The 9 Best Hardwood Floor Cleaners of 2024
Maintaining the luster of your hardwood floors is no easy feat, but with the right hardwood floor cleaner, you can avoid warping and damage while achieving a polished finish.
“To preserve the finish of the floor, be sure to avoid bleach and any cleaning agents with bleach or brighteners,” says Kathy Cohoon, operations manager with Two Maids & A Mop. “Be sure to also avoid abrasive cleaners and chemicals such as ammonia as its harshness will damage wood floors.”
To find the best hardwood floor cleaners, we tested 20 products in our Des Moines lab while considering factors such as type, application style, and formula. We also consulted Josh Kou, operations manager at North Castle Hardwoods, for his expert tips on achieving sparkling hardwood floors.
Seventh Generation Multi-Surface Cleaner Concentrate at Amazon
$9
Pallmann Hardwood Floor Cleaner Concentrate at Amazon
$50
$38
Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day Multi-Surface Concentrate at Amazon
$10
$8
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This cleaner has an eco-friendly formula that's gentle on hardwood floors but tough on stains.
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It’s only suitable for hardwood floors.
With a newly improved formula, quick drying time, plant-based formula, and impressive testing results, the Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaner is our winner. This EPA Safer Choice-certified cleaner is unscented, residue-free, and works to gently but efficiently remove dust, grime, and dirt to reveal your floor’s natural shine. We also love that this impressive cleaner is ready to use—just spray and mop, with no dilution or mixing needed. During testing, it excelled at removing tough stains on the first pass, including tomato paste and crayons.
This expert-approved pick is for unwaxed, unoiled, and polyurethane-finished wood floors, which means you may need multiple floor cleaning products if you have other floor types in your home. However, we love that this cleaner has a pH-neutral formula free of parabens, ammonia, phosphates, and phthalates. Overall, this formula is ideal for maintaining your floor’s finish and protecting it from discoloration.
Form: Spray | Size: 32 ounces
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