How Do You Clean Water Stains From Wood Floors?
Although beautiful and easy to clean, wood floors are also easy to stain. If water or other liquids are allowed to sit on a wood floor for more than a few minutes, they work down through the pores in the varnish coating and seep into the pores of the wood, causing stains. Stop covering your beautiful wood floors with area rugs to hide stains–remove water stains using the following instructions. Prepare the area you will be removing stains from. Open the windows in the room, and turn on a box fan to allow fresh air to circulate. Wear a face mask, because breathing high concentrations of denatured isopropyl alcohol and polyurethane may cause lightheadedness, dizziness and fainting. Wear old clothes to prevent ruining nice clothes with stains from the polyurethane. Remove furniture and rugs from the immediate vicinity of the individual stain you are cleaning. Saturate a clean stain-free cleaning cloth with denatured isopropyl alcohol, and clean the surface of the stain. Denatured isoprop