No, is the short answer. Discoloration and structural deterioration can result from cleaning hardwood floors with bleach. Bleach can eat away at the finish and seep into the wood’s pores.

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Is it okay to use bleach on hardwood floors?

Hard floors like ceramic tile, vinyl, and linoleum can be disinfected with Clorox® Regular Bleach2, but porous surfaces like marble and terrazzo aren’t. Because wood is porous, bleaching only exterior-finished wood surfaces is generally not recommended, even for interior hardwood floors.

What happens if you put bleach on wood?

Many types of discoloration can be caused by bleaching bare or finished wood. Chemical treatments or physical removal of discolored wood can usually be used to correct any discolorations that appear when the wood is bare.

Can I use bleach to mop my floors?

Using a Clorox bleach and water solution is an easy way to keep bathrooms and kitchens clean of hard, nonporous flooring. Everything is as simple as mixing bleach and water, scrubbing, and letting it dry.

Do you have to rinse bleach off floor?

After bleach evaporates, it can leave behind bleach crystals if left to air dry on floors without being rinsed. If left to its own devices, sodium hypochlorite will decompose into salt and water. When the floor dries, salt crystals will be left behind because undiluted bleach is mostly water.