Cleaning and maintaining your laminate floors on regular basis is extremely essential because you want your laminate floors to stay glooming for a very long time. Everyday cleaning will ensure that your laminate floors will remain brand new and be prevented from scratching and fading in color. Laminate floors are beautiful floors that can definitely be durable and last for a very long time that is why you should carefully read this guide to understand the different ways in which you can clean your laminate floors carefully to ensure they last for a long time.

Steps to follow to clean your Laminate Flooring:

1- Sweep the floors every now and then.

The choice of equipment when sweeping the floor is extremely important. You have be careful when choosing the sweeping equipment. You have different equipment ranging from a mop, broom, electric vacuum cleaner, and more, make sure you make the right choice. A dry mop or electric vacuum cleaner are your best option. Avoid using a regular broom because it accumulates many particles that can fall and accumulate between your laminate planks, and most importantly is that it can scratch the flooring. Most laminate floors are scratch resistant but a large amount of dirt particles can cause scratching in the flooring. Make sure to use the mop in the same direction of the laminate floor tiles, which will help in picking up any dirt from between the tiles.

2- Immediate cleaning

Make sure to always immediately clean any spills using a cloth or sponge. Immediate cleaning will help protect the laminate flooring from being damaged by absorbing the liquid spill. Start cleaning the liquid spill by first applying a dry cloth on the spill, then you can soak the cloth/sponge with the cleaning solution. Later on you might use a clean soaked up cloth/sponge to get rid of anything remaining. At the end, make sure to dry the area of the spill using a dry cloth.

3- Cleaning with hot water.

Regular cleaning with a dry mop could be enough and do the job of maintaining your vinyl floors for a very long time, but cleaning with hot water could create the difference. You can soak the mop with hot water and then rinse it off till it’s not completely wet, make sure that the mop is only partially wet. If the mop was soaked with water it will leave large puddles on the laminate floor when cleaning causing it to stain and damages it. When cleaning the laminate floor with the mop, you can clean it from any side to any side but it’s preferable that you don’t clean it from the outside to the inside because then you will have to walk to the outside of the room and it will leave your footprints on the floor. After you are done with cleaning the floor with hot water you have to make sure that you dry the entire laminate floor and leave any water puddles behind.

4- Using Vinegar

Vinegar could one of the best solutions to clean your laminate floors by removing stains and helping the faded areas but you should be extremely careful because vinegar is a very concentrated strong substance. In order to decrease the concentration of vinegar you can add water to make it less diluted and abrasive. You can also add a normal dish washing cleaning detergent to increase the effect. When applying vinegar you should only apply it on a small area of the laminate floor because once you apply the vinegar you should wipe it off immediately otherwise the laminate flooring will absorb it and it will damage the protective wear layer. After cleaning with vinegar, you must wipe the floor with a partially wet mop and make sure to dry it and clear the flooring of any substances left.

5- Tough stains to clean

• Blood Stains
  Bloodstains can be cleaned if you immediately got rid of the stain. You have to apply and detergent cleaning solution along with hot water on the blood stain. Make sure you do it as quick as possible; because the sooner you apply the cleaning solution the easier, it is to clean it.
• Bubble gum / anything sticky
  You can remove gum or anything that sticks on the laminate floor by using a plastic knife. After removing the mark, you can clean anything left behind using warm water and a dry cloth. Be careful; do not use a metal knife because doing so will cause it to scratch the laminate floor.
• Ink
  You can easily remove ink or coloring marks by using warm water along with ink remover that is used on clothes.