Pergo floors are designed to be easy to clean and maintain. However Pergo laminate flooring, like anything in your home need proper care and attention to keep it looking great for years to come. The questions many Pergo users have are: “What is the best way to clean Pergo floors?” or “What to use to clean Pergo floors?
If you are thinking how to clean Pergo floor, your best daily routine to keep your Pergo floors nice and clean is vacuuming and dust mopping to remove loose dirt. For a spot cleaning use a damp towel or spray with warm water+ vinegar solution, followed by paper towel to dry out your floor.
Once in a while, clean Pergo wood floors with a damp mop and the best pergo floor cleaner: warm water + vinegar solution. While cleaning laminate floors do not saturate your Pergo floor with a floor cleaner. When you mop your Pergo floor, avoid standing water on its surface and change your cleaning solution as necessary to keep it clean.
Many Pergo laminate flooring users are asking:
“What is the best product to clean Pergo floors? I don’t want to use anything that leaves streaks or dulls my floor”
You may find on internet many tips on cleaning Pergo laminate wood flooring and there is a plenty of floor cleaning products available on the market. There have been many discussions on the internet about how to clean Pergo wood floors. Some laminate cleaners work great for some people when other people had ruined their floors with the same floor cleaner.
In my opinion most important will be to buy a good quality mop. The best one will be the one with removable microfiber cloth. It is a great idea to buy a couple, extra microfiber cloths for everyday floor and home cleaning. They are fantastic to clean laminate floors and for daily house cleaning. You don’t have to use any cleaner, just water and the microfiber cloth. You can use a spray bottle and after spraying dirty area just wipe out it using a dry microfiber cloth.
In my home, I damp mop my Pergo laminate floors every week. Unfortunately my floor shows every mark and footprint. Water with vinegar solution brings a shine back! This is the best way to clean pergo! When I started to use vinegar to clean my floors, I could not believe my eyes. Every smudge and mark disappeared and the floor was shiny new! Plus Vinegar is a really great, all natural cleaner: safe, cheap and it also disinfects- I hate using harsh chemicals to clean my home.
Receipe for best laminate flooring cleaner: Vinegar with water solution- all natural and non-toxic cleaner:
For an economical and environmentally friendly Pergo cleaner, make a solution of one cup of white distilled vinegar with a gallon of water. Spray sparingly or mop for a fast clean-up. Your Pergo floors will look like the day you put them in!
For more “all natural ” Vinegar house cleaning tips visit VinegarTips.com
HINT: I also found that using Lavender or Lemongrass Oil in the mixture of vinegar and water will give the house a great smell. All you have to do is add just 2 drops of any favorite scented oil while cleaning Pergo flooring . My favorite place to buy quality and inexpensive Essential Oils is New Directions Aromatic . You can also use Essential Oils while cleaning your entire home:) They disinfect as well as vinegar, just add couple drops to the water and clean kitchen, bathroom, utility room…For aromatherapy beginners try “starter kits” with a lovely book how to use essential oils.
When cleaning Pergo laminate flooring it is also important what you should avoid. Many of you may ask: “When I do clean my Pergo floor it is there anything I should not use ?”
Actually there is a list of things you should never use for Pergo cleaning:
- Do not use polishes or waxes while cleaning laminate floor
- NEVER use Orange Glow to clean laminate floors
- NEVER use AMONIA on laminate
- Never clean with abrasives, scouring powder, or steel wool
Keep in mind when you clean Pergo flooring:
- Wipe up spills immediately
- Avoid allowing standing liquids on your floor – including your pet’s water area
- Dirt is the primary enemy of laminate floors
- Walking over time causes fine scratches that lead to dullness and larger particles of sand or rocks cause visible scratches
- Put cushion or felt bottom protectors under chair and table legs to prevent possible scratching
- Place floor mats and foot brushes at all entrances of your home to pick up dirt
- Vacuum and dust mop regularly to keep grit from floor
Tips for Pergo Spots removal:
- Blood, pasta sauce, fruit juice, wine, beer, soda: use warm water and vinegar cleaner on a light-colored microfiber cloth
- Oil, paint, permanent marker, tar or rubber heel marks:use warm water and vinegar cleaner on a light-colored microfiber cloth nail polish remover as needed
- Candle wax or chewing gum: first harden with ice, and then very gently scrape off the area. Wipe with warm water and vinegar cleaner on a light-colored microfiber cloth
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How can I get orange glow wax off of my pergo floors? Please help!!!!
Orange Glow is very hard to remove. The only solution that works is aceton. One of our customers tested and it worked, however you have to be very careful -keep windows open and fix small sections at the time.
Hello,
I would like to know if it is safe to use a steam mop, such as the Shark Steam Mop, on wood laminate flooring. I would only be using the Steam Mop about once a month, but would not want to damage the floor.
I appreciate any information you can give me on using steam to clean this type flooring.
Thank you,
Diana Megginson
Decision is yours- you can do it on your risk. Remember all laminate flooring warranties does not cover
a water damage. Check your warranty if using this kind of equipment is allowed /forbiden by manufacturer and be sure your floor is installed properly- and there is no gapping so stem (water vapors) are not trapped init. The steam penetrates between the joints and expands the wood and may be the reason of “buckiling”.
Can Swiffer be used on Pergo floors?
Patricia, thank you for your question.
You can use dry or swiffer on lamnate flooring, however we noticed that wet swiffer has way too much water on it to safely clean laminate flooring. We also noticed that wet swiffer is leaving smages and strikes on the floor surface; so if you are looking for the best cleaning expierience opt for a good quality microfiber mop and water+ vinegar solution. Make sure to use damp mop- do not saturate your flooring with water. Laminate flooring does not like water:)
Can the vinegar/water solution be used to clean Alloc laminate floors?
Thank you in advance for your answer
Hi Jan~ You can most definately use the vinegar/water solution on the Alloc floors! It can actually be used on any kind of laminate floors. If you want to get rid of the harsh smell of vinegar, you can add a few drops of essential oils as well! http://100pureessentialoils.com/. Enjoy your floor!
What if your pergo floor has developed a film over the years? Our kitchen floor is white granite (pergo select). over 8 years it has significantly dulled with a film over it. With a lot of elbow grease, i can make a dent in it spot by spot, but don’t have the time or energy to scrub really hard for the time it would take to clean it thoroughly. sad ot be in this condition, but that’s where I am. Suggestions?
Rich, I’m not sure what kind of “film” has developed on you flooring but if it does clean off you can try to use acetone on a rag to try to clean off the film. Try the acetone in an inconspicuous are just incase the acetone has adverse effects on your flooring. If the acetone doesnt work then nothing will probably work. If you cannot clean the film off I would give Pergo customer service a call and tell them to send out a warranty claims inspector. Good Luck. Fred
I’m a professional house keeper and have found over the years that on laminent flooring (not nessecarily pergo) in rooms with abundant natural light no vinegar mixture or anyother cleaner that I’ve found remove the natural oils from barefeet!!!! I can get them off my hand scrubbing the entire area, but in a high traffic area…that is time consuming and exhausting….is there anyother product that will remove the natual oils from these floors safely?
Mary-Lynn, we sell Alloc Free and Clean Laminate flooring cleaner on our website http://www.bestlaminate.net. It is probably the best laminate flooring cleaner on the market. Also I use a swiffer on my laminate floor and it seems to work pretty well at removing everything from footprints to dirt and dust.
I’ve read all your comments and wonder – why if you recommend vinegar / water to clean pergo floors, why ,when I purchased my pergo flooring was told only to use pergo cleaner to clean it with, which I promptly purchased.
Colette, Vinegar and Water is a good household mixture that is very effective at cleaning laminate flooring. Pergo recommended that you only use their Pergo brand flooring cleaner because they wanted you to buy their product. It will not void your warranty if you use vinegar/water or another brand of flooring cleaner to clean your floor.