In addition to dusting, you will also need to clean your floors in order to keep them shining. In fact, dusting is a good way to ensure that most of the residue that gets onto your floor is scooped up relatively quickly but you should still clean your floors at least once a month to make sure that all of the caked on dirt is removed in short order. If you dust once a week, make sure that you clean once a month. If you want to be ultra-competitive however and decide to dust everyday, you should then clean once a week to maintain the advantage.

When doing the cleaning however, make sure that you use the proper cleaners. If your floor has a urethane varnish, you need to use polyurethane cleaners so that the varnish is not damaged. If you fail to do this and damage the varnish, the lustre of your hardwood surface is going to go out the door. Hardwood by itself is not that shiny and the sooner you remember that, the better off your floor will be.

If you do dusting and cleaning on a regular basis, then the polishing is something that you likely won't have to do since the original varnish should hold its shiny coat for a very long time. If you want to improve on that shine however, selecting a polish that once again is safe to use on a urethane surface is a very good idea. Doing anything else risks doing more harm than good to your hardwood floor surface.