It’s Winter time again in the Chicagoland area & across the whole Midwest region; which means tons of snow & ice to battle while we go about our everyday tasks. It’s frustrating enough to have to drive, or attempt to walk in these messy conditions each day only to come home & track in road salt residue all over your beautiful flooring. Ahhhh! Now you have a messy white residue & stains on your floors that dries like concrete giving your hard surface flooring a dirty & old appearance. Besides leaving those unsightly white salt stains, road salt can actually damage hard surface flooring as well as carpeting. The chemical components magnesium, calcium chloride & alkaline that make up the road salt can easily break down carpet fibers. Also pieces of rough road salt can get caught in your shoe’s treads, in turn causing damage & tiny scratches to laminate & some hardwood flooring. Additionally, these chemical components of road salt & other anti-icing mixtures can literally eat through many of the protective coatings used on hard surface flooring & materials.
Thankfully, WE have discovered the best strategies to clean up & prevent the accumulation of unsightly road salt stains; & eliminate the salt residue streaks left behind when cleaning it. The 1st step is to prevent the salt & snow from being tracking into home in the first place. There are several rather simple tips you can follow to do this including:
→ waterproofing your foot wear can prevent a significant amount of snow from sticking to them, therefore minimizing what gets tracked inside. Waterproofing also protects your foot wears’ material from the elements & prolongs their life.
→ requesting that your family’s & guest’s foot wear be removed at the entryway, before actually coming into the house will drastically reduce the amount of salt that gets tracked in.
→ another idea that will help reduce the amount of salt that gets tracked in is investing in a bristle rug or mat to place on the stoop of your outside entry ways. Bristle rugs & mats are designed for thoroughly stomping out & cleaning off snow & salt from shoes & boots; and tends to work better than just an entry mat alone. A bristle rug is also a great idea to use as a “drying spot” outside or in a garage to keep snowy or wet foot wear on rather than bringing them into your home to dry.
But once there is a wintry & salty mess tracked all over your floors, how to properly clean it without leaving a dull streaky residue & damaging your floors takes specific cleaning strategies & techniques. As industry experienced Cleaning Specialists, we’ve been able to develop these strategies that not only makes it easier to clean, but gets the salt & residue off your floor without all the dull streaks. Let Us handle all the dirty work using our proven cleaning techniques to keep your floors residue & streak free; and your home clean. Our Independent Cleaning Specialists & Private Maids provide Cleaning Services that are exclusively custom-tailored to the specific needs of each client & their property. We DO NOT cut corners to save time; or use cleaning “short-cuts” or just “wipe-down” stuff in your home. We utilize our specific techniques & strategies to ensure that your Cleaning Service is always completed the RIGHT way… even during these messy winter months.
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