Cleaning and Oiling Wood Floors
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Cleaning and Oiling Wood Floors

Natural wood is one of the most beautiful surfaces that can be used for flooring. More and more consumers wish their floors to look as natural as possible and oil finishes are becoming increasingly popular. The oil finish is designed to absorb into the wood surface and leave the surface looking completely natural. Some oils have now been developed to leave a slight sheen although matt is by far the preferred choice.

Maintaining oiled floors is relatively simply, however some basic points should be adhered to…..

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Slate Floor Cleaning in Chelmsford
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Slate Floor Cleaning in Chelmsford

Often during building works slate flooring becomes saturated with a mess. Even with protective measures in place, gypsum dust and cement residue find its way through to contaminate the flooring.

When a slate floor has suffered this amount of building mess there is usually only one solution for slate floor restoration and that’s deep cleaning

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Wrong product on wooden flooring
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Wrong product on wooden flooring

It's thankfully not too often we are called to a job where a customer has used the wrong product on a wooden floor. In this case, an oiled floor was treated for over two years with the wrong product. Instead of the refresher oil which should have been used, hardwood polish & restorer was applied.

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Restorative Tile & Grout Cleaning
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Restorative Tile & Grout Cleaning

Over the years, the practice of scrubbing the tiles on one’s hands and knees has lost its allure. Soiling penetrates the porous surface of the tile, and old coverings like wax have degraded, allowing the surface to become impregnated with dirt

When the surface appears dull and filthy, as in the photo, a tile deep clean should deal with most of the issues; however, some of these aggregates may not be completely removable. A light resurfacing on some types of tiling is possible but should be cautiously undertaken to avoid eradicating colouring and detail.

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