[Vettemama]

Purchased pre-owned home and laminate flooring is filthy and has a waxy build up on it. Old bottle of Mopnglow in garage. Something was used on it and should not have been. Any suggestions?

[jnieman]

I had a smeared floor and I use Bona Laminate floor cleaner on mine and it works great. If there really is wax on it, I don't know how to help. You can buy the Bona at Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more Good luck.

[mulligan]

Mix up some dishwasher detergent in warm water. Use a sponge dampened with the solution, and it will come right up.

[shcisamax]

Call a flooring company and ask.

[jnieman]

Floor Masters told me to use glass plus on my floor and that lead to a smeary floor. I also used vinegar and water and that made it worse. I bought the Bona as mentioned before and sprayed it on all over and used large towels and did a dance across the floor the first time I used it. Use your feet to really rub it good. That cleaned my floor from the smeary mess. Once that was done I clean it about once a month with the Bona, I swiffer once a week with my large dry swiffer then use a microfiber mop while spritzing the Bona. My floors are very shiny. They are the piano finish floors and shine wonderfully. I get lots of compliments on my floor.

[shcisamax]

Here here for Bona.

[applesoffh]

Originally Posted by shcisamax

Here here for Bona.

Ditto...I use the one for hardwood and the one made for tile. Bona products may be purchased ad Loews.

[NotGolfer]

You gotta be careful with "wetness" when cleaning your laminate!!! IF you use a sponge mop you need to make sure it's wrung out really well...and even then it may leave 'puddles' here and there.

[MLBellis]

did you try to steam clean it??? You can see if anyone of your neighbors will loan one out to you to try or PM me & I will bring mine over for you to try!!

[shcisamax]

I don't think steam cleaning laminate is a good idea. I was told by the flooring company not to do it because it can get into the joints and might cause buckling. You might want to make a call to a flooring company before you do that.

[gomoho]

Never - ever use water on laminate. Bruce makes a cleaner that has no water - not sure if it will undo the damage already done. Contact a laminate flooring company.