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How to Care for Laminate Flooring
By E. Timothy Uy
It's hard to damage and easy to care for laminate floors. Here are some tips
on how to properly maintain them:
1. Carefully read the warranty and care instructions provided for your flooring.
Follow them as much as you can and refer to them if a problem develops.
2. Ask for post-installation care instructions.You may not be able to mop
the floor for 48 hours or you may be given other care instructions, depending
on the flooring brand.
3. Don't wet-mop laminate floors, because puddles could seep behind basebords
and under your floor, damaging them.Only vacuum and then damp-mop them.
4. Don't ever apply wax or acrylic floor finishes.
5. Use only the stain-removal products recommended by the flooring manufacturer.
Typical suggestions in product literature are: acetone, for cigarette burns
and nail-polish spills, and mineral spirits for grease and tar.
6. Buy doormats for doorways that lead to the garage or outdoors.These doormats
will trap grit that can gradually cause light scratching on the laminate
floor's surface.
7. Put easy-glide protective buttons on the feet of the furniture.
8. Use dollies when moving a large piece of furniture or a heavy appliance
across a laminate floor or else you could leave a scratch by getting tiny
peebles caught under a furniture foot or a wheel.
Take common-sense precautions to protect your floor when working with sharp
or heavy objects. For example, put down a thick tarp or a carpet scrap to
protect the laminate floor when installing a ceiling fan and using a drill;
you can damage the floor by accidentally dropping it.
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