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Homemade Wood and Laminate Floor Cleaner

The great thing about alcohol as a cleaning agent is that, like water, it has a nearly neutral ph—neither acidic nor alkaline. And it helps to dry the floor quickly. This makes alcohol the perfect ingredient in your homemade cleaner to clean, protect, and preserve beautifully finished wood and laminate floors.

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Course: How to

Cuisine: Cleaning

Ingredients

1 part alcohol: isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol, denatured alcohol, gin, or plain vodka
4 parts distilled water
a few drops Blue Dawn dishwashing liquid

Instructions

Pour all ingredients into a small bucket or container. Mix thoroughly and pour the mixture into your spray bottle of choice or the recycled Swiffer WetJet container using a funnel.
Working in small areas, spray the cleaner, then follow with a microfiber cloth or microfiber mop.

Notes

NOTES:

Alcohol is a fantastic cleaning product—rubbing alcohol (70% is most common, but 91% works well, too), denatured alcohol, even gin, or plain vodka. Rubbing alcohol is also a disinfectant, as you know from visiting a doctor’s office or hospital.
The great thing about alcohol as a cleaning agent is that like water, it has a nearly neutral ph—neither acidic nor alkaline. And it helps to dry the floor quickly. This makes alcohol the perfect ingredient in your homemade cleaner to clean, protect, and preserve beautifully finished wood and laminate floors.
For more details: How to Clean and Care for Laminate Flooring to Keep It Looking Like New

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Dolores says:

May 6, 2024 at 11:46 am

Hi Mary,
I have Bruce laminated wood slats for flooring. I’d been buying their spray on brand to clean my floors and am wondering if this solution would be safe for them. Had I know I wasn’t supposed to wet this type of flooring I never would have agreed to it. So, needless to say, I’ve been super careful to use their stuff. Thanks!

Mary Hunt says:
May 6, 2024 at 12:52 pm

I can’t speak for Bruce flooring manufacturer, however, I would not hesitate to use this DIY formula on any laminate flooring being careful to work in small areas—applying, scrubbing, then wiping dry. The presence of alcohol in the formula is key to helping it dry almost immediately. Hope that helps!

Anonymous says:

January 28, 2024 at 12:22 pm

Is this cleaning mixture safe for engineered wood floors? I love using all your homemade clesners

Mary Hunt says:
January 28, 2024 at 1:17 pm

Yes engineeed wood is wood.

Homemade Wood and Laminate Floor Cleaner