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If they are I'm sure they'll tell you so on the package. I imagine they would be though, laminate holds up to cleaners better than wood does and I'm pretty sure there's a Swiffer product for wood.
Did you use the one that was designed for wood? Engineered floors are real wood, not laminate, so you have to use things that are safe for wood. If you used the one for wood floors and it did bad things to your floor, you should call the 800 number on the back of the bottle, they ought to fix things for you if they said it was safe on wood and it wasn't.
oooh, this is not good. I love swiffer products. I did find a spray bottle of cleaner made for laminates so I feel better now. I would have thought that I could use the swiffer wet products as long as they're not too wet before mopping the floor..like wring it out some.
I love my new floors and would be devastated if they started warping.
Laminates like Pergo are not made of wood, so you don't have the same worries. They are basically a picture of wood with a layer of plastic over top of it, so you've got a wider range of cleaners that are safe. Especially if it says on the package that it's safe for laminate I'd feel fine about it as long as you follow the instructions and don't use tons of liquid and let it set there forever. Nanbernier's floor was engineered hardwood, which has a top layer that's real wood, so you have to be careful with it just like you would with a hardwood floor.
I used the Swiffer Wood floor cleaner. I think my floors were the last ones done by our local company before it suddenly closed and the owner left the country. :-( I think it has a lot to do with the quality of the flooring, and not so much the chemical. The salesman said his wife used vinegar. I saw her a few months later and she said the floors were ruined under the plants, near doors that the big dogs had gotten stuck behind and scratched, and where someone had knocked a glass over and left it until they moved the chair and found it. Their new house has tile and stone floors. She said she had never been so disgusted in her life as when she had to carpet over all that new engineered floor so that they could sell the house. Some lessons are expensive. I used an established company. They had been in business here for 35 years. I think I'll use the "big box" stores from now on...
