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.
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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