Don't do anything. When we bought this house, I remember the floors were super shiny. I really appreciate any advice, I keep reading/hearing conflicting information. I really appreciate it. I would pick a spot that is hidden from view (I like behind a door). Ugh! The orange is from the old fashioned oil based finishes. Thank you thank you thank you. Do not use this product. You'll get 6months out of themmaybe. @SJ McCarthy, thank you so much for typing it out again, I appreciate it ! Nothing else will remove it. It has HIGH VOC's and isn't meant to be a wood floor finish. The pros will go higherbut it is hard to find those off the shelf at Walmart. Might as well try it. There is another product you need to add to your regime called Woka Maintenance Oil (self explanatory I suppose) which is applied at slightly longer intervals. Thanks for the windex advice. So I'm 'hearing' several things going on here. They put you into a cleaning vortex that can be VERY upsetting. If you can IMPROVE the look of the floor with the Windex then you KNOW you have residue on the floors. You cannot WET MOP hardwood floors and keep them beautiful. She will ask you to go to your local store and buy ammonia free glass cleaner. don't fall for her. Animal urine can, like all liquids, penetrate through the polyurethane to reach the wood below. Which is what will get a 2 coat floor to the 25 year mark. I'm pretty happy with the results. Country of origin = China. I don't know if you saw my last post--but to clarify, Bona polish=BAD? Any suggestions for a machine to help remove wax along with Windex? It can be DIY friendlybut you have to WANT to save the floors. We used the Rejuvenate restorer and this was the worst decision we could have made for our hardwood floors. Our oak floors were starting to look a bit tired. Easy. He did those on vinyl too, which looks like wont be much as a problem to remove. There are tons of scratches in them especially where pads were not placed under furniture. It looks "cool" but is extremely limiting as to room layout. They are the toughest of the tough. The massive amounts of contamination (any ONE of the things listed above can do this on their own) your floor has pretty much doomed it to a 'rip out when ready'. It stinks to high-heaven. I would pick a spot that naturally sits underneath a rug. Thx for the advice. The name lacquer derives from the Portuguese name 'lac,' which is a form of resin expelled from certain insects. That would be $3/sf just to get it to the ORIGINAL finish. @ jennifercook28 - You will NOT use anything to make your floors shine. You can pop off a floor register to see the surface layer. Ammonia is a great wax/oil stripper but it is a dangerous chemical by itself. Now I can see scratches from the dog's claws, scratches from using the dining room chairs, scuff marks from shoes, water spots, even my dog's drool spots from laying in front of the window show up on my floor and there is no way to get rid of them. It looks great. After using Rejuvenate floor restorer the floor was shiny in spots and dull in other spots. Over a 1000 square foot of floor pours straight ammonia on small section of floor at a time and used a credit card to scrape crap up and then wiped up. So far three house on have the floor to scrub everything off it looking like a two day job, I am extremely disappointed and hope it doesnt ruin my tiles completely. Long story short, this stuff builds up and leaves a waxy residue. Can a flooring company remove the poly finish w/o having to "sand" the actual floor and apply the above recommended finishes to my floors? That was in the days before they knew how dangerous varsol was. It lasted one week and then started to wear off. It left a thin plastic type film on the floors. I have read all of the previous chat on this subject and wondered about Minwax Finishing Wax? I would leave it for 60 - 90 seconds (NOTHING LESS!). Took 2 days on hands and knees. I have never been able to get it to shine. Because the floors NEEDED to be refinished and the previous owner didn't want to pay the $5/sf. Absolutely DO NOT recommend this product. Build Your Own Wooden Deck Chair From a Pallet for $10! Bona polish is a POLISH. The remaining wax dissolved, then went over the section with a damp cloth, and dried with another cloth. I don't know how to get it off. Further, some cleaning methods can harm your item, so if what you want to clean or launder is sentimental or expensive call a professional. This showed every paw print, every foot print and left an uneven coating. I was thinking just give them some oil to remoisturize and then wax them? I'd spend the time doing that and installing a good quality engineered or solid wood floor in its place, rather than sanding the laminate to paint it and have a floor that I'd think you'd regret very quickly. I wonder why this is the case. DO NOT use Rejuvenate on vinyl planking!!! There is often a time limit. I did it when my husband was gone. I don't think my back can take it. (Tampa, FL). My floors will never look good again! Help me pick the wood floors for our new build! It gives a waxy shine and makes cleaning easier. I can't imagine how this product stays in business. I will repost in about a week. I don't think there is any raw wood peaking out--but I'm not an expert so I will send c/u photos from areas of concern. by Heather Was skeptical at first. I finished with sanding the entire floor with a belt sander (what a mess), i cleaned the sawdust up and stain and finished with polyurethane for floors. I used, in a spray bottle, white vinegar, small amount of Dawn dish soap, and mineral spirits. I called the Rejuvenate hotline number and the woman started saying that I had caused the problem by not using the product properly. Period! I wanted to have it sanded down and refinished but in our country there's a strict lockdown so 'unnecessary' services are not allowed as yet our living room area's floors are really in bad condition, nails coming up out of the food and some parts splintering, and wide gaps between the planks. I need to remove floor restorer from marble, cannot use vinegar, what to do? I think your $15/sf budget could buy you so much more than a USFloors engineered hardwood from China. Another before ..left side is no rejuvenate..right side is with rejuvenate. If you can't get a sand/refinish done before they move in, then I HIGHLY recommend you get some BIG area rugs in there to cover up the floors the best you can. Problem is such a large area will take forever to remove by hand. I am an independent third party website which just provides reviews of products from readers. It's easy to do. First off, the floor is from USFLOORS. When I used this parts of my floor looked really good, but in some sections it is just a smeary mess. WINDEX WAS A MIRACLE!!! I used the rejuvenate floor cleaner for all types of floors and it worked absolutely wonderful but after reading all the comments Im going to take the floor restorer back and not even attempt it. Like you I bought into the hype. Spills and yes dog drool cleaned up just fine before, now they seem to be a permanent part of the floor and I've never had scratches in my floor before. This is an independent website which allows people to review various cleaning products, among other things, which means that one, people commiserate on the site when something bad happens, and we do try to figure out what will help. I wonder if they used rejuvenate. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. I used Rejuvenate about 5 years ago on my new laminate floors. Building a house & need advise on Carpet inlay in wood floors. Now you are seeing a 1ft x 1ft square of your REAL finish. The buff and coat relies on a FULLY functional coating. Wear and tear includes dulling of a hardwood surface. Thanks rejuvenate. The reason why they had carpet on them? A truly horrible product.It started wearing off within a few days. The plastic finish stuck to my bare feet like cling wrap and came up off the floor. Absolutely not recommended for today. This has been done in the past. But I replaced those tiles a couple of years ago and the new ones looked great until water wouldnt come up and when I used a mop it came all cloudy and white. When I told her that I HAD read the directions she practically called me a liar. Any suggestions for regular, weekly cleaning? Step two was to add that beautiful high gloss finish from rejuvenate restorer. Used it on my floors and at first it looked great. A heavy hand scraped finish like yours will need MUCH MORE wood to get a single refinish. Our floors are milled PECAN wood, with a Satin Water based Poly (2) coats 15 years ago. The process is much faster (1-2 days) and is roughly 1/2 the price of the full sand/refinish. how much raw wood is exposed to the Rejuvenate). Hello @SJ McCarthy, I wish I had read this sooner, I just applied rejuvenate to our hardwood floors! Heather has shared her Rejuvenate floor restorer and Rejuvenate floor cleaner review. I like working with Windex. I'm sorry to say this, but the high-valued wood floor you purchased with your house may be junk. I did the 2 step process and was thrilled at the result. Windex is found in (almost) everyone's cleaning cupboard. You will spray the Windex over a 1ft x 1ft spot. So far, I haven't had to remove it. The amount of effort it would take a professional to take off ALL THAT GUNK could be twice the length of time it normally takes to get down to raw wood. But, when I had had enough of streaked sticky lumpy gobs on the floor I spent 8 hours on hands and knees with bleach, dawn, sos pads and a scraper to get them finished again. It would be a complete waste of time and money. I clean houses for realtors and they rave about how wonderful the floors look after I use rejuvenate on them. Would definitely NOT recommend this product to ANYBODY!! It's been about a year and a half and it still looks great. A slightly stronger ammonia based floor stripper can be used but you must be VERY cautious about how strong it is an how to use it safely (high ventilation, working in pairs, etc). The amount of finish (don't know what typeif you remember feel free to share) and the table feet. It contaminates the wood UNDERNEATH the finish (which is not repairedjust hidden under lip the polymerjust like trying to hide mouth cancer with cherry lip gloss). @ Sue - your floors under the carpet have been spared the wear and tear of life. You will wipe it up with a clean white cotton cloth. It's easy to do. Again, thank you SO much SJ McCarthy! Oh. Windex did not work. Floors are mostly shiny but scratchy--especially by the dining table--some poly may be scratched off --not sure--would like to "descratch them". Please post photos so that we can help figure out what is going on. Also, my feet left "footprints" on the shiny floor.Getting a sick feeling in my stomach as my husband told me NOT to use this on our floor.Thank God I only did an 8 foot by 5 foot section and not the whole downstairs! So you need the Woca Soap, Woca Oil Refresher (for spot application) and the Woca Maintenance Oil. Don't purchase this product it's garbage. The waxy substances in Rejuvenate can penetrate PAST the finish and enter the wood. Even if the house was built in 1938, does that really mean the wood floors were immediately covered over with carpet? So there you have it folks latex paint remover does it quickly and easily. Lacquer also contains a solution of shellac in alcohol that creates a synthetic coating, causing it to form a high gloss surface. Sweeping is your best action to prevent dulling of a wood floor. It is possible the Rejuvenate will cause permanent contamination (as in nothing can be done but rip them out). I have used the product for approximately 4 years on my laminate flooring. I TRIED to get the flooring company to put 2 coats but they so rushed (this was after KATRINA) no go. He was totally amazed at how well the floor turned out. I am a little nervous now, reading all of the negative comments, of what to expect when I need to damp mop it, or in time. How should these be cleaned in the mean time? It is solvent based and is supposed to 'penetrate' the old lacquer (an alcohol based product). Once you are tired of your damaged hardwoods you will probably have to rip them out and find something else. If the finish is in good enough shape you can live on it for a few more years to SAVE UP for the full replacement. (Lindenhurst, NY). Copyright 2009-2022 - Flanery Companies, LLC - All rights reserved. I blame myself for using this product but this should not be sold in supermarkets in the cleaning section. The floorswere damaged when we had workers rewire the house. I used both products on my kitchen floor, which is made of slate tiles. Do you have photos? Hate this product with a vengence. The residue scratches within a few days and makes it look like the floor is scratched. Do this is small sections. The areas where it remained has been a year long struggle to get it off. Thank you for sharing your comments and saving me money. Just FYI Charles, my site, Stain Removal 101, is not owned and is not associated with the manufacturer of this product, so while I appreciate you telling me what happened when you used it, and warning other readers, this message has not reached the company. Yes there are areas of wear through but the colour and the light sheen tells us there is FINISH left on those floors. My hardwood is dull now. Looked wonderful until I replaced my kitchen chairs which are on rollers. It streaks and lifts as you wash it weekly. This product should be banned!! The industrial strength floor strippers need the user to work with ++ caution. If it leaves a WHITE mark where the water was = waxed finish. I had to spend $424.00 for a home service janitorial company to strip the floors back to the main finish. It has wax in it? Spray on and let sit for 4-5 minutes. It gets better. I would prefer to see 4mm-6mm. Rejuvenate works. It looks dull 2.5 seconds after cleaning it. Lastly, throw the Rejuvenate in the trash!!!! Leaves a streaky hazy finish. I've already dealt with this TWICE this month (I don't even sell hardwoods and I've had to field phone calls from people who need to strip their floors). These pens are just like 'stain pens' except they do not have colour in them. I found this product at Home Depot and it sounded like it was just what I needed to bring back some shine and cover scratches to my ceramic tile floor. I have laminated floors. It has smeary and paw prints after I used it. As for $15/sf, that normally buys you a HIGH end engineered hardwood with 6mm wear layer with site finishing. I left the house for three hours to let it dry and returned home to my shiny floor. All because a Realtor looking to cut corners preferred to 'perk up' the floor with a cheap polish rather than tell the homeowners to spend the money and do a proper job of refinishing a badly maintained hardwood finish. 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It takes 30+ days to fully cure (which makes it tough to get a new tenant in without losing an entire month of rentpossibly 2 months) and off-gasses for eons (ok monthsbut you get the idea). would go faster and less mess if it sucks up the sawdust as it sands. share your hardwood floor cleaners review here, Join in and write your own page! At 15 years old, a 2-coat system is just about at the end of it's 'pretty'. Used the restore and shine products and also left a cloudy film that seem impossible to remove.still working on it. I know the floor has also had rejuvenate and bona used on it by my parents when they lived in the home. I wring my rag out to as near dry as I can apply. Will I wax my floors? Has this company got no way of getting there product off people floors better get they sit her are still sell there crappy product with no solution but just keep apologizing for there wrong doing! It went on easily enough. A buff and coat will NOT fix deep scratches but it will make your floor look 'fresher' for the next 10 years. That is a process where the finish is 'roughed up' and then a new coat is applied over top of what is already there. Would never use this product nor would I recommend it. @ chuawee Cleaning the floor - at this point - will be pretty basic. All of these steps are all well known for a wood finished with oil/hardwax finish. When you get to that point - PLEASE THROW OUT THE REJUVENATE! It has an ammonia base to it which means it has the same 'kill rate' as bleach. Nothing could remove the residue, not even Krud Kutter. Once every 3 years or so I use Bona Cleaner & 3 times in past 15 years Bona polisher and rent a polisher to buff it. The renters that lived in our home before we bought it, used a dark Minwax on it right before we moved in. Sigh. A regular engineered hardwood requires 3mm of top wood to attempt a single sand/refinish. Shame on this company for selling such a misleading product. I'm sorry you were taken in by the "Shiny" gimmick. The previous owner has CONTAMINATED the wood. Can you post pics? I read from the manufacturer to remove Mop and Glo to use Lysol all purpose cleaner with no bleach and ammonia. When you subscribe to my free weekly newsletter you will receive a free printable laundry stain removal chart that you can reference as needed. @ Maggie Gthose floors are FULLY finished. The wood you have is probably beyond help. I am going to try it on my vinyl floors now. The old buffing machines (the one's grandma use to have to wax/strip her linoleum) are also worthy of purchase. It should cause them to pause long enough to look it up themselves. They were not shiny but I wanted a little finish. Bruce sells a cleaner and a polish- would you recommend the Bruce polish for this? My husband and I polished our hardwood with rejuvenate polish and now regret ever using the product. We moved in a house 2 months ago and the previous owner used it. Is there anyway to fix that?I have Bruce hardwood and only use their cleaner once a month. The only thing that takes it off your floors is pure ammonia (which can ruin some floors). To remove this haze I used glass cleaner (one WITHOUT ammonia) and a scrubby. Please tell me what I should be doing differently???? Used it on my bamboo floor. It is a 5/8" engineered hardwood with a 4mm (1/8") wear surface. May need to hire someone to do this for me. I have photos to prove it, Here are some Photos Before I used rejuvenate all floors restorer. Then waxed them again. If it is an open living space you are forcing yourself into living with chairs/tables/lamps, etc all in one very specific areathe carpeted area. Premendo su "Accetta", acconsento all'utilizzo dei cookie, descritto ulteriormente nell'Informativa sui cookie. And that regular maintenance of Oil Refresher application is 1-4 times PER YEAR!!!!! Aside from making them look a little better, my largest challenge right now is finding something to clean them with that does not leave a film. Went to mop before a showing and they turned into a disaster, white film residue and steaks everywhere. Fortunately, I was able to use ammonia. I called the company and they told me that I should apply another coat REALLY? If the cloth comes away with a brown/orange mess on it, then KEEP GOING! Keep doing the 'soak and wipe' until that cloth comes back with just a HINT of yellow/brown. Within 2-3 days after applying my floors look cloudy and ugly. I saw this product at one of my local stores, I have seen some reviews and heard from friends it was an excellent product. wood flooring? Zilch. I'm returning the product tomorrow! Wait. I live in a tropical country so temperature is usually hot and humid and there's a lot of airconditioning use. The other day I noticed splotchy stuff on them, well my fianc took it upon himself to put some kind of shining coating on them. Get Free Email Updates(and get a FREE printable). If nothing happens to the floor (visually) then shrug it off and keep going. I'm very sorry this product has caused a film on your floor, but you need to understand this is NOT the company's website. That old adage certainly applies with Restore- If it looks too good to be true it probably is. However, over time, high traffic areas appear dull, streaky, and dirty after damp mopping with Rejuvenate floor cleaner, clear water or watered down vinegar/soap solution. Nothing but paint stripper will remove it. The specific composition of lacquer thinners vary by brand. The vinegar and water did not. Sweep, sweep, sweep or vacuum (no beater barjust suction) every few days, 2. You own any/all responsibility if your tenant is injured by splinters. And if you used these BIG BOYS with 3 coats, you would be unable to see the wear underneath the table legs. Tried it on my laminate floors and love it. I used this product on my 3 year old wood floors. I'm guessing someone is using the word lacquer to describe the OIL BASED polyurethanes. Just wait). I removed Rejuvenate wax from my bamboo flooring to bring it back. You can try using Windex Original formula on your floors. It showed scratches from our dogs which were not seen before we used the product. Woah, no. By then it is FAR too late to bring the REALTOR and/or his/her cleaner to court for ruining a high-value product such as hardwood flooring. I googled this: Lacquer is a type of solvent-based product that is made by dissolving nitrocellulose together with plasticizers and pigments in a mixture of volatile solvents. The gloss lasted for a few days. I used it on my kitchen cabinets and they are ruined. Don't over scrub, best to just repeat process until haze is gone. Now I am going to have to strip the floor. Don't Hesitate to Use Them in Your Personal Space, You can make an outdoor fish paradise of your own, for less than you might think. 2. If you want a machine, you need to buy one. Perhaps Oak & Broad can step in to help you with your purchasing/choice of materials when working with a high-end engineered hardwood in that price range. https://www.doityourself.com/stry/lacquer-finish-vs-shellac#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20major%20differences,a%20variety%20of%20different%20colors. Thank you very much! A friend of his tried it as well and was also very happy. Once - maybe twice - per MONTH: pH neutral hardwood floor cleaner (Bruce makes one) on a lightly damp microfibre mop head. But you'll need this expert design wisdom, Take the ecofriendly high road with a low-cost outdoor chair you make yourself, Personalizza la mia esperienza utilizzando cookie, Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers, Outdoor Lighting & Audio/Visual Specialists. Is highly recommend this product! There is nothing on the market that is allowed to be applied to a fully finished floor. I emailed the company, they never respond. If anyone is using it weekly or monthly that could be your issue. This contamination PREVENTS the new finish from adhering to the wood. It is hands and knees 'fun in a bottle'! Know there has to be somebody pro to come and take it off. But I have read about using the Windex on here and that it works. The renewer product is like putting a thin simple layer or sealant or wax on the floor. The coating gets all scratched up and looks horrible. Vinegar does nothingand I mean nothing. Absolutely the worst thing I've ever tried for my laminate floors. @ chuawee - Lacquer is a product made of alcohol and Lac bug resin (yesbugs are used to produce real lacquer). It all depends on how damaged the wood is (ie. Protective pads are on all table and chair legs --the problem is our shoes over time (15 years of daily use)! Finally, I was able to speak with the helpful representative named Samantha Watts Samanthaw@forlifeproducts.com - 954.747.3300 - with the company. Shine comes when you do a FULL SAND and refinish. Use Windex with no ammonia. In a few days, my floors looked scratched. And that Maintenance Oil comes in different colours - so you can refresh the colour that you paid for. However, the three primary ingredients are acetone, toulene and methanol. 1. I called you and you told me to use. I did buy (havent used yet) Rejuvenate in an attempt to make them look a little better. Within a week the floors had a dull whitish coating! The Howard's Restore A Finish is for furniture. I had the same problem with my ceramic tiles. So give them a call. You will notice that when youre wiping off the rejuvenate floor restore the build up of the rejuvenate floor restorer comes up in small clumps. You have raw wood showing. I will get you some photos--sun should be coming out today. Not impressed at all! Now you do the 'mist' and wipe (immediate wipe up). Please help with furniture placement in sons Heritage Home apartment! Very difficult to remove. Your photos show a floor that is a bit beaten up in a high traffic area. Do not use this product.