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Left streaks and Cloudy Residue - Going back to Bruce Hardwood floor cleaner
I really wanted to like this. When I first got my dark espresso Mohawk Engineered wood floors 5 years ago, I was told by everyone "You need to use Bona!". So I bought Bona and was not impressed. We have 3 dogs that slobber and drip water from their mouths after drinking all over the floor. The Bona would just go right over the slobber marks and leave the slobber mark there. Nothing. You would have to scrub scrub scrub with the mop just to get the slobber mark off.
Next I read somewhere online to try Bruce Hardwood floor cleaner. The only place I could find it in store was at our local Ace Hardware. Looks like Amazon now carries it to. Bruce Laminate And Hardwood Floor Cleaner 64oz. I tried it and was amazed. In one swipe it took off the slobber marks and left my floors streak free and no film. And even left them looking great after being walked on for a few days. Awesome. For the last 4+ years I have been buying out the stock of Bruce Hardwood floor cleaner from my local Ace whenever I could.
Lately I have been kinda thinking that my floors need a really good thorough cleaning because I was hallucinating into thinking there is a buildup on my floors and they were not as shiny as they used to be. (Honestly I think it's just age and normal wear and tear that has reduced the initial shine). So I went on the hunt for a new cleaner thinking that would solve my problem. After all the positive reviews on this one, I decided to order Black Diamond.
Let me just get out of the way that I don't typically mop my own floors that often. I HATE cleaning. I have cleaning ladies that come once a week and clean my house. Yesterday was my cleaning day. I normally leave out the Bruce cleaner for them to use. This time I left out the Black Diamond instead. When I returned home, I looked at my floors downstairs and thought, "Wow! They look great!!!" (wait for it....... keep reading). The cleaning ladies had left me a note out on my table next to the bottle of Black Diamond. It read "Ms Karina, we wanted to let you know that the new floor cleaner you left out does not work as well as the Bruce on your floors. We used Black Diamond on the upstairs floor, and the Bruce on the downstairs floor so you could see the difference." Sure enough. I went upstairs to find my floors streaky and with a cloudy residue. After only a few hours of our family of 5 walking around on it, it looks TERRIBLE! (See the pic attached).
I will be going back to my tried and true Bruce Hardwood Floor cleaner in the green bottle. I hope this review helps someone else.
August 2016 · Health and Household · verified purchase