How to Care for Laminate Tiles?
Laminate floor tiles mimic the look of natural stone and ceramic tile and a trendy type of flooring to fit in high traffic areas of your home. Laminate tiles would lock together and can be installed on top of concrete or wood floors without glue. Laminate tile flooring is one of the easiest types of flooring to clean such as spills, kitchen grease and dirt. Although the tiles have a protective coating, they aren't indestructible. Falling heavy objects onto the laminate tile flooring can occur scratches and gouges. Special care must be taken with cleaning to ensure that the tiles look their best.
Things you need-
Laminate floor cleaner
1. Cleaning cloth or dry mop
2. Casters or felt pads for furniture feet
3. Throw rugs
4. Laminate floor repair kit with wax pencils and putty
Step by step procedure to care your laminate tiles-
1. Clean the floor with a product that is made especially for laminate tile flooring. These cleaners are generally sprayed onto a dry mop or a cloth from spray bottle. Do not use a mop and water to clean laminate tiles as this can leave streaks and sometimes can damage the tiles.
2. Insert soft pads beneath the feet of furniture placed on laminate floor tiles or plastic furniture casters seem deceptively safe for laminate floors where it protect the tiles from small dents and discoloration.
3. Do not drag weighty appliances or furniture and along the tiles where it can gouge the laminate tile flooring.
4. Sometimes, small pieces of grit set in the roller overtime where it abrades the surface of the floor. If you have plastic furniture rollers, replace them with rubber rollers.
5. Place throw rugs in the areas of floor at high traffic or near a sink.
6. You can repair scratches and small chips with wax pencils and silicone putty, where it can available in laminate tile touch- up kits that are color coded to match flooring. The wax pencils can be used like crayons to color over light scratches, whereas deeper scratches and gouges can be filled with the putty and then colored.
7. Humidity also a part in laminate maintenance. Keep the room humidity at 50 percent to ensure the joints stay closed, thus preventing an accumulation of dirt between tiles.
Tips-
• General laminate tile cleaners can be used however before you proceed check the warranty first, as some warranties state that they will be invalidated unless a specific brand of cleaner made for the floor is used.
Precautions-
• Do not use abrasive cleaners on laminate tiles, as they may scratch or damage your laminate tile flooring.
• Clean up the spills without delay as soon as you notice it, because liquids can seep between tiles where the joints get loosen that lock the tile together.
• Also, do not wash laminate tile floors with water this is to avoid potential problem.
To keep your laminate tile floors ever looking new, then the best solution is to use the specifically formulated cleaners that won’t harm your tiles.
