Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaner Review

Bona is a water-based cleaner suitable for any finished wood floor. Its formula sprays on and dries ultra quick, so you aren’t left with any wet spots. It uses simple ingredients from a company with a 100-year-old heritage in cleaning wood.

The big appeal of Bona is you don’t have to dilute it with anything like you do with lots of other wood floor cleaners. You spray it directly on your floor and mop it up. It’s certified by GreenGuard Gold as nontoxic for both you and the environment.

Bona is suitable for both spot treatment and for cleaning an entire floor. The spray makes it easy to control the amount of product that gets on your floor. You spray a small amount on a mess you need to clean, or you can continually spray a thin film as you mop following the grain of the wood.

Bona makes a reusable mop specifically designed to work with their floor cleaner. The mop head can be laundered, making it more economically than disposable pads, but you know you’ve got a clean surface each time you use it.


ONce you buy the spray bottle, you can find refills for the spray at a slight bulk discount. The refill jug is available in quantities up to 160 ounces and also comes ready to use. There’s nothing to mix or dilute. Just refill your spray bottle, and you’re good to go.

The formula is GreenGuard Gold certified. GreenGuard works to ensure that products have a minimum set of standards for toxicity and harm to the planet. When something is GreenGuard Gold certified, this is one of their highest honors.

Stricter criteria cover more sensitive individuals such as children or the elderly. Gold certifications find the product safe to use in a place such as a school or a healthcare facility. It was previously called Greenguard Children and Schools certification.

It’s also safe for pets. Pets are notorious for licking strange things, so you don’t want to use anything with unsafe toxicity if you have pets in the house. Bona will clean your floors without leaving any dangerous residue behind.

Bona isn’t too bad. No, it’s not as cheap as knock-off cleaners from a big box store, but do you really want those in your life? Considering how well it works, we think it’s about an average expense.

You can get slight bulk discounts if you purchase the refill option instead of rebuying the spray bottle every time. We prefer this method anyway because it keeps us from running out at inopportune times.

Bona is great for houses with all hardwood floors. Your floors should be sealed and unwaxed, but that’s the majority of hardwood flooring now.

You don’t have to keep a mop bucket around, and you don’t need to rinse the product off. Sometimes we use a slightly damp mop head to wipe it up for extra cleaning power, but the product is good to go as is.

That’s really convenient when you’re doing a lot of floors at a time. Since you don’t rinse things off, you won’t spend a long time waiting for your wet floors to dry (a hazard) or risk tracking dirt around as you’re moving your mop (yuck).

It’s a safer alternative to some types of cleaners that may have hazardous or harsh chemicals. Households with pets and children are always on the lookout for things that can harm delicate respiratory systems or leave behind toxic residues.

With Bona, you can use the spray as much as you want without worrying.

A huge bonus for Bona is that it’s both a large scale and a spot cleaner. Your cabinets are overflowing with a bunch of targeted cleaners, so get rid of a few of them. Bona can handle those food spots on your wood cabinets, the muddy paw print on the floor near your door, and the weekly mopping you need before your mom comes over, all in one convenient bottle.