How do I maintain the beauty of my AIR DRIED 48 FINISH floor?

Some practical tips for AIR DRIED 48 FINISH floors

- Never use oil soap, wax – based products or household cleaners containing lemon oil, tuning oil or ammonia.
- Place walk – off mats at all exteriors entrances to capture most of the harmful dirt before it reaches the wood floor.
- Shake out, wash or vacuum mats and area rugs frequently.
- Place floor protector pads or soft felt on the bottoms of the legs of the furniture and try to replace them periodically with new ones.
- Keep high heel shoes in good repairs, but remember that cleats, sports shoes and high heels can dent any floor surface.
- Keep pet’s claws trimmed.
- Don’t place plant of flowerpots directly on the floor as they can leave marks.
- Wipe up food and other spills immediately with a dry or slightly dampened towel provided, the area is buffed immediately.
- Revent ultraviolet fading by installing curtains or blinds, and occasionally rearranging furniture and area rugs to evenly distribute the exposure to light.

Regular maintenance of AIR DRIED 48 FINISH floor

For the regular cleaning of your AIR DRIED 48 FINISH floor you can simply use water to slightly damp mop the wood surface. If you do wish to use cleaning product, we recommend that you use a daily care product made for lacquered floors. This product often comes in a starter's kit together with a mop. Follow the below steps:

- vacuum clean or dry mop your floor
- spray the daily care product in small doses on the surface
- use a mop to disperse the product and cover the surface
- give your floor a few more minutes drying time and that's it!

Recommended products are Bona Care, Loba Care Solana and Floor Service Daily Cleaner.

Periodical maintenance of your AIR DRIED 48 FINISH

In order to increase the lifetime of your floor, you can periodically treat it with a polish. Residential environments require a yearly treatment; for commerial environments the cycle could be shorter. A polish is a product that adds a small invisable layer on top of your floor. It is easy to apply:

- vacuum clean or dry mop your floor
- apply the polish in smal drops on the floor
- use a mop or a cloth to disperse the product over the full surface. Best would be to go from one side of the room and gradually go to the other side
- after application the product needs 2-4 hours to dry. Your floor is again in top shape!

Recommended products are Bona Polish, Loba Polish and Floor Service Polish.

Reparing your AIR DRIED 48 FINISH

Although AIR DRIED 48 FINISH offers the ultimate protection for your floor, no floor is 100% guarded against sharp or heavy objects that can cause visible damage to the floor. With common urethane finishes, these scratches turn white and the floor cannot be repaired. An AIR DRIED 48 FINISH floor can be repaired easily using the product Floorfill from Unica. A small intervention, and the repaired area blends into the surface of your AIR DRIED 48 FINISH floor!