Hughes Hardwood Floors Natick, Ma (508) 653-5699

(617) 924-7010

(508) 653-5699

Caring for your Hardwood Floors

For newly finished wood floors, use them with care for the first week after final application of finish. Generally, you can walk on the floor the next day, but we recommend that furniture not be put back into the room for one or two days. Lift furniture and place down carefully when moving to a new location rather than dragging across the floor, as this can leave gouges in the floor finish. Repairing these gouges caused by incorrectly moving heavy furniture or appliances is usually time consuming and expensive.

Caring for your floor is easy. By following our instructions, your wood floors will stay beautiful longer.

Things you Should do:

If you use a cleaning service: make sure they are using the specific cleaning methods that we recommend.

Protect your investment: By using throw rugs in front of your kitchen sink and any door leading outside where heavy traffic occurs. Avoid rubber backed rugs.

Frequently moved furniture: Dining room chairs, tables, etc. should have peel and stick felt pads attached to the base of each leg to help prevent scratching and wear. Replace pads when worn. Do not wax the base of chair legs.

Vacuum or dust mop your floor regularly: To prevent premature wear, keeping sand and grit off the floor is the secret to a long and lasting finish.

Occasional cleaning: Spills and tracked-in dirt may require more than just dust mopping. With a soft cloth, sponge mop, or paper towel, use a cleaning solution of 1 cup of white vinegar or standard Windex glass cleaner to a 1 gallon of warm water. Other commercial products you can use are Poly Care and Minwax wood floor cleaner. These can be found at Home Depot and Bed Bath and Beyond.

Spot Cleaning: Spray standard Windex on a spot or spill residue and wipe clean with a soft cloth or paper towel.

Periodic recoating: Following a regular maintenance program will help preserve the life of your hardwood floor for years. However, no floor finish will last forever. Eventually your floor will need to be recoated. When the original finish is starting to dull and showing signs of wear in heavy traffic areas its time to recoat. Not doing so will result in ground in dirt and grime embedded into the wood requiring a full sanding.

What NOT to do:

Do not let sand or grit build up. The secret to a long lasting floor is keeping them clean!!!
NO WAXING:Polyurethane finish requires very little maintenance. Wax or polish will actually make the floor harder to clean and will prevent the possibility of recoating.
Do not use Murphy’s oil soap or any other oil soap: Also do not use paste wax, liquid wax, or other wax/silicone-based polish, any solvent based cleaners, or pine-based cleaners. These products all contain wax and will prevent recoating.
Avoid walking in high heeled shoes. They can severely damage the surface of any floor covering. Heels that have lost their protective cap can cause indentations in any floor surface – even concrete!

Peel and stick felt spots can be found at: Home Depot, Lowe’s, hardware stores, supermarkets, etc..

For more information, please contact us at:

Hughes Floors
Arthur Hughes
21 Edgewood Rd
Wayland, Ma 01778

Phone: (617)-924-7010 (508) 653-5699

arthur@hughesfloors.com

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Hughes Floors, established in 1929, are residential hardwood floor specialists comprised of the father son team of Arthur and Chuck Hughes. We are a third generation family owned business experienced in sanding and refinishing of existing hardwood floors, traditional and custom floor installations, recoats and repairs. We are based in the Natick area near Wayland, Massachusetts in New England. Print

Hughes Floors was founded by Walter Hughes in 1929. We are a third generation business proudly offering the following services: hardwood floors and wood floors installed. floor laying, floor finishing, floor resurfacing, hardwood floor sanding and finishing, floor laying and resurfacing, floor refinishing. We are a wood floor specialist who can be found under hardwood floor contractors, hughes floors, walter hughes. We service the following areas of Massachusetts in New England: metro-west, Acton, Andover, Arlington, Ashland, Auburndale, Bedford, Belmont, Berlin, Bolton, Boston, Boxboro, Braintree, Brighton, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge, Canton, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Chestnut Hill, Cochituate, Concord, Dedham, Dover, Framingham, Harvard, Holliston, Hopkinton, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Marlboro, Maynard, Medfield, Medway, Milford, Millis, Milton, Natick, Needham, Newton, Newton Lower Falls, Newton Upper Falls, Newton Centre, Newton Highlands, Newtonville, Nonantum, Northboro, North Reading, Oak Hill, Reading, Sherborn, Shrewsbury, Somerville, Southboro, Stoneham, Stow, Sudbury, Waban, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Wellesley, Westboro, Westford, West Newton, Weston, Westwood, Wilmington, Winchester, Woburn.