Tip of The Week

January 6, 2007

This week’s tip comes from our “Go Wax John and Dave they’ll know” file.

Pardon the pun but if you listen to our show regularly you know pun is part of the package.  At any rate, what you do to maintain your wooden floor can be different depending on the finish the floor has on it.  If you have a recently purchased product you can be fairly certain that it is some version of polyurethane.  However, in older homes it can be less certain and more difficult to tell if your floor has a wax or a polyurethane finish on it.  The real problem comes if you try to put the wrong product over wax or polyurethane.  Here is a simple test.  Find an inconspicuous place on the floor (behind a door or in a corner) and apply a drop of water to the floor. Let it sit until it dries.  Go back and check the spot.  If the spot has turned white and cannot be easily wiped away the floor is waxed. If the spot does not discolor or is easily wiped away it is polyurethane.

Now, for those of you who have the white spot on your floor, do not fret.  In a previous tip of the week we told you how to take water spots off of furniture.  The same process will work here.

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John and Dave

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