11. How to Increase Laminate Flooring Lifespan?
As mentioned, one of the contributing factors towards laminate flooring longevity is proper clean and cares during housekeeping.

Here are some tips from our flooring experts for longer lasting laminate flooring.
(i) Clean Laminate Flooring the Right Way
First of all, check whether you are using the right cleaning agent. Do not risk using strong cleaning agent that is not suitable for laminate flooring.
Always follow instructions from flooring manufacturer. For basic cleaning, sweeping or vacuuming on daily basis is good enough to maintain the cleanliness of your floor.
(ii) Counter Spillage Immediately
Any liquid or spillage that is left for sometime will potentially harm your floor. Even though surface of laminate flooring is coated with thick wear layer, moisture may still be trapped in the seams.

Clean up the spillage immediately and wipe dry the area is important to protect flooring from being damaged by moisture.
(iii) Deep Clean Laminate Floor Carefully
Deep cleaning using water can be done once a week. Although most of the laminate flooring is water resistant, be reminded that they are not 100% waterproof.
Accumulation of water may still affect the lifespan of laminate flooring. Here’s the tricky part, homeowners must be careful to minimize the chances of water seeping through the seams when cleaning with water.
(iv) Avoid Cleaning Mistakes
Common cleaning mistakes happen when the wrong cleaning tools are used. To better protect the glossy surface of your flooring, avoid using hard or stiff broom.
Sweep your floor with soft broom instead. Same goes to vacuum cleaner. Just make sure that attachment like beater bars are removed before vacuuming.
12. How to Repair Minor Flaws of Laminate Flooring?
Even the toughest floor can’t escape from blemishes caused by daily activity like scuff marks of shoes, indentation from sharp objects, abrasion from frequent chair movement and so on.

The good news is, repair and touch-up can be done to fix those flaws. Instead of hiring for handyman, why not do it yourself?
It is quicker and easier than you think!
Hard to believe? Keep reading.
(i) Getting Rid of Scuff Marks
Scuff marks and streak is pretty obvious especially on light colored laminate flooring. Fret not! Here’s a simple trick to get rid of it.
Just use any ordinary pencil eraser to rub off the mark. For large stubborn streaks, you have to remove it using special stain remover suitable for laminate floor which you could probably get it in hardware stores.
It’s just as simple as that.
(ii) Recover Minor Scratches or Scrapes
Minor or superficial scratches due to movement of furniture are sometimes inevitable. Here’s what you can do to recover it. Get a wax pencil with matching floor color and rub scratches from opposite direction.
Fill scratches with wax pencil in short strokes motion from one end to another. Once done, buff the edges with soft cloth until the wax blends in.
You may also use putty to replace wax pencil.
(iii) Repair Major Scrapes
Deep major scrapes or dents are difficult to be repair by just using putty. The only resort left is to replace the affected piece of floorboard.
Make sure you follow the manufacturer’s instructions when replacing the defected piece as you do not want to damage the adjacent floorboards.
13. Laminate Flooring Designs and Patterns
As laminate flooring is known for it’s close resemblance to hardwood flooring, it is no surprise to find extensive range of wood species imitation.
Among the various shades and tones of wood patterns, here are some outstanding wood designs that win the hearts of many homeowners.
(i) Oak Wood Laminate Flooring
Feature: Prominent wood grain arranged tightly, can be straight or in arch patterns.
Suggested Design Concept: Country, Transitional and Contemporary.

(ii) Teak Wood Laminate Flooring
Feature: Straight wood grain
Suggested Design Concept: Scandinavian modern, Oriental

(iii) Walnut Wood Laminate Flooring
Feature: Wide range of wood figures including large burls, strips, mottle as well as strips.
Suggested Design Concept: Traditional, Contemporary

(iv) Maple Wood Laminate Flooring
Feature: Curly grains, leaf-figure and burls.
Suggested Design Concept: Modern Colonial

14. TFloor JB Laminate Flooring Solution Provider
Your fine set of floorboards will be utterly wasted without having a proper installation. It’s not hard to imagine how disastrous things will turn out to be.
Fret not and let the expert do what they do best!
TFloor JB provides top quality laminate flooring products with outstanding professional installation service in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

By combining our quality floorboards and sophisticated workmanship, we guarantee to deliver flooring beyond satisfactory to each and every customer.
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