Hardwood floors are durable, but the wrong cleaning products can do real damage. Instead, you can just use a fun product right from your pantry.

Alisha Firestone-White is the co-owner of Northwest Housekeeping. Vinegar can be a good solution for cleaning hardwood floors, but use it with caution. This particular type of flooring is ...

Many flooring manufacturers, including LL Flooring, warn against using vinegar to clean hardwood floors. Some will even void the warranty if there are any signs that vinegar was used. Diluted ...

Some swear by diluted vinegar for cleaning hardwood flooring, but it can eat away at the finish, even when diluted. A safer option is to use a cleaning product specially formulated for wood floors.

I used each one to clean different floor types: the hardwood floors throughout my home, the tile floors in the bathroom, and a textured black kitchen floor. I also took each one across some of my ...