7erke FLOORS, INCORPORATED Finally, you can refinish your hardwood floors without all the dust... HOME Keep Hardwood Elegant New products make floors easy to care for and preserve. T Bill Yerke, 4th generation owner of Yerke Floors, demonstrates that sanding with the "Atomic" system is a clean and classy act. Yerke Floors is proud to be the first retailer in the area to offer this advanced "truck mounted" dust containment system. Hardwood & exotic species , Pre-finished hardwood • Borders & inlays a Medallions & herringbones Refinishing of existing floors • == Carpeting Laminates e 248-366-9600 4234 MARTIN RD., WALLED LAKE, MI 48390 Big enough to service you, yet small enough to care! 14227,, 5 0 "A f leans n g The Original Since 1939 HAGOPIAN CLEANING SERVICES fl *PPR Fit Summer Sale Drop Off Your Oriental / Area Rugs at any Original Hagopian Rug Care Center and receive % off Sale through 08/31/08 Pick up and delivery service also available at regular price 24 Hour Water and Fire Damage Response In Home Cleaning Specials 5 2 Rooms* of 1 09 99 Carpet cleaned Rooms* of Carpet cleaned Sofa_ or- 7' 2 Chairs* cleaned 59 99 59 99 Expect the best...Expect the purple truck! *Some restrictions apply We're Your Leather Cleaning Specialists 1-800-11AC-OPIAN (424-6742) Rug Care Centers Oak Park Novi Birmingham Ann Arbor 8 Mile W / Coolidge 12 Mile & Novi Rd S. Old Woodward N / 14 1/2 The Courtyard Shops dlo August 21 • 2008 a Milk hardwood floors are a lot of work? Many busy homeowners want elegant floors but have little time available for preserving the life of fine wood. The following tips will demonstrate the ease having great floors and time to enjoy them: Choose a cleaner without silicone, wax or oil soap, and hold the vin- egar! Permanent damage can be the result of excessive wet mopping as water and vinegar can cause wood expansion and also dull the finish. Vinegar and water, oil soap, furniture polish and window cleaners all have their place in home maintenance, and it's not as cleaning agents for fine wood floors. Cleaners with silicone, wax or oil soaps can leave a residue that will adversely affect the adhesion of a new coat of finish, requiring a complete sanding and finishing of your floors to remove it. Cleaners that do not have any resi- due allow you to periodically "pad and recoat" your floors — which involves engaging a hardwood floor refinishing professional to deep clean and abrade the floor, then add a new coat of fin- ish. This process conserves time and money and keeps your floors looking like new One product available now is BonaKemi's Swedish Formula Hardwood Floor Cleaner. It's a proven cleaner formulated specifically for polyurethane-finished hardwood floors. Environmentally friendly and non-toxic, this pH-neutral waterborne product effectively cleans dirt, grease and sticky spills without leaving any dulling residue. It also meets the stringent require- ments for Greenguard's Children and Schools program for indoor air quality. For more information go to www.greenguard.org. Regular vacuuming or sweeping, promptly removing spills, placing mats at outside doors to trap sand and grit, and using protective pads or caps on "feet" of furniture can all help in keeping hardwood floors fresh. Also, avoid walking on your floors with Top: Bona's Hardwood Floor System is safe and easy. Bottom: BonaKemi's Hardwood Cleaner for polyurethane finished floors. high-heeled shoes and keep the nails of pets trimmed. When hardwood floors become worn or damaged beyond what peri- odic recoating can restore, you will need professional help to refinish your floors. It's process traditionally thought of as dusty and inconve- nient. New products and services, however, include sanding systems that eliminate dust, and Swedish waterborne finishes without the harmful fumes. For information on the Bona sys- tem, to contact BonaKemi USA, Inc., or to buy products online, go to ww-w.bonakemi.co. ❑