How to care for luxury vinyl flooring

How to clean your luxury vinyl to keep clean and looking like new.

Basic Maintenance your luxury vinyl flooring use Sweep or vacuum floors regularly to remove any dust or debris. Avoid using a vacuum with a beater bar. Damp-mop as needed with clean water and diluted floor cleaner. Harsh cleaning chemicals shouldn’t be used on luxury vinyl flooring.

One of the best cleansers for vinyl flooring is apple cider vinegar. The acidity in the vinegar helps remove dirt and grime without leaving a buildup of soap or wax. Simply mix one cup of cider vinegar with a gallon of hot water and use a damp mop to clean, rinsing the mop frequently with hot water. Substitute white vinegar for cider vinegar if you want to disinfect as you clean. If your floor is especially dirty, try adding a few drops of liquid dish washing soap to the mixture before mopping once with the soap mixture, a second time with vinegar and water. To add shine to your vinyl floor, add a few drops of baby oil to the vinegar and water solution.

How to clean dirty vinyl floors

 

How to clean yellow stained vinyl floors

1. Begin by removing the rugs and sweeping away any dirt from the area.
2. Next, wet the entire area with plain water.
3. Sprinkle baking soda over the yellowed area and allow it to set for at least 10-15 minutes.
4. Use a soft cloth to wipe the baking soda away.
5. It may take several applications to remove the yellow areas if they are deeply discolored.
6. Once the stain is gone, continue to clean the area with baking soda during weekly cleanings to keep the yellow stains from returning.

Use Baking Soda to clean luxury vinyl flooring

You can also make use of a baking soda paste in cleaning the stains on your vinyl plank floor. To prepare this baking solution, simply mix enough water to the baking soda in order to create a thick paste. Then grab a soft and clean cloth and rub it on the paste and wipe the cloth to the stained area on your floor.

Whether it is a stain coming from food, juice or wine, the baking soda paste can certainly lighten the stain. This tip on how to clean vinyl plank flooring is very effective since the baking soda is abrasive by nature and therefore, it can easily take the stains away.

For makeup and ink stains, using rubbing alcohol is an effective method. Simply dab a soft cloth in the rubbing alcohol then rub it towards the stains coming from makeup or ink or other pigmented items. The alcohol can help to lift the stains off the vinyl flooring without causing damages to it. For nail polish, you can make use of a polish remover that does not contain any acetone. Make sure not to use a polish remover that has acetone as this might cause damage on your vinyl flooring.

If there are tricky stains that will not come off with the use of the soft cloth, you can simply scrub the stained floor with a soft brush that is made of nylon bristles. Make sure however that you avoid using brushes that have stiff bristles as this could leave some scratch marks on your floor.

After you have cleaned off the stains, make sure that you rinse the floor off with clean water. This is to remove the residue off the floor. The soap and other substances that will build up on the flooring surface could cause damage on the floor over time.

Some commercial cleaners are specially designed for vinyl floors. These include Pine-Sol Multi-Surface Cleaner; Pledge Tile & Vinyl Floor Cleaner and Pledge Tile & Vinyl Floor Finish with Future Shine; and Armstrong’s Once ‘n Done Resilient and Ceramic No-Rinse Floor Cleaner and Armstrong Shinekeeper Polish.

With just a little time and elbow grease, vinyl flooring will take years of use and abuse and still look lovely.