How can I make my laminate floors shine without being slippery please?

Remember not all Laminate flooring is shiny.To clean use theLaminate floor care system by Bona

Hi Linda. Try using water and ammonia.

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I would ask the manufacturer..I never did have success even with their own cleaning polish.

Laminate already has a finish put on it at the factory. All you can do is use a laminate floor cleaner. Bona and Rejuvinate have a cleaner for laminate floors. Anything else can affect the finish.

My first question is Are the floors supposed to be shiny? I ask because some of my laminate is shiny (for which I use Bona floor cleaner) and some is duller - more rustic (for which I use vinegar and hot water).

everything I tried leaves no shine.

When you bought the laminate, it probably had a low or medium gloss finish to help it look more like wood, ceramic, brick, stone or another natural surface. My husband keeps buying laminate cleaners, thinking he can make it shine if he keeps trying. I don’t mind. I probably have the cleanest laminate in town. ☺️

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Hi Linda,

Whatever you do, avoid waxes, polishes or sealers on your laminate. They may give you a temporary shine but they also build up over time and are really a bear to remove. In addition, many of them will not stick to laminate and you'll end up with a mess. Laminate has it's own finish and most of the time it's not shiny. If you think about it, natural wood floors don't shine without a sealer or polish which often must be repeated as it wears in high traffic areas. We have an engineered wood floor and it doesn't shine either but it does have a little be of a glow when it's clean. It's a more natural look. When we bought this flooring, my nephew was our "sales person". He told us to only use Bona cleaning products. Several years later, our floor still looks like new.

If the people before you used wax or polishes that might be the reason your floor looks dull. There is also a Bona product to help with that problem. When I was younger, I always wanted my kitchen floor to shine. I used products like Mop & Glo but eventually they would build up and the floor would have a yellow tinge. Removing that old product required ammonia and scraping it off. It was an all day project. I learned the hard way not to polish or wax floors and get used to just keeping it clean. Wishing you the best. -Linda