Generally speaking, solid hardwood flooring is delivered pre-finished and ready to use as soon as it has been fitted, but in areas that experience high levels of foot traffic, however, or with floors that have been subjected to multiple spillages and other types of damage, an additional coat of lacquer following installation may be recommended.

Regular cleaning

Day-to-day maintenance, such as sweeping and vacuuming, will help to protect your floor from damage. Less frequently it should be mopped, and for floors with a large surface area, our own TileMaster 40 machine or TileMaster Scrubber dryer machine is the best option. To increase the removal of dirt from the surface of the floor, a solution of TileMaster Cleaner No1 is also recommended. This can be added either to the cleaning water or the scrubber dryer.

Floors that have been re-lacquered recently should not be cleaned for at least 72 hours.

Use of water – Important
Try to use as little water as you can for cleaning. Make sure your mop is well wrung out because any excess pools can cause swelling and other types of water damage.

Protection & light restoration of the surface

If your wooden floor has lost is lustre, you can use our specialist refresh product to mask minor scratches. For more severe damage, we can do a gentle sand with a mesh disk and top up the lacquer to rejuvenate a dull looking surface and protect the floor from when it was first sanded.

Long term maintenance

Over time, when the lacquered surface becomes faded or worn, the floor should be gently cleaned, carefully sanded and then coated again with lacquer. The length of time between maintenance coats should be based mainly on the amount of foot traffic the floor receives.

Floors in high traffic commercial areas like retail spaces and restaurants obviously require resealing more often than residential floors. It’s important that your floors are resealed before the lacquer wears through to the wood beneath. Regular inspection during cleaning should help to avoid this.

Floor protection methods

Felt pads
Furniture is one of the main causes of marks and scuffs when it comes to wooden floors. This issue can often be resolved by fitting felt pads to chair or sofa legs. Remember that these pads will wear out eventually, so you’ll need to replace them every so often to keep your floor protected. Wear and tear from office chairs and other furniture can be decreased with commercially available plastic mats.

Barrier matting
A good quality barrier mat is a very effective way to keep dirt, water and grit from damaging the floor. Mats should be of sufficient size and the correct type to suit the type of building and number of users.

Stain removal

It’s much harder to remove dried-up stains than it is to deal with spillages. Always make sure you remove any spillages and stains as soon as possible.

For fruit juice, milk, cream, tea, soft drinks, beer, wine, coffee:
Remove with Cleaner No1 and Bug Kit

For chocolate, grease, oil, shoe polish, scuffs marks from shoes:
Remove with Cleaner No1 and Bug Kit

For ink, lipstick:
Remove with Cleaner No1 and Bug Kit

Prevention of slips and trips

A properly maintained and installed Junckers floor will have decent slip resistance, but even then spillages can make the floor slippery and increase the likelihood of accidents, so you should always remove them up immediately.

Use of adhesive tape and masking materials etc.

We suggest the use low tack adhesive tapes and masking materials. Adhesive on tape and logos sometimes have a very high tack value, which can damage the protective layer of lacquer if they’re removed too quickly.