Cleaning floors

[Camper6]

I'm using a mop and as I am cleaning the kitchen floor I am wondering. Am I really cleaning or just making it evenly dirty?

 

[StarSong]

Depends whether you're frequently rinsing the mop in clean water. Once the rinse water is clean you can be sure you've removed the grime rather than just spreading it around.

 

[Camper6]

Depends whether you're frequently rinsing the mop in clean water. Once the rinse water is clean you can be sure you've removed the grime rather than just spreading it around.

So really I need two buckets and two mops going. One to wash and one to rinse. That makes sense.

 

[Ken N Tx]

A Police officer called over to the Station on his radio.

“I have an interesting case here. An old lady shot her husband for stepping on the floor she just mopped.”

“Have you arrested the woman?”

“Not yet. The floor’s still wet.”

 

[Camper6]

A Police officer called over to the Station on his radio.

“I have an interesting case here. An old lady shot her husband for stepping on the floor she just mopped.”

“Have you arrested the woman?”

“Not yet. The floor’s still wet.”

It took me a while to catch it. But it's a keeper.

 

[MeAgain]

I'm using a mop and as I am cleaning the kitchen floor I am wondering. Am I really cleaning or just making it evenly dirty?

Believe me your really cleaning.
I just mopped my floors yesterday. I have no bacteria breeding carpets or rugs to trip on so I do lots of vacuuming wood floors and mopping.

 

[MeAgain]

So really I need two buckets and two mops going. One to wash and one to rinse. That makes sense.

I use Murphy Oil Soap and one bucket. I just keep dipping the mop back into the bucket and wringing out the mop.
I use a big janitors mop and bucket with wringer on it. Worth every penny for a good commercial one.

 

[johndoe]

I assume you are vacuming first. That should pick up the loose stuff. The mop would get the rest.

 

[win231]

If you're not using one of those "Hurricaine Spin Mops," you're just spreading the dirt around.

I got one of those & I LOVE it. When I empty the bucket, I can't believe how dirty the water is!!

 

[hypochondriac]

You can smell the effort. The worst thing is neglect.
And re cleaning floors especially the kitchen.....i always use very hot water..to kill germs.

 

[SeaBreeze]

My kitchen is pretty small, and the vinyl flooring in there is pretty white. With the dog and cat and us tracking in mud from the back yard or the park, it gets ground in dirt pretty quickly, that a mop won't remove.

I use a Mr. Clean magic eraser and do sections of the floor on my hands and knees, easy to get the edges that way, then I use a cleaner like Lysol Clean & Fresh Tangerine and mix it in hot water in my kitchen sink. I then dip my crew mop in there and go over the already semi-cleaned section.

I have a double sink, so each time I rinse the Magic Eraser under the tap in the empty sink, before starting another section. At the very end, I drain the sink and rinse the crew mop under the tap with clear water, and go over the floor one last time to remove any dirt or excess soap.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I use a Swiffer on my tiny kitchen floor but every so often I have to give it a good old fashioned scrub to remove the residue left behind by the Swiffer pads.

 

[hypochondriac]

One elderly lady got me using her steam mop on her kitchen floor. This comes from the "no chemical school of cleaning" which i dont necessarily agree with.

 

[Keesha]

We have hardwood floors and one area rug. The area rug I clean with a professionally cleaner and the hardwood floors I use i swiffer with METHOD cleaner in it. It’s an all natural cleaner spray that works great while leaving the nicest grapefruit scent. The cucumber scent is also wonderful.
The cleaning pad then gets chucked in the washer.
It’s easy, breezy.

 

[Ferocious]

Hmmmmm........any volunteers to come and do mine......?

 

[Camper6]

Well I have a couple of knee pads and I'm going to scrub with a bristle brush or I will still feel it's not clean. The floor is white. I was thinking of using a lot of water and a wet vac. All methods described are good but eventually a film builds up and has to be removed. I cannot find ammonia in the stores anymore. Dangerous chemical?

 

[Camper6]

I use a Swiffer on my tiny kitchen floor but every so often I have to give it a good old fashioned scrub to remove the residue left behind by the Swiffer pads.

That will be me today. Thanks.

 

[StarSong]

I sweep first, then use water only (no soap) and alternate two mop pads. One is soaking to get the dirt out while the other is on the mop. Do a section of the floor, then swap out for a clean mop pad.

I don't stress about the floors. We're walking on them, not eating off them. Since we don't bring animal products into our home (no meat, fish, or dairy), the bacteria risk is quite low anyway. I get them clean enough.

Housework can easily become of those energy sucking vortexes where perfection is the enemy of good.

 

[Camper6]

My kitchen floor is white. When it gets that grundchy look I can't stand it.

 

[StarSong]

My kitchen floor is white. When it gets that grundchy look I can't stand it.

Our floors are brown. Light brown carpet in much of the house and wood floors in the kitchen. We came as close to the shade "muddy paw print" as possible.

 

[Camper6]

I need some runners for the high traffic areas.

 

[MeAgain]

I assume you are vacuming first. That should pick up the loose stuff. The mop would get the rest.

Always use vacuum first. Also inbetween mopping.

 

[MeAgain]

I use to use Pinesol that was good for wood floors and killed germs but like everything else they changed it to Chemicalsol so now I take mt chances and let my immune system worry about it. Nobody is doing anything on our floors I'm worried about anyway. I'm careful who comes in.
Murphys Oil soap does it good.

 

[Patio Life]

My tile floors get cloudy when I use a cleaner solution. The answer was glass cleaner. I use a steam mop and have a robot to vacuum. When my back, and then my knee, got really bad I had to learn new ways to clean.

When I used a regular mop I always made sure the water was clean. Spreading dirty water on the floor won't get it clean.

 

[Ruthanne]

I sweep first and then use my spray mopper. It's all I have and it works well...I think! When the floor changes from a dirty color to a much lighter one it's clean IMO. I use hot water, too.