Sunday, February 2, 2014

Friends don't let friends use Orange Glo

One of the first things I noticed about our current house were the wood floors.  They were gorgeous.

I loved them.

We hired a housecleaner shortly after we moved who used Orange Glo.  The floors looked amazing.  So much so that people commented frequently about how shiny they were and asked what we used.

Fast forward two years and they went from stunning to awful.  There were scratches everywhere and they were dull.  The cost of having them replaced after such a short time made me ill.

Around this same time, we let go of our house cleaners of 2 1/2 years (story for another day) and had hired someone new who asked to use a different cleaner.  Brett happened to be home when they were cleaning in early January and they told him we needed to stop waxing the floors and they would need to "clean" them a little at a time to get all of the wax buildup off of the floors.

To say I was angry would be an understatement.

"We've never USED  wax on the floors, Brett!  How is it possible to have wax build up when we've never waxed them?"  I promptly dismissed the idea as preposterous and seethed at the spot they had "cleaned" because it looked one hundred times worse than any of the other areas.  It was bubbled with white film and I was convinced they had ruined our already awful floors.  Brett used his fingernail to show how it (what was it?!?) was flaking off the floor.

I googled Orange Glo, hardwood and film and found site after site of people outraged that Orange Glo had ruined their floors.  God bless the person who posted that what finally worked on their floors was Windex and a credit card.  We did a slight variation of really hot water with straight ammonia (wear a mask) and the dull side of cheese knives.  Each plank had to be done in sections.  By hand.  I kid you not.

Here is the process we used to fix our floors. Not that I'm bitter but it took us FIVE days and we still have a section that needs to be done. 

Tell your friends.  They'll thank you.

Before


Sprayed with Windex (we later moved to straight ammonia and hot water)


Scraping - this is all the residue that was coming off of the floors


After (but before being fully cleaned)


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2 comments:

  1. Hey! Look at you with your lovely blog! I am so happy your floors were fixable. Replacing 3 year old wood floors would have been such a blast to the budget.

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  2. Aw, thanks! Loving your blog as well! Can you imagine having to install all new floors after three years? Blech.

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