My wooden floors..? I live in Military housing in Germany on a US floor. and...
I live in Military housing in Germany on a US floor. and I think I have a few issues near the wooden floor in our Apt; that or they hate me... if they be alive that is.. But anyways. I have tried tons solutions that are for mopping and they always seem to make tracks like a grey coverage and if you walk on them you see similar to footprints.. i have tried mop n glow, pine sol, the swifter drizzly jet for wood floors and they all appear to leave the grey coverage like its evern dirtier. What solutions can i use that would work to not hold that happen. it seems resembling its even doing it on my tile floors too..
Try moping the floors with lestoil, it will remove any sympathetic of gunk or film from wood floors. That should give you a verbs start. Try using Mrs. Meyers all purpose cleaner if you can find it. If not then use Ecover adjectives purpose cleaner. Don't use any type of oil soap product, the will leave a show that will collect dirt. Try to find a bottle of Bruce Dura-Luster No Wax Floor Cleaner.
It does sound close to the finish its to the point that a re coat would be the answer. But you said it is an Apt so that would not do you any good. The flooring bunching up, with out looking at it and knowing if the apt have high moisture Hard to tell why it is doing that. IF you can find it product appointment Orange Glo What ever product you choose make sure it is for Hard wood floors. Good Luck Mix some vinegar in your rinse out water,it works miracles removing all traces of soap residue.It is honest to add a cup in rinse dampen of clothes for babies,sensitive skin,.Makes hair squeaky clean as it removes shampoo residue.It will NOT hold a smell when it dries.It works on wood,veneer,vinyl,ceramic tile,any floor.
There seems to be a residue left by the former tenant possibly.
There is a soap, I hope you can buy it in your area, it is call "Murphy's Wood Oil Soap" its made to clean wood, floors furniture and leather. It is very mild and will not wound anything. But you have a BIG job to procure these floors to look better. If you do find Murphy's soap add about 3 tablespoons to 1 bucket of heat water, then as you wipe your floors one section at a time, you wipe that section dry beside a soft cloth. You will need a lot of antediluvian cloths to do this, I think it will work.
Good luck
You might try some floor wax.. give'm a good buff It sounds like you are merely applying solutions that contain a wax, and it is covering weak wax that may have already been wax, over dirt.
You should begin with a stripper. Strip the prehistoric wax, then clean and wax again.
The boards you mention nouns like expansion. This is normal near wood from warm and cold tempertures.
If the spacing at tthe walls is less than recommemded, that can wreak buckling.
I don't know if that is the case or if you can correct it minus a professional. If necessary, it will have to be trimmed support, on the floor. You won't be able to remove it very efficiently.
Answers: might be hard water sounds funny but try filter water