How to Polish Tile Floors
Using polish is more than just adding shine to your tile floors. That layer of polish adds protection as well. Polishing floors helps restore a floor’s protective finish while filling in any microscopic scratches. When it comes to maintaining beautiful tile floors, polishing should be added as a necessary part of your long-term maintenance. Polish tile floors every 2-4 months or longer depending on foot traffic.
No matter what kind of tile floor you have, Bona Stone, Tile & Laminate Polish has you covered. Bona hard surface floor polish is formulated for a wide range for surfaces like linoleum, stone, terrazzo, vinyl, sealed porous marble, laminate, luxury vinyl and no-wax sealed tile (ceramic, Mexican Saltillo, quarry). To make polishing tile floors easy and effective, be sure to keep the following best practices in mind.
Prep and Test
- Measure your floor to ensure that you have enough polish. Bona Floor Polishes cover anywhere from 350-550 sq. ft. depending on the size of the bottle.
- Clear furniture. Sweep/dry mop and give your floor a good cleaning with your favorite tile floor cleaner.
- Clean grout with a brush and cleaner (a paste of baking soda and water works as well)
- Do a small test area in an inconspicuous spot before applying Bona Polish.
Polish
- Use a microfiber pad for the polish application that is separate from what you use to clean your tile floors.
- Be gentle. Don’t work the polish into the floor. Let the polish do all the work when applying.
- Divide the floor into smaller sections, being sure to give yourself an exit.
- Pour polish directly on the floor in an S pattern. Dampen the microfiber pad with polish to start.
- Keep applicator pad damp with polish to avoid streaking.
- Don’t apply polish too thin – it needs to be a nice, even layer.
- After 1 to 2 hours after polishing, you can walk on the floor with socked feet. After 24 hours, the product is fully cured, ready for furniture, regular foot traffic and pets.
Keep homes Bona clean and find the right tools and cleaners for your floors and other hard surfaces. Bona products can be found at your favorite retailers.
