Bona Polish Remover, 32 Fl Oz

Inherited 20 year old cherry hardwood floors in our move. Many layers of wax & abuse & more wax. Tried PH balanced cleaners & enzyme cleaners with little improvement. Decided to try this in a small area. Was worried about removing the finish. It only removed what I wanted-the wax buildup. Floors look amazing! My advice. Take your time, let the cleaner sit & do a lot of the work for you. It’s not that hard, just time consuming.

Works great without damaging pre-engineered hardwood floors. I previously tried ammonia/water which caused damage. Bona removed the buildup of floor restore products without damage.

Everyone's experience with this product will probably be a little different based on your situation, and expectations.I had to remove a single application of polish, that was applied to my pre-finished engineered hardwood floor by a relative that thought she was being helpful. The polish was already heavily worn (it was applied several years ago), and looked terrible. The removal was time consuming, and a lot of work, but I was successful in removing the polish/wax without damaging the original floor finish.I used this product, along with a Oreck Orbiter Floor Machine with a green pad, to strip the polish from the floor, then used paper towels to remove it (quickly before it dries back in), and finally cleaned the floor with Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaner and the same Oreck Orbiter with a lamb's wool bonnet pad. The floor looks great, and has been resorted to its original finish.I would advise that you consider investing in a floor machine (purchase or rental). It's still going to be a lot of work, but it will be more work without it. Also, the machine will scrub much better and faster than anyone can do by hand.Here's some tips:1... Work in small sections, no larger than about 4' X 4' (smaller if you don't have a floor machine).2... Apply the Bona Polish Remover directly to the floor and spread it out. Let it stand and work for a few minutes but don't let it dry.3... Scrub the floor with a semi abrasive pad (I used a floor machine with a green pad). Test in a small area, like under a piece of furniture, to ensure the pad won't damage the original floor finish.4... Use paper towels (have plenty available, I went through a few rolls), and remove the polish quickly before it dries again.5... Use Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaner to clean the floor. I used it with the floor machine and a polishing bonnet, and it worked much better than a hand mop.6... Have a second set of eyes to help you look for remnants of polish that may have been missed, and go back and spot clean those areas (repeat the process). Of course it will be less likely that you miss spots if you work small areas at a time.I can't tell you if the product worked as good, better, or worse, than other options reviewers have discussed (mineral spirits, Windex with Ammonia, etc...), but it did get the job done without any noticeable damage to my original floor finish. Also, there were no harsh odors etc...

Back story: As many others have, I have put a number of different polish layers on my engineered hardwood floors. Over the last year and a half there have been a couple of animal accidents and tons of traffic. I should have taken a before picture of the most polished and “damaged” area but I only got one of a scratched area. I thought I spent loads of money on sensitive flooring because of all of the scratches.Bona Polish Remover: originally, I applied the remover on the heavily polished area. I did a somewhat thin layer. The areas that took, I thought it stripped the original coating. I was nervous and tried again because it was awful uneven.. same thing! Finally I went back to YouTube for the Bona tutorial and followed the application instructions and YES! So happy! I ordered more to tackle the house piece by piece. I feel so good about my floors now! So many blotches, foot prints, scratches and spills GONE. Zoom on my pics for the scratches before removal and the zero scratches after!

I ordered this because it was claiming to be really great at removing wax from the floors!!Well, let me just tell you a little bit about this Bona wax remover, easy it isn't! It's the hardest stuff to use to remove wax from your floors, and it makes for back breaking work! If you think you're going to get it done in a day, huh, think again because it'll take you weeks to get it done!!! You'll need some serious scrub pads and a strong scrub mop to attach them to, but be careful that you don't damage your floor, and it says to keep your floor wet for 5 to 10 minutes, but you have to keep adding the wax remover to do that because it drys out!