If the floor is still not clean, or if it seems greasy or sticky, change it to warm, slightly soapy water to help dissolve the dirt. You may need this method especially near the kitchen stove. Wipe off any soap residue with a second cloth moistened only with water. Using folded rags allows you to fold them back to reveal clean areas, saving you from having to get up and down as often.
After a while, I had to lie on the floor with a slightly damp rag and a little vinegar and scrub all the parts. No, you can see where years of washing or cleaning have left the dirt in areas that were too difficult to clean properly. After sweeping, the next step was to use their floor cleaning spray, simply going around the room spraying it on the floor and then with the mop (with the cleaning pad on). Especially since it's been a long time since you last cleaned the floor thoroughly, working this way will allow you to see what's going on and will help you adjust the amount of cleaning in the different areas where you find the most dirt.
Coating the floor before the finish wears out saves money and avoids having to sand clean, bare wood, which inevitably wears away some of the wood. So read on for my best tips for keeping your hardwood floors clean and shiny in a simple, natural and practical way. This is called “sieving and coating” or sometimes “polishing and coating”, because the preparation work is done with a floor polishing machine equipped with a mesh pad encrusted with fine abrasives. In this image you can see how the floor I had made was all hydrated and shiny (top left of the photo below), while the floor behind the enamel pad is a bit dull and dry.
You're not simply cleaning the floors as if you were scrubbing them at full speed, but you're scrubbing them like crazy to keep them clean.
