Wax hardwood floors?

Hi there! I hope this article helps: https://www.homedit.com/hardwood-floor-wax/ I would definitely do some serious research on the type of wax you use. I know some of them, depending on your type of floor, can build up and get tacky over time. Good luck!

I just clean my floors with Bona Hardwood Cleaner, original formula. Cleans the floor and reveals the natural shine. Any wax on the floor will attract dust and dirt and also possibly make it and slip hazard

Floors That Shouldn’t Be Waxed

Engineered hardwood. A lot of modern hardwood floors are sold as engineered hardwood planks, composed of a thin layer of hardwood bonded over plywood. They already come with an acrylic factory finish. Use the flooring manufacturer’s approved floor cleaner with a damp mop, and don’t saturate the floor with water.

Wood laminate. Laminate wood floors are made from a particleboard base with a photo-like layer bonded to the surface. Like engineered hardwood, laminates have a factory finish and will not absorb wax. Clean them with a spray cleaner made for laminate floors, applied with a microfiber pad or lint-free mop.

LVT. Luxury vinyl tile (LVT) has an impermeable finish that will not absorb wax, so waxing LVT will lead to dullness and product build-up. Instead, use an easy-to-apply polish suitable for LVT flooring.

This discussion might help: https://www.hometalk.com/diy/clean/floors/q-how-to-wax-a-hardwood-floor-44274290

You may not want to wax them. They will be slippery.

Kim

Here are a couple of ideas for you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEimM0I47pE

https://www.woodfloorscleaner.com/faq/how-do-you-wax-hardwood-floor-diy/

I would not wax them. You are just causing more work for yourself over time. It will build up and then have to be removed.

Instead, you can add luster to them by thoroughly cleaning then use a restorative product if needed. I have used Rejuvenate and Johnson's hardwood floor restorer. Both worked well and stood the test of time, even though Rejuvenate says 6 months.

For maintenance, dust with a good microfiber duster on a regular basis.

For our hardwood floors I use Orange Glo, cleans and shines.

Here's a discussion that may help: https://www.hometalk.com/diy/clean/floors/q-how-to-wax-a-hardwood-floor-44274290

https://www.bhg.com/homekeeping/house-cleaning/surface/how-to-wax-hardwood-floors/

The ”renew” products and the Bona floor cleaner system will give a shine, but there’s nothing like refinishing your HW floors.

Refinishing your floors revitalizes them makes them look like new. We did ours in 2015 and married them up to a new HW install.

The past two years we have been using the BONA mop and solution and we’re very pleased with the results.

https://us.bona.com/products/hardwood-floor-mop.html

Waxing hardwood is good, its old school but its good. Take lots of work to do a good job. You will need a electric floor polisher...

I would not want to DIY wax on my hardwood floors - I'd totally recommend hiring this out to a professional. Or maybe you could rent one of the electric floor polishers.

Hi! Having used a floor buffer, I can tell you they take a bit of practice. There are many reasons to wax, and if that's what you want to do, investing in one is the way to go. However, you will also need to learn to strip the old wax off from time to time. My daughter hires a company to come in once a year, and they do all her floors. It's worth looking into if you are getting older, like I am! Good luck!

I would look into a professional so that you have the old wax removed and then new wax added

i would not do it yurself since they maybe slippery .. lots of buffing involved