How to Care for Floors 2

by Rio Calven

Developing good habits in cleaning, maintaining and looking out for your floor is one sure-fire way to preserve and lengthen the life span of your floor. To develop a habit, one must look into reinforcing the action into their daily routine, over and over again until the habit is hard to break. Not that you'd have any reason, if it benefits, you, your family, and most especially, your floor. Make these actions a daily part of your routine.

First and foremost, do a light test. That means, on a sunny day, try and spot dust floating in the air through a beam of sunlight usually from the window. If the dust particles are numerous and heavy, you have an arduous task ahead of you. Heavy dust settles more quickly and can accumulate in large numbers, especially in the corners of your house.

Dust can also stick to the floor via static charges thereby causing it to be much harder to wipe away. At least use a vacuum cleaner for large floors. For those who have a smaller floor area, use a damp rag or a not-too wet mop to wipe the nasties. For carpeted floors, vacuuming is recommended. It would be rather pointless to use a mop.

Marble floors require a different kind of care. Use at least lukewarm to warm water when damping it to remove dust, stains, or just for general cleaning. Avoid using harsh chemicals or anything that may contain acid or is acidic in nature. Acid rots marble away, and can lead to early replacements if you are not careful.

Think of acid rain if you still cannot get the drift. Just use a damp towel with lukewarm water, wet the floor and wipe it away, and then use a dry rag to finish it off, leaving naught a spot of water. Marble easily spots if left damp on hours for end, so make sure to dry it after giving it a good scrubbing over.

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Looking for a good tile cleaning company? Rio Calven recommends Richmond Tile and Grout Cleaning for your tile and grout problems. They also deal with other floor related stuff, like restoration, renovation and even marble polishing. Invest in your home. Visit Richmond Tile and Grout Cleaning for your concerns.

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April 08 2009 | Home Improvement | No Comments »

Pets vs Floors 2

by Rio Calven

When pets come in after their excursion from the outside world through the door, they can bring a lot of different types of unpleasant things for your floor. We have the standard sand and silica, which are good abrasives that can readily scratch the protection of most sealants and remove the luster of your standard floor tile or polished marble. Tracked mud easily dries up and also act like sand bombs, that readily explodes, scattering sand if you aren't keen in cleaning up the mess as soon as possible.

Pet' fur can also bring in one of the more dangerous threats to your family; mold spores. These little ticking time bombs will only need moisture, a place to hold on, and nutrients to grow. Mold can easily spread at an increased rate unless it is immediately taken care of.

Although most molds are somewhat harmless and do as little damage as making your floor look icky and feel icky, some molds have been known to trigger deadly forms of allergic reactions via their spores. The reason most spores don't grow on living room floors is because they lack moisture, and is usually exposed to strong sunlight. UV kills most of these molds.

These molds (which stain grout either to a grimy green or black) usually just grow on your bathroom tiles, shower tiles, or even in your kitchen tiles and / or sink. Scrub with a weak 50/50 solution of warm water and hydrogen peroxide to eliminate them as soon as possible.

For more persistent molds, a towel solution of hydrogen peroxide will also work wonders with permeated mold. Mold that has grown underneath the tiles will need the help of experts like those on Richmond Tile and Grout Cleaning. Those types of mold can do serious damage to underneath your floors and to your health as well.

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Searching for a good tile cleaning company? Rio Calven recommends Richmond Tile and Grout Cleaning for your tile and grout problems. They also deal with other floor related stuff, like restoration, renovation and even marble polishing. Invest in your home. Visit Richmond Tile and Grout Cleaning for your concerns.

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April 06 2009 | Home Improvement | No Comments »