Cleaning Hardwood Floors

Cleaning hardwood floors is essential if you want them to maintain their good looks. But it's a duty that also causes a lot of confusion. Questions on whether you should use vinegar to clean hardwood floors and how to avoid streaks are as numerous as there are types of wood.

So when a hardwood floor mop comes along that provides premium, luxurious hardwood floor care for a lifetime, it's more than a mop-it's a must! That's at least the perception at BonaKemi USA, the world leader in hardwood floor care, as reviews surface about their new all-in-one premium hardwood floor care tool.

Dispelling the myth that a mixture of water and vinegar is the best hardwood floor cleaner, the Bona Hardwood Floor Mop combines a no-residue cleaner and microfiber technology for an effective, safe and easy means of hardwood floor care.

Vinegar is an acid that can actually dull and damage your hardwood floor finish over time. A recent independent quantitative consumer study showed that half of consumers who own a wood floor care for it by wet mopping and an estimated 75% of these people are actually damaging their floors by cleaning with the wrong products. That requires consumers to refinish more often than they would with proper cleaning.

GREENGUARD® Certified Mop "System"

Not only is this mop designed for effective cleaning, it's also GREENGUARD^® certified for indoor air quality.

Along with dust containment, waterborne finishes and other floor care products in Bona's Environmental Choice System, BonaKemi's Residential Hardwood Floor Cleaner is GREENGUARD certified for indoor air quality and for their Children and Schools program by the industry-independent, non-profit GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI).

The Greenguard Environmental Institute is a non-profit organization independent from industry that establishes standards and testing methods for indoor products. Those that achieve the GREENGUARD certification demonstrate acceptable and safe levels of indoor air emissions. In other words, you don't have to worry about the detrimental effects of harsh chemicals in your home.

Currently, BonaKemi is the only manufacturer in the industry to offer a complete hardwood floor finishing and floor care system GREENGUARD certified for indoor air quality.

Bringing Beauty and Convenience Home

According to Eric Hayes, BonaKemi USA Strategic Business Unit Manager/Floor Care, "Consumers spend $10,000 or more to buy, install and refinish hardwood floors, making it one of the largest investments in your home. They consider clean, beautiful floors a source of pride in their homes and want their floors to stay looking like new. The Bona Hardwood Floor Mop brings beauty and convenience home. This is truly the last mop consumers will ever need to buy to properly care for their hardwood floors."

BonaKemi's reputation for innovation coupled with its professional leadership and longevity in hardwood floor finishing and floor care systems inspired the design and feel of the mop. Now consumers can buy an all-in-one spray mop that will last and is truly safe to use on hardwood floors as well as safe for those who live in the home.

The Bona Hardwood Floor Mop offers these benefits:

• Quality
  Luxury and performance never before available to consumers.
• Green
  An environmentally responsible, GREENGUARD-certified solution for protecting, maintaining and cleaning hardwood floors.
• Convenient
  The Bona Hardwood Floor Mop is an all-in-one system providing users a mop with a convenient "trigger spray" included, which sprays with the right amount of cleaning power for effectively cleaning hardwood floors.
• Reliable
  A durable, easy-to-use mop with exceptional cleaning power.
• Easy to Use
  The benefits of a microfiber cleaning pad that's machine washable and provides effective non-toxic cleaning while attracting dirt, micro-particles and common household allergens.
• Education
  The BonaKemi Floor Care Guide provides consumers tips and tools to ensure their hardwood floor investment is protected.
• Safe and Effective
  The Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaner is waterborne, environmentally responsible and non-toxic, specifically formulated to clean all types of hardwood floors without dulling or leaving any residue (pH neutral).
• Proven History
  Bona and hardwood floors have a long history with 90 years of experience and leadership in premium hardwood floor finishing and floor care systems.

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BonaKemi USA, Inc., the North American subsidiary of BonaKemi AB, Malm, Sweden, manufactures and distributes complete systems for hardwood floor finishing, including dust containment sanding equipment, abrasives, fillers, stains, sealers, finishes and floor care products.

The Bona Environmental Choice System meets or exceeds all state and federal clean air quality standards, and reflects BonaKemi's commitment to personal health, indoor air quality and the environment. For more information, please contact BonaKemi USA, Inc., at 1-800-872-5515 or www.bonakemi.com.