How Often Should You Really Be Cleaning Parquet Flooring?

"Experts recommend, depending on the condition of the wood, dry cleaning your parquet daily-with a dry mop or Swiffer-and damp cleaning once a week. The most important maintenance tip is that the floors themselves should never be soaking wet. If parquet is wet-mopped, excess moisture can soak into the material and cause it to lose its shape, or even to swell."

"Sealed parquet flooring is often found in high-traffic areas like hallways or kitchens because, unlike the oiled or waxed version, it is less sensitive. The name of this wooden floor reveals why this is the case: it is sealed, most commonly with lacquer. The term "lacquered parquet" is often used as a synonym for sealed parquet."

"If your sealed parquet is undamaged and free of heavy soiling, it can be wiped with conventional care products for wooden floors or with water. If there are stubborn stains on the floor, a natural home remedy can help you clean it: black tea. The tannins contained in tea reliably dissolve dirt."

Parquet flooring, made of small wood inlays in geometric patterns, requires careful maintenance due to its susceptibility to dirt accumulation in crevices and chemical damage. Experts recommend daily dry cleaning with a mop or Swiffer and weekly damp cleaning. The critical rule is never allowing floors to become soaking wet, as excess moisture causes the wood to lose shape or swell. Sealed parquet, commonly found in high-traffic areas and finished with lacquer, is more durable than oiled or waxed versions. For sealed parquet, conventional wooden floor care products or plain water work well for cleaning. Stubborn stains can be treated with black tea, whose tannins dissolve dirt effectively.

Read at Architectural Digest