Michigan State University Extension
Home Maintenance And Repair - 01500364
06/24/03

Waxing Wood Floors


Cleaning with solvent-based liquid wax leaves a
thin wax coat on floor. Paste wax may be used to clean
floor if not too dirty (has less solvent than liquid
wax), and will provide more wax protection. A thin coat
should be applied and buffed thoroughly with electric
polisher; unpolished wax is smeary and slippery. Always
polish with grain of wood.

In between waxings, floors can be re-buffed with
polisher to renew shine. Heavy traffic areas that look
dull can be renewed by rewaxing those parts of the floor.

This article was written by Anne Field, Extension
Specialist, Emeritus with references from Finishing &
Maintaining Wood Floors North Central Regional bulletin,
Purdue Extension and the U.S. Forest Service.

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