How To Clean Linoleum Floors | Remove Buildup | Clean With Confidence
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- How To Clean Linoleum Floors!
In this video I will be showing how to clean linoleum floors. If your linoleum floors have been neglected for years and have stains or buildup, I will give you a simple step-by-step process to follow to restore them back to life!
Lets go over the general maintenance cleaning:
1. Sweep or vacuum all trash and crumbs.
2. Mop with a gallon of water, 1 cup of vinegar and a squirt of dish soap.
3. Let dry
4. Remove black scuff marks with a tennis ball
Restore process:
1. Spray linoleum floors with rubbing alcohol and scrub with a brush. Wipe away dirty liquid with paper towels.
Things to avoid:
1. Never use rubber or latex backed rugs on linoleum floors. This will give them those ugly yellow stains. Instead, use colorfast rugs.
2. Never use ammonia-based cleaners on the linoleum floors. This will strip the polish and damage your floors.
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1:44 is how I felt once the intro was finally over.
And finally someone who understands rubbing alcohol as a universal solvent!
I have a new commercial client so I can't afford to mess up, but would white spirit / turpentine do the same job without any damage, because I'm thinking most scuff marks are paint/ink/wax from shoes / furniture so oil based & white spirit works miracles for other jobs
So I just tried this on my laundry room floor and it works. I had tried all types of cleaners and was amazed at what the rubbing alcohol could do. I used scouring pads instead of the brush as this was more effective based on the amount of build up that was on the floor. I never knew that rubber backed mats were a No-No on vinyl floors. Thank You!
Thanks for the testimony!!
Yeah, this process works amazingly well. My husband and son were taken back from the difference. My poor floor. But I am making it pretty again. Thank you so much.
Happy to help
So... The secret is elbow grease? Darn it! I thought there was a magical way without effort!
Unfortunately no. It takes effort. Out of all my videos this video is the one that wore me out. I was sore the next day. lol
😂 I’d like to just snap my fingers and ALL done
You saved me 5 minutes thanks
Same 😭😭😭😂 I
Me too
This is really terrific! The buildup on every square inch of linoleum throughout our new rental house is a disgrace. Not only is it an eyesore, but it's sticky underfoot. I'm excited to restore it. Thanks so much! New sub. :)
Thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoy the channel.
Dude, this worked amazingly well! I did a test square in my kitchen and all the build up dissolved almost instantly. After that I pulled out my trusty deck brush to scrub, my Swiffer Wet Mop to wipe up and went to work--I am NOT about that hands-and-knees life! LOL I live in an apartment and the floors have been needing some love since the day I moved in but nothing I tried from Borax to vinegar to Awesome worked that well. Now my floors look brand new and I can't get over over easy it was. Thank you so much for sharing. 😄
Happy to help🙂
Gallon of water, 1 cup of vinegar and added Lestoil instead of a squirt of dish soap. Worked like a charm.
My week started off rough! I have been so anxious over the situation. Decided to clean the house. I never thought of rubbing alcohol to clean the floors! ❤ The part at the end where you are wallowing over the clean floor made me laugh so hard! I needed that. Like I said, it’s already been a bad week. Thanks for your vid. Never lose your sense of humor. 😊🤣🤣🤣
Happy to help! Lord bless you
Old comment but wanted to add, I just watched another video where the man used one of those drill brush heads. 👍Scrubbed with that and water + Dawn degreaser. Did a second wash w a mop & pH cleaner. Wondering if it was Zep. The process definitely degreased & degrimed. My arms hurt just thinking about the size of my floor & the hand scrub method lol
Really helpful. It’s painful but my floor is slowly coming back to life. Most helpful video I’ve seen. Thanks!
Thanks for the comment! You are welcome
You are a winner! Thank you for your enthusiasm and passion!
Ha! Glad you enjoy the videos!
This is amazing! I can’t believe it, my floor looks like it did the day it was put in.
Wonderful!! Thanks for the testimony Sarah!
Thank you for being so kind to share this wonderful secret. It works great. May God bless you.
Happy to help! May the Lord bless you as well👍🙂
YeSsSsSsSs!!!!!! This guy loves cleaning enough for the both of us! Awesome!
Glad you enjoyed the video🙂
Happy to see your video. You helped me to realize, I can make a video as well. I was too busy cleaning everything and cooking. I had to wash my mats in the tub with bleachy detergent water and a broom, and allow to air dry. Baking soda did work with alcohol. I scrubbed until I saw a difference with baking soda and alcohol, and let dry. I then added a little cleanser. I scrubbed until I saw a difference and then I let dry. I then added a little dishwasher detergent. I scrubbed until I saw a difference and let dry. I added alcohol then scrubbed until I saw a difference, one final time, with baking soda. I'm sorry it was too much work for a video (I'd never planned to make a video, but I can tell you it worked. 75% of the stain is gone, and yes, it was hard work, very hard.
Can’t believe this worked. Thank you so much
You are welcome!
You did a fantastic job!
Thank you!
I would rather replace the whole floor before getting carpal tunnel in my joints. 🤣 Thanks for sharing! 👍
whoknew heppy to help!
Helps if your renting
You get it in Your hands from. The nervous spinal cord. Read more and hundreds hinching over at a desk.
Nope cannot do. Unable to kneel on bad knees. Need a solution I can do standing.
@@cindymaun8952 The relatively new (I presume) drill brushes available at Amazon work great for me, I'm a retired Paramedic & my shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, etc. are shot! I'll see if I can attach a pic or link, but ear protection, a variable speed electric drill, 'ear protection' & old clothes......or even the new Dremel Versa (which has it's own pads) and most importantly, a $5 foam knee pad! I'm not sure if he would recommend it, but since they come in different degrees of rigidity of the bristles much like different grit sandpaper, it worked great for me. My floor had decades of buildup, but the above combination was worth every cent, saved my joints, back, time & the floor looks great!
Thanks, that worked. I dont mind the elbow grease but after trying with all sorts of product and getting nowhere i now finally have a clean spot in the middle of all of the built up filth. Time to finish the rest now😁
Happy to help
I tried this on my old old old linoleum floor. Had amazing results. A tremendous amount of hard work, but worth every minute of it. Thank you for the tip
You are very welcome Mr Carlos glad it worked for you! Yes it is a tremendous amount of work for sure.
The store I work at really needs a deep clean like this. Thanks for sharing.
Happy to help!
Moved in to a dorm with a nasty linoleum tile floor. This method took a while and a lot of elbow grease but it works! Years of buildup came off.
Thanks for the testimony!!!
This is the first time that I watched your channel and I'm so glad that I found you! I wish it hadn't taken me 6 years but "better late than never"! I had no problem watching your video until the very end. And I'm so glad that I did. Your confidence is what grabbed my attention and kept me waiting to see your end results. Talk about a happy ending . . . your rubbing alcohol tip cleaned up just like you said it would! And then 😲😲😲😲 you slithered around on top of it to prove just how clean it was🤣🤣🤣🤣. I haven't laughed out loud, all by myself, like that in a long time! 😂😂I was not expecting you to do anything like that. But I'm glad that you did because I definitely needed it. 👍👍 I'm going to subscribe because now I'm curious to see your other videos.
Happy to help! Welcome to the channel! 🙂
Thank you. I did my floors and it looks like new. Thanks.
You are welcome!
Been using Borax for decades-❤️ it AND it’s natural !
That's what I like to see, a man on his knees scrubbing floors, joking aside, it seems to be the rubbing alcohol that did the trick here, and it is this that seems to get left out in other videos claiming to do the same job, enlightened, cheers . . . : )
Thank you sir!! This works great!!!
Happy to help!
I did it! Thanks!!! The alcohol really worked!
You are very welcome!! :)
Thank you for sharing your video tips on cleaning linoleum floors with alcohol! I tried this in my bathrooms and it worked. Next, to clean is my stained kitchen linoleum floor. Best tip that truly works!
Happy to help
Thanks bud great video
You are welcome!
thanks. this will take a long time!
You are welcome! Let me know how they turn out.
what do you recommend for linoleum polish, and should rubbing alcohol work to remove yellow stains from rubber?
This is so satisfying 😌
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Looks good. I'll be giving it a try. I hope it works on my bionic filth.
Okay.. this totally worked! Saved me half the time scrubbing with Pinesol.. Amazing! 👌
Glad you found the video valuable!
Does anything remove yellow stains? Really high house prices forced me to buy an older property and the previous owner had alot of rubber rugs.
Cant wait to try this. I bought a house with good but dirty linoleum floors I was going to replace them until I saw this! and....what is the name of the song playing in the video? I want to play it while I am cleaning!
The song is Volo - Wait for Me if anyone's wondering
It is
Wow! I mopped with vinegar, dishsoap and water like you said, an för the first time in 15 years the shine to my linoleum floors was back! Thank you! I will now listen to EVERYTHING you say!
And thank you for keeping it factual! I'm tired of channels giving general cleaning advice, that won't really work on the materials I have at home.
Happy to help👍🙂
New house - 75 year-old greasy, grimy kitchen floor looks new!! Not much elbow grease needed to get the rubbing alcohol to do its thing. Thank you. 🎉
Happy to help
the end 🤣 love it!
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This is amazing!! Thanks. I recently moved into a home that was built in 1967. The bathroom floor is so, so gross!
Happy to help
Thankyou! We purchased a new place that was built in 1991 woth the original lino flooring and it was ....... *disgusting* 🤮 Used the cleaning mixture and scrubbed my heart out. Took my 3+hours for the whole house but my gosh! It genuinely looks brand new. All the grime and scum around the edges are gone and it looks amazing thankyou.
happy to help!
Is the alcohol part for restoring after the vinegar and water step?
I just tried this and it definitely works 💪
Thanks for the testimony!
What brand of linoleum floor polish do you use, everything I see just say for wood floors, I need a brand name that says linoleum on the label.
Thank you for this
You are welcome
Hi, mine looks dull should ni leave it. It is beige Brown texture anyway.
Is this better than bleach warm water?
Vinegar / Baking soda
Tried a test spot works good but I have to use a brush on the texture holes filled with years of gease residue 😊🎄
#3 No smoking or cooking while doing this. 🔥🌝
You're a cool dude, and a great goofball. Thank you for the advice. I have a bathroom linoleum floor that needs exorcising haha.
Lol
Damn good video! Make a ton of these!
Thanks brother. I plan to make alot of videos.
It does take off some of it. I wonder if it works better if I dampen a paper towel and let it soak on the floor, section by section
The rubbing alcohol, will it take the protective shiny layer off the linoleum?
Is there a polish you’d recommend? I can’t seem to find any for linoleum
I live with an elderly person in an apartment she has problems going to the bathroom. There is urine stains on the linoleum. If anybody can help I would greatly appreciate it. I tried everything. I'm at wits end. Somebody told me to try sanding It off. Would that work? Another person said try using pet urine removal (enzime cleaners) but I'm hesitant, I don't want to stain the linoleum more.
Nice video man looking great
thanks
Mines are white with yellow stains and built in dirt. Will the alcohol and the brush work?
Add a touch of Dawn detergent for fighting grease . Great job
Was there linoleum Under the appliances? How is it a restore/deep clean if you don’t move the appliances?
I have marmoleum floor. Will this method work on it as well?
Might I recommend a brush attachment for a cordless drill. I use it and it basically takes a quarter of the time it takes using a regular brush.
I tried that with,"Soft Scrub." The rotating brush threw soft scrub onto the molding. I find a new microfiber towel, wet and folded works too.
What a good idea! They would be perfect for this! Been meaning to get those!
We had just put linoleum in our rental. The guy tenant left a bag of trash on it when he moved out. Do you think anything will clean it?
Is this safe for the new style fiberglass based linoleum floor? It the floating install where you only tact down the edge.
absolutely!
THANK YOU!!
you are welcome
How do you get off completely all the old wax and sealer?
Fun! And effective. My question is why not use shop rags? Even if you had to use many, they can be rewashed & used again -- right? PLMK if not. I am hapless. Of course, if I were hapful, I wouldn't be asking.
Yes ma'am, you can use shop rags to clean up the mess if you prefer.
Good to clean
Will this work on cheap vinyl floors?
Isn’t that vinyl flooring? Will this work on old linoleum tile? I’ve read it needs to be waxed because linoleum is very porous
Can I use rubbing alcohol on my old vinyl floor?
I literally used fume free easy off today on my extremely gross sheet vinyl floor today and it just came right off with out the work! Just have to let it set for a while.
Yes that would work well!!👍lol
What brands of wax would you recommend please? Thank you for the video
You are welcome! Armstrong is a pretty trusted manufacturer of linoleum floor finish/wax. You can normally buy it from Home Depot.
Is that what I should do to restore the shine since I used Comet and scrubber BEFORE seeing your vid so removed the shine? Thanks
Yes sir! Linoleum floors really should be polished every so often.
Didn't know that either, thanks a lot, your vids are very helpful...and a good laugh
Thanks Joe! Glad you have found them helpful.
Can I use a scouring pad or scrub daddy instead of a brush? (would it work just as well, I have carpal tunnel).
the scrubbing is very victorian, it's impractical in large rooms
How much pressure would you say you put on the brush, while scrubbing? Also, did you do the whole floor with just one brush, or did you have to buy more than one? What is a good brush to buy and from where (price range of good brushes?)? Thank you so much!
I just used one brush with a moderate amount of pressure. You can buy the brush at WaL Mart or most any store that sells cleaning supplies. It should be only a couple dollars. If you are going to clean a big floor I would just recommend buying a deck brush so you don't have to get on your hands and knees.
@@CleanWithConfidence Fantastic! Again, thanks so much! These videos are helpful AND rental deposit savers! :)
@@vykoden9462 You are very welcome! Happy to help
Was the floor cleaned first?
Will try it :)!
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My messed up floor is Armstrong 62911. I decided to write to the installer about the yellow marks and how to clean it. They said, "Unfortunately any discoloration from any detergent or chemical is unable to be removed". Online elsewhere it says that an asphalt driveway attaching to the bottom of your shoes and onto the floor will create discoloration issues over time too.
I have a deep purple stain in my bathroom Linoleum floor that I would like to get off. However I am not sure of what the stain is or what to do with cleaning it. Do you have a suggestion?
If the stain is very old it may be impossible to remove. But I have a few things you can try. If one doesnt wokr move on to the next.
1.) Use an enzyme cleaner and just follow instructions on label.
2.) Apply regular old white shaving cream, let sit for 30 minutes, then wipe clean.
3.) Use 3% hydrogen peroxide. Just pour some on the stain and rub it with a cloth.
4.) Mix baking soda with water to make a paste. Apply to stain, let sit for 30 minutes then wipe clean.
5.) Try rubbing a white non-gel toothpaste on it.
Hope this helps!
Work at a restaurant ,washroom walls are made of a linoleum/vinyl i think .wash rooms look like they been peed/yellow stains even when clean thinking about getting a steam cleaner and filling it with rubbing alcohol don't know what else tried everything
So…. If we did lay rubber rugs and now have the stain now how do we get rid of the stain?
This worked great for me although I am now left with a white haze that I mop over and over again..how do I get rid of that and how do I restore the shine ? Thanks for all your videos!
If you cleaned them the way I recommend in the video you will need to go back and repolish them.
@@CleanWithConfidence I have a few questions. After you use the rubbing alcohol, do you rinse with water and then polish or just polish? Do you have to rinse with water after you mop with water vinegar and dish soap mixture?
@@evelyngonzalez8028 You just always want to make sure the floor is completely clean and dry before you ever polish a floor. Polish always comes after cleaning.
Thanks for the video!
This is worth a try for me.
Willing to do some scrubbing for those of us that can't replace the floor yet.
Was tempted to try peel and stick vinyl squares, for kitchen and bathroom.
But apprehensive about the bathroom after reading about some that had peel up because of the moisture over time.
This is worth a try first.
Good tip about the tennis ball, didn't know that.
Thanks.
you are very welcome!
I can not get down on my knees. What can I use to clean.
This video is a miracle. Just moved into my first apartment and the previously white floors are yellow, like piss yellow. I only know they were white cuz I tore off an old piece of tape from the floor 🤮
Glad you found the video valuable!🙂
Since rubbing alcohol is hard to find these days can grain alcohol or vodka be substituted? Would they work?
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Wow!!!
U do spray 90% alcohol before i go in with my regular floor cleaner because i have a little dog i didn’t know it was working !
Can I use steam mop on Linoleum flooring? Thanks!
I wouldn't as it may melt your flooring.
Subscribed because you deserve it.
Welcome to the channel!🙂
THANK YOU 🙏 I’m sick of mopping my floors with no results! I’ll deff try this. Idk why but your voice is really soothing.. LOL 😂 I️ Subbed 💕
You are welcome! Glad you enjoyed the video!
rubbing alcohol worked for me.. too hard too slow but progress .. just what kind of rubbing alcohol? like 70% or 90% ?
I believe I used 70%
Is rubbing alcohol the same as surgical spirits ??
Yes it should be the same. I believe "Surgical spirits" is what they called it across the pond.
Would rubbing alcohol work on lily stains? Someone bought us the flowers and they shedded onto linoleum that was only put down in November.
Personally, I would try baking soda for that.
Baking soda is a good stain remover. It will remove stains from just about anything. Stainless steel coffee pots, natural stone countertops, and yes even floors!!
Have you ever had trouble when inhaling the alcohol fumes? I started using this method today, and while it works great the fumes are pretty bad. I have a very large kitchen too 😵😷
good question, as a recovering alcoholic, we try to avid alcohol-based products, I'm wondering if white spirit / turpentine would do as good a job without damaging the lino finish, the scuff marks are mostly wax/paint/rubber marks so oil-based
Going to try this thanks 🙏🏼
You are welcome!
Hi, I have oil stains on my lino and they have been almost a year now. And I have done all you said but had no luck with that.
Scrubbed and scrubbed. Thought the alchol would finish it off but didn't work.
Will this work on Marmoleum tiles. Haven't clean them in years.
paulaknit ...no , don’t use alcohol.
What product do you suggest to get the shine back after cleaning with this method?
You could test some linoleum floor polishes until you find one you like👍
does the rubbing alcohol remove yellowing of linoleum or vinyl floors?
No ma'am
Oh my goodness what got you in the situation of cleaning every square inch of this floor on your knees amd hands kkk???? Very satisfying and motivating to watch kkkk✌️😋😁😆
I did it for the video and also to make my client happy!! :)
My floors must be really dirty because I'm spending ten minutes on a spot and there is barely a difference...and my arm is sore
Sorry to hear you are having such a difficult time.
Elbow Grease no pain no gain
Where can I find the second video
have you tried doing a fast forward timelapse?
Over cleaner
I use a a good stiff broom brush and rubbing alcohol