Before you can begin to deep clean hardwood floors you will need to remove the stubborn adhesive that was left behind you might also still have some remnants of your carpet tacks and staples still on the ground that need removing.
Cleaning hardwood floors after removing carpet.
It s a project for an optimist if there ever was one.
Rubbery carpet padding can fuse onto a hardwood floor.
After 26 hours of labor i found out how and how not to remove carpet padding from hardwood floors.
Removing carpet to expose the wood floor underneath.
Not only will it help to loosen any extra dirt and grime but in the event that you also missed a little bit of adhesive the hot steam from the mop will help to loosen the material so it can be.
While it pays to work slowly to remove the carpet whether it was secured with adhesive a tack strip and staples or both it s understandable to feel a growing sense of anticipation before you lay eyes on the floor for the first time.
Remove all of the leftover residue.
After a good cleaning my floor looked better but still dull.
The next step would be to refinish your floors but before you can do this you need to sand them to remove any scuff marks left by the carpet or by your cleaning.
But take it from the experienced pros who have.
After the floor was clean and had plenty of time to dry completely i applied the weiman high traffic hardwood floor polish restorer.