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What products work best for those "impossible to clean" areas in your home.
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Experience I have had a cleaning business for 7 years and have experimented with many products. I contract with hospitals in my area to remove stains from the lab coats the regular cleaners can't remove.
Cleaning Up - cleaning/reconditioning knotty pine paneling
Expert: Sijka - 2/2/2009
Question My new great room has floor to ceiling (20 ft in some areas!) pine paneling that hasn't been cleaned or treated in nearly twenty years. After reading through this site, I now know to use Murphy's Oil soap or an Ivory dish soap solution to clean. What I would also like to know is, (a) can/should I sand rough areas like where a chair back has repeatedly scratched or where a previous owners pets scratched/chewed around doors and (b),after cleaning and sanding (if that's okay) what is the best sealer? Oil or some kind of polyurethane? All of the other wood trim and cabinets have a honey pine stain with a satin finish. Thanks for your help. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Answer Hi Roxanne,
If you "sand" the paneling you will be taking the finish off of it. If it is really needed though, I would do it then use polyurethane so it will blend in.
I use "Rejuvenate" on my paneling after cleaning. It puts back the luster of the pine.
