floor that was laid last year and cost a considerable amount. I am always so careful with what I use on it and ban shoes completely. Normally I use lakeland's Parker and Baily wood floor cleaner and it does a great job.

Stupidly I decided to buy method squirt and mop floor cleaner as it was supposed to be great and eco friendsly. I checked some review sites and all looked great so last night I used it.

I am not left with this dull streaky finish. It looks like there is a residue that I can't get rid of. Can anyone suggest what I can use to get my lovely wood floor looking good again. I am really upset at the mess this stuff has left, not to mention that I stupidly bought 6 bottles of the stuff from Amazon thinking it would save running out :eek:

anotherbaldrick

Whoa ! I would stop right there.
Reading the data sheet for the product it contains Methoxyisopropanol which is an aliphatic alcohol ether, a solvent ! I am concerned from your description that it may have had a reaction with the sealing coat on your wood floor.
Before doing anything more I would suggest contacting customer services of the flooring manufacturer and discussing this. They may suggest a way forward.
In the long term I would recommend the "Bona" spray and mop system from Lakeland, very quick and easy to do the wood floors.

mudgekin

Thank you so much for the reply, I would have made it worse by trying all sorts of things. I phoned Direct Flooring who I purchased the flooring for and they suggested hot soapy water to clean it off and then going back to lakeland products. He said this should get rid of it and not to use any more of it.