20 Best Wood Floor Wax Polish (2023 Updated)

We installed Bella Cera Ruscello GuardaValla engineered hardwood flooring throughout our home several years ago. It comes with a 50 year warranty on the Satin finish. A couple of years ago my wife started applying Bona High-Gloss Polish every few months.

It looks great at first, then over time we started seeing cloudiness and marks. We tried simple ways to clean it, but even the Bona Floor Cleaner wouldn’t clean the cloudiness and marks Their customer support even suggested buying the Bona Polish Remover, but we were at the point if never applying any Bona product again.

We finally called in a professional floor cleaning company who stripped off all the polish and buffed the original flooring, leaving us our original beautiful Satin flooring. It took them 3 1/2 hours and cost us $750 to restore the flooring to it’s original luster.

We will never use any Bona product on our floor again. Just a damp micro fiber pad. We finally called in a 5-star professional floor cleaning company.

I recently bought Bona wood cleaner and I bought a bottle of polish as well after reading the back of the polish and seeing no warnings about using it on pre-treated flooring. I loved the cleaner. I tried the polish on half of my floor because I thought it would enhance the already subtle shine that my pre-treated wood floor has.

WRONG MOVE! Do NOT put this polish on a pre-treated floor or any floor that is already shiny. It created a thin film of gray haze. It was so noticeable next to the half of the floor that I had not used it on.

After trying to order the polish remover online, I found that it was not available at Amazon, Lowe’s, Home Depo, Walmart, nowhere! I called Bona and told them my story. At first they wanted to tell me to put more polish on and that I hadn’t put enough on.

I would not listen to that. Then they sent me a free bottle of polish remover which I was pleased about. My husband and I had to get down on our hands and knees doing small sections at a time, lots of work, arm pain, back issues, to get that polish off our floor.

It took about 10 hours and ibuprofen. Be very very cautious of the polish. It SHOULD be clearly marked on the back “DO NOT USE ON PRE-TREATED WOOD FLOORS”. It is not marked. Further, when I went online I found many other horror stories from people.

I will buy their cleaner again! I loved it! I will never buy their polish again and I warn all of you to be very very careful. They say to use on a small area first, but they do not give enough warning to use it on a very small area, let it completely dry, and then compare it to the before.

These changes need to be made within corporate Bona.

I bought this product and applied according to directions. Any drop of water left a ring where the wax looks like it has disintegrated. Called Bona about problem and said I wanted to take off the wax because it looked so bad.

Bought Bona product to remove and it only partially takes it off so now I have an entire kitchen, dining room and hallway with areas of wax on and areas with wax off. It has totally ruined my very expensive hardwood floors.

Please do yourself a favor and don’t even apply in the first place. You will regret it and spend a lot of money applying and then partially removing the wax.

I have been using this since the early 1940’s, and my mother used it since the early 1900’s. We’ve used this floor wax in our family for over 100 years, and it’s beautiful on hardwood floors, and hardwood furniture.

It also comes in handy to prevent bedbugs from crawling up the legs of your bed, or on the legs of your furniture, if you use a thick coating of it along the first 12 inches of the furniture legs. The compounds of the deodorized naphtha repel insects like bedbugs and fleas from crawling up the furniture legs.

The deodorized naptha also seems to have an effect on them that kills them, too. We will probably use this product in our family for the next 100 years.

always used to use only Butcher’s Bowling Ally Wax. But Aubuchon didn’t have it. Salesperson recommended Johnson paste wax, as he had used it and was very happy with it. Bingo! He was right. Easier/smoother application than Butcher’s and a very nice shine.

This stuff has been used by me and my mentors for decades for keeping our machine surfaces nice and slick. It’s the best stuff you can buy and it lasts forever. My last can lasted more than 10 years.

I had old dull floors that my family used to wax. I vacuumed and mopped them and let them dry. I put on one coat of quick shine and in some areas was dull. I read that I didn’t have enough quick shine on there.

So I put another coat. Let it dry and put on a third coat. I would apply a coat and let it dry completely for a day before I added another coat. I would let it dry for an hour before walking on it. That did the trick.

Absolutely beautiful.

This item was recommended from someone I follow on cleantok. She’s a professional house cleaner and had a video with the results. So I decided to try it. I absolutely love how easy this is! And the results are fabulous.

Awls you need is a microfiber mop and you squirt the stuff out of the bottle and spread it around with them up. That’s simple.

We have 57 year old hardwood floors that are still in pretty good condition but we wanted to restore without paying too much money and thought it would be a good idea to give this a try. We tested it out in our guest room since it doesn’t have high traffic and can dry in peace without the family/pets stepping all over it.

I went and bought the Rejuvenate Mop that came with 3 pads ( cleaning, dusting and polishing) and also bought the Rejuvenate Floor Cleaner as well. So the instructions were very simple to follow. Instead of using the dust mop I ended up vacuuming the whole room since we have pets and I wanted to be sure I got all the hair off.

I cleaned it then used the polish as instructed. Be sure that before polishing the floor need to be completely dry! We ended up using two coats of the polish and felt that they looked good enough. The food looked so beautiful and we were impressed.

It didn’t really fill the larger scratches but really did a good job covering the smaller ones. Aside from tired arms I really liked this product and am going to continue using it for the rest of the rooms and hallway.

I received this product and thought it would be almost like mopping my floor. Did not realize there would be so much I’d have to know about my floor before using this! I opted to try the product in an spot no one but me would see… my closet.

I cleaned, and sanded off a 2’x2’ area , I then used the product to test it. Almost like when you’re testing skincare products for the first time hehehe. I followed the instructions and now waiting to see final result.

I’m letting it sit for 48hrs untouched or bothered by anything. I think emptying out my closet was the biggest nuisance, but after that cleaning & sanding off the top with a battery operated sander , then applying product was not so bad.

The area seems very shiny right now, and that’s with little light! Can’t wait to treat my floors with this! May have to buy 2 more bottles I would 100% recommend this to someone who would like to give their wood floors a new life, but do not have the money to hire professionals or can’t change out all their flooring.

It does an ok job adding back shine to dulled out wood floor surface. It’s thin milky fluid that is poured on the floor and mopped once the floor’s prepped/cleaned. It’s an easy application anyone can handle.

The issue I have with it is that it requires/recommends microfiber cloth to mop with it. I happened to have one laying around at home but if you don’t have one, you need to get one or find an alternative.

I didn’t catch that at first and used the papertowel to wipe and it left a film of hazy residue on multiple spots which is unsightly. I mopped the area again with a microfiber cloth and went away. I was concerned it would leave chemical odors but it didn’t.

It contained a lot of different chemical material that makes me wonder what long tern effects it would have on the wood. Overall, it’s a nice product to restore the dull surface if you have a hard time doing with normal cleaning.

I have fifteen year old high gloss floors which have held up really well but the transition strip between the wood and the tile had become dull. The Minwax Hardwood Reviver was great at bringing the luster back to the wood strips! I love that it is water based which makes it easy to apply and not smell too bad.

I cleaned the strips well and let them dry before wiping on the minwax. Since I just needed a small area I used old tee shirt strips to apply and then trashed them after. After drying the wood strips looked great and it did not alter the color of the wood! I have plenty left to touch up as needed.

Seals & shines! We purchased a home with a worn wood floor in kitchen. We plan to install new non-wood flooring eventually but want to protect wood floor from further damage. This product is ideal for our needs, protecting and sealing until we select new flooring.

If you want a different looking floor, this is NOT for you but if you seek to protect and shine up a worn floor, then this is perfect! Easy to apply & spreads easier than Bona similar product. Highly recommend!.

It’s very beautiful when its done correctly but I am having problems removing it off the floor because of the uneven settings of the polish leaving streak’s. I have great appreciation for wood floors and upon trying to remove the polish, what it looked like when I tried to clean it with soap and water, didn’t sit well with me or *my floor*.

I was going along with the instructions which leaves me with stress trying to remove it from *the floor*. I enjoy easy to remove floor products. If you do have any suggestions please send me a message.

Thank you👍❣️.

I’ve been using Orange Glo for many years and never found anything as simple to use that produces such outstanding results. Three-quarters of my circa 1950s home is covered with original hardwood floors.

Looking at these floors you would think they were a recent addition thanks to Orange Glo. Small scratches disappear with a single application. The simplicity of the process makes this a double thumbs up product.

I vacuum up dust and pet hair; use a damp flat microfiber mop and squirt the letter “S” in a 4-foot area, apply with the wood grain and move on. What it looks like wet is pretty much what it looks like dry.

The added bonus is the natural orange scent. I tried other products and some dull my floors and others just don’t look clean and glossy. Orange Glo is, was and has been the best product of this type for decades.

I beg you, please do NOT buy this for your dark hardwood floors. I have very dark and real hardwood floors. This polish completely destroyed my floors. My home is less than 2 years old and I bought this to see if it would add a bit of shine to my floors, and to my dismay, it made a light blue stain on my floors.

You can actually see where I placed the Orange Glo. I scrubbed for hours and this stuff won’t come off. I took to Google and that’s when I read all of the horror stories. Come to find out that this “glue” only comes off with ammonia/water (1/2 cup ammonia + 1 gallon of hot water) and lots of scrubbing.

You can also use Windex bc it has ammonia in it. Once applied, you can visibly see the Orange Glo. It looks like a milky substance. I then took my scraper and started scraping this garbage off of my wood floors, panel by panel.

It will literally take me months! I can see this working temporarily for light wood or faux wood, but please do not put this on dark wood. Once you try and remove it, it turns into white flakes everywhere.

This stuff should be banned or come with a warning label. Thank you Orange Glo for destroying my very expensive floors! I truly hope a massive lawsuits hits you. Google “How to Remove Orange Glo” and you will see the massive amounts of horror stories.

Please don’t make the same mistake I did!!!.

Ok, sooo 10 plus years ago we bought a house with wood floors. The kitchen, dining room and hallways had a high gloss gunstock oak wood floor. There was already some kind of finish on the floor. Every single floor expert I asked told me only ever clean it with water and a little bit of vinegar.

For 10 years I did that. In the wear spots around the kitchen island and in front of the fridge, the floor got really dull so I tried the polish. It looks great. But I’m not putting it on the areas where the finish is still good.

There’s no way in heck I would ever, ever put this on a new floor, but when you’re trying to postpone a refinish anyway i figured what’s the harm anyway. I do use the floor cleaner on the rest and it temporarily looses its luster and streaks if I’m lazy but it goes away and the floor is clean.

Personally I usually spot clean my wood rather than weekly mop the whole thing like you would other floors. I don’t think wood floors are designed to withstand weekly mopping tho I sweep almost every day.

With Covid my house is always occupied because everyone’s working or learning at home so I’m noticing the floor is dirty faster. But if I had a newer floor I’d not use this product until the wear is so bad that you’ll try to help it.

Greetings Sir or Madame: I have been using the recommended Bona with the Young Baby Feet on Front of the Packaging for my Lifetime Mahogany Elm Wood Floors for many years, then I could no longer find it on my local store shelves.

I tried the Newer, Water Based, Blue Colored, Bona, yet I never achieved, the same quality of Performance, as I had previously received, from the Bona mentioned earlier, than while using the Bona with the Young Baby Feet on Front of the Packaging.

I then tried the Bona Polish. It did not work for me. Trying to remove it was a whole new different ballgame. Things became worst. My perfectly Great Looking, Mahogany, Elm, Lifetime, Warrantied, Full of Life, Wood Floors are now Dull, Lifeless, Filled with Streaks.

The point of all of this is, I am not a flooring expert, therefore I do not know the solution to this problem. PLEASE HELP ME FIND, AN IMMEDIATE, PERMANENT FIX TO MY DILEMMA ! ! ! I am Sincerely, Mrs.

C.

We purchased the Pledge Clean It Gentle Wood Floor Cleaner and Revive Floor Gloss to use on our 20 year old Tarkett engineered laminate flooring. We had regularly used Bona floor cleaner but wanted to kick the finish up a notch.

Applied per instructions, we were pleased with the performance of the cleaner. The Revive is another story. We found that the best way to apply it was with a cotton Sh-Mop system that we have used for years with the Bona.

Application had to be rather quick as the Revive tended to ‘dry out’ and smear without really drying out. Afterwards, it can be said that the floors were indeed shinier BUT the positives end there. Even though the floors are more shiny, they left a finish that is much more “grabby” without being sticky.

There is no slide to the treated areas as on the original floor finish making chairs MUCH more difficult to push up to the table. We have used semi-hard plastic slides on the chair legs for years – they screeched and were very hard to push after using the Revive.

I then replaced the plastic tips with felt pads which fared no better. Even though our floors did have areas that were more worn than others, we both agree that that original finish is/was preferred rather than the Revive disaster.

We will not be making that mistake again – keep the Revive for making glitter Christmas ornaments and off your floors! SC Johnson, any response?.

This is the ONLY product I will use because no other product gives this super high gloss! Granted I am usually applying it to old linoleum in rentals, but you wonbe disappointed if you apply it correctly and don’t rush (I wait until family is in bed to apply so it has time to dry).

STEPS TO GET DESIRED HIGH GLOSS FINISH: 1. Throughly clean floor and dry. (Do NOT use bleach or other strong Cleaners or it will dull your wax). 2. Apply first coat of wax/gloss in even, thin coat using new, clean (slightly damp) sponge mop.

(If it has too much water in it, the wax will be diluted and not shine) I ONLY use this sponge mop for wax application so be sure to clean with ONLY WARM WATER after every use. 3. LET DRY COMPLETELY! If you rush this step, it will be sticky! 4.

Apply second (or more) coats and let dry completely AND GET READY FOR COMPLIMENTS! *******Only damp mop between waxings! Use of any other products will cause dull white puddles to appear and should only be used when removing polish/wax.

******Stickiness only happens when the gloss/wax is not allowed to dry! APPLYING AS INSTRUCTED ABOVE WILL RESULT IN AN EVEN, HIGH GLOSS FINISH THAT WILL LAST LONGER THAN ANY OTHER PRODUCT ON THE MARKET!.

This product left a white patchy film on my brand new laminate floors! I’m so upset! How do I remove it?! EVERYTHING!! Dust, footprints, sticks to the floor and after applying this product my floor has never looked clean again.

I hope my floors aren’t ruined. We just put them in through the whole house and I applied this product.

My floors are quite old and I have never refinished them in the 33 years I’ve lived in my home so, the floors are decent but quite porous. That being said, the Bona High Gloss Finisher did make them much better but didn’t give them the high gloss finish I was hoping it would.

I put on 3 coats over 3 days and it definitely looks better. The product is not meant to, it’s meant to be used on pre-finished floors to restore their shine. So, considering my floor’s condition, I would say it did pretty well.

I’ll see if it lasts.

Love Bona products. I have only used Bona floor cleaner and polish for three years since we bought our retirement home. The only product I would use on my floors because it holds up to lots of foot traffic and still retains it shine for weeks.

The only brand I use for cleaning and polishing my wood floor to keep them looking new and protected.

I used Bona on my Saltillo tiles for years. The new improved formula is terrible: it leaves sticky floors with a black residue. I spent hours cleaning my tiles and will not use Bona again. When I emailed the company with my comments, they gave me a case number and asked me to call them.

I did and now I am even more dissatisfied with the Bona: – The representative was asking me specific questions and expecting a detailed description, but she kept interrupting my answers with “Let me finish what I have to say.

” Alright, then why do you keep asking me if you don’t want to hear the answer. – She told me that I need to spray Bona on 3’x3’ square of my floor, mop it, take the pad off the mop and go to a washroom to rinse the pad thoroughly.

Repeat the process with each 3’x3’ square. – I asked the rep is she can picture the 3’x3’ square and then imagine a house, fully tiled, the size of approximately 2,000 sq feet. I don’t think she got the point.

You see my frustration.

Recently we ran out of the Bona Hard-Surface Floor Cleaner and happened to get the new and improved version. Don’t waste your money! It streaks and leaves a sticky film and the With the new and improved formula, the floor is no longer shiny.

It is now dull and shows prints. The old stuff worked great! With the new and improved formula you are to use a damp mop which gets the floor too wet no matter how much you wring out the Bona microfiber mop, plus it still leaves the floor dull, streaked and sticky.

Bring back the old formula and I’ll give it a 10!.

I bought this cleaner to clean my tile floors because my understanding is that it’s a neutral cleaner. When the professional floor cleaning company came out to clean them, he showed me a crazy amount of film he had to work to get up.

This is the only cleaner I use. What should have only taken the company a couple hours now will take the entire day. And I have to spend extra money to have the film removed. Terrible because I have two large jugs of this stuff.

Except Bona! It does not leave a sticky film like some of the other cleaners and leaves the floors looking as if they were just laid. Well mine has been within a year, but it keeps it’s natural look.

I have been searching for a product that meets the needs of a wooden floor, this is definately it. I love this product so much, though I have purchased many others trying to get the right one, they are all just sitting and will not use any of those unless it is an emergency situation.

Use this on my hardwood floors and they shine like glass but are not slippery..highly recommend this product!

My parquet floor has taking a lot of abuse over the last five years from my little girl, so needed a revive. After lots of reviews i selected this polish. Goes on easy with an applicator and dries within the hour.

However i wouldn’t call this a gloss effect, more a satin sheen. But three applications and the scratches are almost gone and the floor looks much better.

Best wood floor polish I have bought. Brings floors up shiny without any build up. Will always buy.

I’ve never used this product before but 2 coats on my old wooden floor and its come up like new, reasonable price as well

bona-stone,-tile-and-laminate-floor-cleaner-32oz-spray is formulated to be Rinse-Free. YES! I know first hand that it is rinse free! I ordered this bottle of bona-stone,-tile-and-laminate-floor-cleaner-32oz-spray after receiving a small 2 FL.

OZ bottle. I have laminate and tile floors in every room of my home. My laminate floors have a hardwood look to them and are very hard to clean without streaking. I have tried several different products over the years and never found a product, that I haven’t made myself, that did not leave a filmy residue on the top of the floor after mopping and drying.

This Innovative product is for daily cleaning and a lifetime protection for floors. It’s a water-based solution that is safe for humans, animals and plants. It’s easy to use this product and it does not leave a filmy residue on my laminate or tile floors.

It was so simply and easy to use. First, I had to vacuum sweep and dust all of your floors to remove all of the dust, pet hair, lint, Etc. that falls on everyone’s floors. Secondly, I sprayed a fine mist of Bona in the area that I wanted to start mopping in and began to clean.

I did have to rinse and ring my cleaning pad out several times to avoid any streaks. I then took my microfiber side of my dust mop and lightly buffed the floors to make them shine bright. The last step is optional that’s just how I choose my floors to look.

I have raved about this product to everyone I know and on social media, I love it that much. #TheBigClean #BigClean #challenage.

I use this product after iRobot discontinued the concentrated cleaner. I use this for our braava and our scooba and seems to work well. I find solution is quite concentrated and I dilute it with water which turns out best for me! Too bad this doesn’t come concentrated as there is such a waste of packaging! Very low odor (it’s not fragrant) and seems to counteract any pet smells.

Used this on varnished pine kitchen floor. There were some areas which were quite heavily stained by dark marks from shoes. It did get the floors quite clean and left a nice shine but didn’t completely remove the stains even when used neat.

I’d probably use this for general day to day floor cleaning but will need something a little bit more heavy duty to get my floor spotless and stain free.

I used this product on my kitchen (laminate) and bathroom (tile) floors for the first time, two coatings. The shine was good at first, but walking left permanent dull paths on the floors in just a few days.

A week after the application I mopped the floors with warm water, and the floor finish started to peel off immediately, leaving a streaked mess behind. It took many hours to remove it and the kitchen floor is now damaged.

This purchase was a total waste of money and my time. I will never buy anything of that product line again.

Do not use this product! I used it ONE time and my floors are a mess. It scratches where my dog has walked and where chairs move at the dining table. If you miss one single hair it is stuck for good.

Getting this crap off has been a headache, and I REFUSE to buy the cleaner this company sells to get it off. I already waisted my money the first time. If you use this, RIP To your floors, back and money.

The shine for the first 5 minutes was nice to look at though.

My mother really liked this product. Always left a clean feeling, smooth and beautiful shine on tile floors. We did not use it on her wood floors. We give it only three stars as it clumps and clogs multiple spray mops.

When we strained it there were clumps in the bottom of the bottle, I can only imagine it is the baking soda in the product not dissolved correctly?? Will try to contact the company to make them aware of the problem.

I bought this product to use on wood look tiles, at first I was pleased with the lovely shine and color of the tile. Then life happened. My husband sat of the bar stools in the kitchen = scratched surface (I let it cure for 2 days before using the stools) then my dog had an accident = finish disappeared in the shape of her urine puddle.

The finish has continued to scratch easily. I emailed rejuvenate and they did reply is a short amount of time but the reply was to let to floor cure for 2-3 days before sliding furniture over it (areas that had not been used for 4 days wore off in a similar fashion).

They also said that dog urine will remove the surface – this is not mentioned on the web page or bottle that I could find. I will be removing this product from my floors. Please note the two about considerations when using this product.

It may have worked better on wood floor but not the tile despite being on of the valid floor types.

As I spend my day spring cleaning, thought I would rave about this floor cleaner! Having been a little too privileged for many years, I always had a service clean our house. Once I started doing it on my own, I realized I didn’t really know how to effectively clean my floors (outside of a stiffer).

I know. first world problems. This spinner mop and hardwood cleaner are fantastic!! The cleaner doesn’t leave any residue and brings my floors back to their beautiful matte surface. It does not make them glossy, so look elsewhere if that’s the look you want.

Just clean and NOT sticky. Thank you Woodwise for making my life infinitely easier!.

We had wood floors when we built our new home in October 2016 and Woodwise was given to us by the floor company to use. We are almost out of that original supply and went to buy more. The store’s price was about 25% for expensive than my purchase here on Ebay.

We are happy.

I have ordered the wood wise floor cleaner for my kitchen and dining room floors. I have recommended this product to family and friends and they have already started ordering from your company and are extremely pleased with the product!.

We have Tarkett engineered laminate flooring that is ~20 years old and it had become worn and dull looking. After years of using Bona, we tried the Mop & Glo product which turned out to be a huge mistake.

After that initial shock we tried a Pledge product with equally bad results. Saw the Rejuvenate commercial and decided to give it a try – after all, if it didn’t work, we’d only be out 10 bucks. The final results are WOW! Not only are our floors clean, now they shine like we’re sure they did when they were new! It is easy to apply with a bonnet mop, goes on smoothly and without streaking, removes scuff marks, dries quickly and looks fantastic! We joke about how “squeaky clean” (because the floors ‘squeak’ when we walk on them) our floors are now.

Thanks for a wonderful product.

I use the floor cleaner (which I really like) and thought I’d give this a try. I thought it was a floor cleaner that would add shine. Instead it left a very nasty, uneven, visible glue like film on my ceramic tiles which I will likely need to pay someone to remove.

I’ve mopped over it several times with dawn, vinegar, and Lysol trying to remove it myself with no luck. the label needs to be more clear that this will leave a film on your floors and is NOT a cleaning product.

In order to try and shine my laminate I bought this product. But I have to use a separate cleaner first. It does not remove smudges. They look gone wet,but once it dries they are still there. I have a few areas in my home that are one way in or out so the floors there need a little extra attention.

But not with this stuff. I’ve also done another review for the bonnets, which I wasn’t happy with either. Im going back to the old stuff I had. It works. Should never have expperimented, I’ve just wasted money.

I did not read reviews for any Rejuvenate product before purchasing, but I did read their packaging and its very misleadin.