Leave the soap water on the floor briefly so it dissolves the dirt.
Water soaks in hardwood finish.
These floors prefer to be dust mopped with only a dry microfiber or electrostatic mop pad between re sealing.
A heavier denser wood will do better with water than a light wood.
After a flood or spill it is imperative to extract as much water from your wood floor as possible.
Then remove the dirty soap water with a hard wrung cotton mop or a cotton cloth and rinse it out in the rinse bucket.
Wood will shrink and cracks will develop during dry seasons due to a loss of moisture and expand during hot and humid summer type conditions.
Fortunately unless you ve had a spill.
Oil treated or penetrating seal treated flooring has a softer wax finish that soaks into the wood grain itself.
Be sure to change the rinse water often.
Water damage on hardwood if a protective hardwood finish wears off your floors can become susceptible to water damage.
Even waxed or sealed floors cannot withstand excessive water and if the wax or sealer is wearing.
Water also will cause breakdowns such as rotting and molding on the wood.
It must be resealed with liquid or paste wax periodically and cannot handle a lot of water or rough materials.