Black Tea and Hardwood Floors

Want to Restore Your Hardwood Floor to Cloth-to-New Condition? Black Tea Could Be the Temporary Answer

Black tea isn't just a hot, healthy, delicious drink with which millions of people start their day. It's also recently been proven to work as a quick cleaning hack for hardwood floor inlay designs that can even conceal the appearance of scratches and blemishes. Best of all, it's an all-natural cleaning method that uses no harsh chemicals that could harm the environment. According to Lifehacker, you can easily create a black tea floor cleaner by bringing a half gallon of water to boil on a stovetop, then steeping eight bags of black tea in the water for about 10 to 15 minutes. Once the tea bags have steeped for a long enough time, remove the bags and squeeze out any excess water. Let the pot of tea sit until it cools to room temperature before using it on your floor. Once your pot of tea has cooled down, just take a cloth and dip it in the water -- and voila! You can start wiping down your floors with your new tea cleaner. Scientifically speaking, black tea makes a good cleaning solution for hardwood floors because it contains Tannins. Tannins bring out the warm, wood-like color of the hardwood floor, helping to conceal any scratches the floor may have. And no other cleaning products are needed in addition to the black tea -- as black tea that comes from the Camellia Sinensis plant kills bacteria and inhibits microbial growth. What do you think about this new cleaning hack? Would you use it on your home's hardwood floors? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!