To wax or not to wax? Find out whether your floor needs waxing or another type of treatment for keeping it clean and shiny.

The last thing anyone wants to deal with is a stain on beautiful engineered wood floors, but fortunately there are ways to ...

Are you looking for a way to bring old hardwood floors back to life? Waxing is a finishing option that adds shine back to the wood while increasing protection and camouflaging minor scratches on your ...

Take preventive measures. If you've just moved into a home with hardwood floors and (thankfully) haven't had the chance to ...

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Before you reach for the mop, learn what's right for your floor. An expert shares her best tips on how to deep clean hardwood floors the right way.

If white spots do not appear within 10 minutes, it's likely a surface finish. To clean surface finished floors, use a generic hardwood floor cleaner available from your local flooring store.

but the alkaline residue road salt leaves on your hardwood floor can dull or damage the finish over time, leaving a faded or discolored appearance, says cleaning expert Alicia Sokolowski ...