Hardwood floors add classic elegance to your home, but not when they’re dull, dinted, or dingy. Fortunately, waxing hardwood floors is an economical, tried-and-true way to restore their gleam and ...

Take a good look at your wood floors. Have you been neglecting them? Is the finish dull and scratched? Boards that have seen better days may be due for a buffing. There are a few crucial tasks to keep ...

Most of us spend about 90 percent of our time indoors, so minimizing the use of harmful chemicals in our homes, offices, and schools is important to keep the air we breathe healthy and the constructed ...

Wood floors need a sealer to protect new wood when it’s installed, and again years later after resanding. Finishes like shellac, lacquer and linseed oil don’t qualify even though they’re great on ...

Every cabinetmaker knows any piece of wooden furniture isn’t finished until it’s … finished. Whether a wood finish sinks into the pores and hardens or forms a film on the surface, it protects the wood ...