Refinishing Hardwood Floors The Right Way

Anyone who owns a hardwood floor in their home or business most likely tries everything they can to keep it in the best shape possible. But do you know what you should do when you notice that you hardwood floor has become discolored in some areas? What about when your floor has tons of little scratches and marks that won’t go away? Or what if your hardwood floor has become completely dull, and won’t be sleek and shiny again no matter how much you clean it? These are all signs that your floor needs professional refinishing.

Our Refinishing Process

When you call in The Steam Team’s trained technicians to handle the refinishing of your hardwood floors, they won’t just enter your home or business and start working without keeping you informed, like some other companies may do. Instead, our professionals will give your hardwood floor a thorough inspection first, asking you questions along the way and walking you through the best solutions for your floor. Then they’ll begin extensive damage repair, fixing all cracks and splits in the hardwood before they move on to a full cleaning. Once the floor has had a full cleaning and abrasion, it’ll be ready for refinishing.

For the actual refinishing, two separate coats of sealer will be applied. Once they’ve both had time to dry, your hardwood floor will be cleaner and brighter than ever before, and it’ll be strengthened for years to come.

Why The Steam Team?

When you choose us for your hardwood floor refinishing, you’ll be choosing the most highly trained technicians with years of experience, using only high-powered professional equipment for a completely dust-free refinishing process. For more information on how we can help you with hardwood floor refinishing, or our many other services, please visit The Steam Team website.

How Should You Care For Your Leather?

Many people get leather furniture or upholstery and think that it won’t ever require any care or maintenance, and that it can’t be damaged like some other materials can. And on the flip side, some people won’t ever get leather because they feel that it is too complicated and requires too much maintenance to care for. The reality is somewhere in between these. Let’s talk about some expert advice from The Steam Team to understand leather and how to properly care for it.

Knowing Your Leather

To properly care for your leather furniture, upholstery, or anything else, you need to know what type of leather you have and what method of care goes along with it. When it comes to full grain leather, you should use a lightly damp cloth with warm water when you need to clean a spill or stain, and be sure not to scrub heavily. With Hair-On leather, you can gently vacuum or dust it with a dry cloth. We won’t go into detail about all the methods here, but do research to find the right cleaning method for your leather.

Day-to-day Care

The daily care of leather is typically very simple. When it comes to spills, try to get them cleaned immediately using only the specific method for your leather, as stated before. Do not use any standard chemical cleaner on your leather or you’ll risk doing damage. Also be sure to keep your leather away from any direct sunlight or a heat source, as it could cause the leather to dry out and fade in color.

Our Leather Cleaning Service

Much more important than the daily maintenance is an annual deep clean and oiling that is required for any leather. Without having its natural oils replenished about once per year, leather will lose its color and comfort.  Luckily, our professional technicians offer this service, and we have our very own line of leather cleaning products for the job. For more information about our leather replenishing service, visit The Steam Team website.

Glistening Grout: 3 Ways to Keep it Clean

Tile And Marble Cleaning 

Tile looks great and glistening when first installed, and really adds a nice, light touch to our kitchens and bathrooms. But it can be quite difficult to keep it looking that way, especially with heavy foot traffic, pets, children, or all of the above! Luckily, with the help of The Steam Team, we can restore your tile to its original condition; never hesitate to give us a call! But until then, follow these three simple tips for keeping your grout in optimal condition:

Mopping on the Regular

Mopping your flooring on a regular basis will help keep it clean! For best results, use a mop with a microfiber cloth attached to it, and don’t forget to sweep beforehand! Sweeping will help tremendously- especially when it comes time for cleaning day.

Using the Scrub Brush

Sometimes it just takes a little bit of elbow grease, and a lot of determination! This method may be a bit more difficult, but scrubbing tile and grout is another way of keeping it clean. You can use a concoction of baking soda and vinegar, or you can use your favorite go-to commercial cleaner- as long as it's specified for grout, you’re good to go! Scrub away!

Tile Cleaning

Here at The Steam Team, we believe that steam cleaning is the best way to clean tile and grout! A professional grade steam cleaner reaches deep within the pores of grout to extract dirt, grime, and other nasty substances that have been absorbed over time. Not to mention, it restores the shine in your tile- effortlessly.

Is your tile and marble are in need of a thorough deep cleaning? If so, don’t wait- call The Steam Team! We can restore your tile and grout to its original, glistening condition- and we’ll be out in no time!

Expert Tips for Bathroom Tile Cleaning

Tile Cleaning

On cleaning or chore day, the bathroom is the one room  that we honestly don’t want to deal with, especially when it comes to battling the grime on the tile and grout! Mold tends to be an issue in the bathroom especially, which is why taking care of tile and grout is so important! And even though sometimes it isn’t an simple job, we believe we can make the process easier on you by providing a few simple tips on tile cleaning and care. Read further to find out how to best clean and care for your tile!

DIY with Natural Cleaners

Start off with the most simple, basic, least acidic cleaning solution and work your way up, if you need to. You can try mixtures of vinegar and water, or a paste of baking soda. This is the hard part: use a stiff cleaning brush to scrub the grout, putting in your best effort! Don’t forget to rinse the grout with water, and thoroughly dry the area to prevent mold growth.

Steam Cleaning Tile & Grout

Steam cleaning is a much easier way of cleaning grime and debris off of grout! Using only pressurized water and intensely hot steam, a steam cleaner easily extracts grime from the pores of grout- and you don’t have to put in nearly as much effort! Consider either renting a steam cleaning machine, or hiring the professionals to come out and restore your bathroom to its original, pristine condition!

There are many ways to handle this project, and we believe that steam cleaning is the most efficient way. For an expert steam cleaning job that you know you can rely on, contact The Steam Team! We’re you’re leading cleaning and restoration company in Austin, Texas, and we’d love to give you a hand! If you have tile cleaning needs call us today. 512-451-8326