How to care for laminate

Laminate flooring looks very nice, it is hygienic and easy to clean. To the floor for many years looked like new, for him to properly care.

Two of the main enemies of laminate - sand and water. If you laminate the bed in the hallway, the door lay a large rug and Razuvaev only on it. This will protect the laminate flooring from scratches. They will certainly arise if kicking sand will spread around the room. Never wash the laminate as eg floors of linoleum. If the coating is not very high quality, the water can cause swelling around the joints. It is there that gets wet during the wet cleaning.

Dust to remove the laminate by a vacuum cleaner, but only the longest and a soft brush. The same delicate brush the floor can simply sweep. Scoop for garbage collection with the laminate should have a rubberized bottom edge.

If dry cleaning is not enough, then the laminate flooring can be wiped with a damp cloth from mikrofirby. It perfectly absorbs moisture and leaves no residue. Very dirty laminate, which does not help to clean water, wipe with a special tool for laminate. For instance, EMSAL Laminat, Bona or LOC universal. Well removes impurities from laminate water with vinegar (1 tablespoon per 5 liters).

Caring for laminate involves not only the dry and wet cleaning it. Laminate flooring should be protected:

all furniture legs stick felt special or felt pads that will prevent scratches formed when it is slid furniture;
try not to drop to the floor hard and sharp objects;
do not walk in the laminate on his heels;
do not use steam cleaner or a steam mop.

If the laminate is harder to spot, then you can remove them as follows:

Chocolate, felt-tip pen, pencil - using methyl alcohol.
Gum, stearin - using a flat wooden blades (type of wand "Eskimo"). Before removing such contamination it is necessary to blow the cool air from a hair dryer to make it solidified and not smeared across the floor.

Laminate is contraindicated by climbing agents with wax and silicone. Never use pastes for parquet - they are designed for wood, and on the laminate they leave a divorce.