{"id":620,"date":"2025-04-09T02:26:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T02:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/?p=620"},"modified":"2025-05-06T02:46:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T02:46:52","slug":"vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooring Faux Pas: What You Should Avoid with Vinyl"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_902251372__1746454840_18337.jpg\" alt=\"home with vinyl flooring \" class=\"wp-image-621\" style=\"width:310px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_902251372__1746454840_18337.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_902251372__1746454840_18337-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_902251372__1746454840_18337-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Knowing how to properly clean and protect your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/vinyl-flooring.html\">vinyl flooring<\/a> isn\u2019t always easy, especially when there are countless opinions and \u201cexpert advice\u201d available on the internet. However, when looking for trustworthy advice that actually works, you can\u2019t go wrong with a reputable flooring company providing the answers. Keep reading to learn what you should avoid when cleaning the vinyl in your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vinyl Flooring Blunders: How to Avoid Them<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When determining how to take proper care of your vinyl floors, you\u2019ll need to start by learning what you shouldn\u2019t do. For example, abrasive products and tools can scratch the surface, so avoid these when at the store. You should also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid saturating floors when mopping<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid any kind of ammonia solutions, as this can cause the material to start cracking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stay away from wax<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be mindful of the products you use to clean your floors, as those containing soap or detergents can leave a film on the surface<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Clean Vinyl Floors Properly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You certainly don\u2019t want to take the trial-and-error approach when cleaning your vinyl floors, which is why it can be helpful to talk to a professional who can guide you to the right products. Of course, this type of material is fairly easy to maintain, so keeping these few tips in mind will ensure your floors are not only clean but also better protected:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Using a damp microfiber cloth can lift scuffs that mopping misses. Adding a bit of baking soda can help lift those that are harder to remove.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A broom or vacuum can easily get rid of any dirt or debris that exists. Just be sure to place your vacuum on the appropriate setting, as you don\u2019t want to accidentally damage the floor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mopping floors regularly can give them a beautiful shine; however, do not let any water stand for a prolonged period. Also, if you use a steam mop, don\u2019t let it rest in one place for too long, as this can ruin your floors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use doormats at entryways to minimize the amount of debris that is tracked into your home.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use rubber pads underneath furniture and heavy items to prevent scratching or damage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clean your floors regularly to keep them looking good as new.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Living with vinyl floors is a decision you will not regret, especially once you learn what will make them look and last longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Prestige Floors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prestige Floors is a small, family-owned and operated business based in Keller. As a husband-and-wife team, Benson and Ashley Kelly have been improving and transforming the homes of Keller residents and its surrounding communities since 2006. With years of experience and an eye for design, their team is trusted and bonded, and they offer only the very best flooring for eager homeowners. If you are interested in vinyl flooring and ways to keep it better protected and clean, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/contact.html\">contact us<\/a> at <strong>(817) 422-5343<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowing how to properly clean and protect your vinyl flooring isn\u2019t always easy, especially when there are countless opinions and \u201cexpert advice\u201d available on the internet. However, when looking for trustworthy advice that actually works, you can\u2019t go wrong with a reputable flooring company providing the answers. Keep reading to learn what you should avoid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vinyl Flooring | What to Avoid | Prestige Floors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Want vinyl flooring but are worried about what might ruin it? Learn how to properly clean these surfaces so the risk of damage is decreased.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vinyl Flooring | What to Avoid | Prestige Floors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Want vinyl flooring but are worried about what might ruin it? Learn how to properly clean these surfaces so the risk of damage is decreased.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Prestige Floors Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-09T02:26:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-06T02:46:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_902251372__1746454840_18337.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"prestigefloors\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"prestigefloors\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/\",\"name\":\"Vinyl Flooring | What to Avoid | Prestige Floors\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_902251372__1746454840_18337.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-09T02:26:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-06T02:46:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/02817efb92fbd2e0ff4923133982e078\"},\"description\":\"Want vinyl flooring but are worried about what might ruin it? Learn how to properly clean these surfaces so the risk of damage is decreased.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_902251372__1746454840_18337.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_902251372__1746454840_18337.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Flooring Faux Pas: What You Should Avoid with Vinyl\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Prestige Floors Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/02817efb92fbd2e0ff4923133982e078\",\"name\":\"prestigefloors\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e52b5b9bc5ff81fa7f93d402d534fc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e52b5b9bc5ff81fa7f93d402d534fc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"prestigefloors\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/author\/prestigefloors\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Vinyl Flooring | What to Avoid | Prestige Floors","description":"Want vinyl flooring but are worried about what might ruin it? Learn how to properly clean these surfaces so the risk of damage is decreased.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Vinyl Flooring | What to Avoid | Prestige Floors","og_description":"Want vinyl flooring but are worried about what might ruin it? Learn how to properly clean these surfaces so the risk of damage is decreased.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/","og_site_name":"Prestige Floors Blog","article_published_time":"2025-04-09T02:26:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-06T02:46:52+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_902251372__1746454840_18337.jpg"}],"author":"prestigefloors","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"prestigefloors","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/","url":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/","name":"Vinyl Flooring | What to Avoid | Prestige Floors","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_902251372__1746454840_18337.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-09T02:26:20+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-06T02:46:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/02817efb92fbd2e0ff4923133982e078"},"description":"Want vinyl flooring but are worried about what might ruin it? Learn how to properly clean these surfaces so the risk of damage is decreased.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_902251372__1746454840_18337.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_902251372__1746454840_18337.jpg","width":800,"height":450},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/vinyl-flooring-what-to-avoid\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Flooring Faux Pas: What You Should Avoid with Vinyl"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/","name":"Prestige Floors Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/02817efb92fbd2e0ff4923133982e078","name":"prestigefloors","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e52b5b9bc5ff81fa7f93d402d534fc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e52b5b9bc5ff81fa7f93d402d534fc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"prestigefloors"},"url":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/author\/prestigefloors\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":622,"href":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620\/revisions\/622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prestige-floors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}