Timber floors care

[Sunnygal]

What do you use to clean your timber floors? And do you have any way to cover up scratches? We have our 1st scratch on our new timber floor.

[Julie-Ann]

Hi
To clean my floors I use hot water and a splash of vinegar and then use that to mop the floors. Make sure the mop is only damp not dripping wet.

I manage to cover light scratches with cedar oil (marveer for darker woods).
I put a little cedar oil on a cotton tip and go over the scratch. The hard part is to get it just on the scratch and not on the timber around. If this happens I use a little tissue to wipe that excess away. I guess you could use a tiny paint brush to be more precise. For deeper scratches the cedar oil might help a little but it is a case of having to live with it. We all cry over the 1st scratch but by the 21st you do get over it.

[Angela]

Scratches are just part of the beautiful lived in look a house gets when it's a home. :)

I have a cleaner and she mops our floors with hot water and a splash of Eucalyptus Oil. Makes the house smell so clean and wonderful :) (for about a few hours until the kids get home :rolleyes:)

[Little Sooti]

Hi
I buy a special wood floor cleaner to mop our hardwood floors...
But it doesnt smell that great.. Like the Eucalyptus idea, would smell delightful...

Thetis

[Julie-Ann]

Do you know what it is called? Does it do a good job even if it doesn't smell great?