We revitalized an Oak floor that had spent years under a carpet. The house
was a rental we owned while our son was in college and we were trying to
hold cost down. We used a retail-variety wood floor cleaner. As I recall
it was made by Johnson's. It mixed with water and required a couple of
vigorous hands and knees scrubbings to get it clean. I don't know what was
in the solution but it smelled vaguely of ammonia and did a pretty good job
because we were scrubbing some carpet pad remains as well as dirt.

We followed up with a couple of coats of MinWax Paste that was buffed with a
power buffer and the result was very nice. I doubt if the paste is a good
long term solution but it lasted well during the 1-2 following years we
owned the house.

RonB


"BrianInNY" wrote in message
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I just purschased a home with a wood (not laminate) floor. What's the
best way to clean it? I'm more concerned with cleaning/sanatizing it,
as opposed to polishing it. Thanks in advance