In Need of Cleaning Advice for Floors

Here is something I do every day to clean my wood and tile floors. I am a mom of 5, and my floors get dirty quickly. I use my 2 year old's diapers, inside out, and strapped using the diaper straps to the bottom of my basic sponge mop. I put the floor cleaner in a spray bottle, spray the floor, and clean/dry it with the diaper on the end of the mop. I do it in sections, spraying about a 3 foot area at a time. It does sound really funny, but it really works GREAT, and it is much cheaper than swiffer type mop pads, and the diaper can absorb a lot more area than a swiffer type mop does. It may be cookey, but I have been doing it for years, and I will continue doing it even after my youngest is out of diapers!

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I have to say i love my steam mop. No cleaning with chemicals just water and the floors dry in about 3 mins. I have the monster steam mom and its great if you get on amazon you can look them up and read reviews.

I have hardwood in my enitre house on both floors I bought a 24 inch dust mop form lowes to sweep with and I use a hand vaccume to get the pile of dust if creates and I have a shark steam mop although I do have to refill it several times if Im doing the whole 3500 sqft of house I have LOL. I love the steam mop it gets everything off the floors and shines the floor no dulling residue (gosh I sound like an infomercial) or sticky film left behind. It even got up crayon.

not sure about hard wood, but I use vinegar and water to clean my tile floors. The smell goes away after the vinegar evaporates and isn't toxic like most other cleaners

I have just started using Bona products from Lowe's. I finally feel like my floor is clean after using swifter wet jet for years. It is a spray and then you use a wet microfiber. They also use a wet jet type thing. Good luck, I know how frustrating it can be.

vinegar. I think you mix it with water but I'm not sure. I'm sure you could google "Uses for Vinegar" but i know it does a great job cleaning wood floors

Hi...I'm cant' stand doing floors so I got the Shark Steam Mop and love it! I just sweep my floors then steam away the yuck. My floors are dry right away so I don't have to worry about keeping my toddler out of the kitchen. There's no chemicals too so no harsh smells. Seems to work well for me. The only part I can't seem to get clean very well are the corners. I usually have to go back with a paper towel and finish up the corners. I think the H20 mop is shaped better and may work good in the corners. Good luck!

I've started using Orange Glow on hardwood floors, get at target, has worked great. K

Either swiffer, which is really easy, or if you find a mop you like, white vinegar and water works really well and is natural.

I vaccum my kitchen first and then spray the sticky spots with "pickle juice". That's half a liter of water mixed with half a liter of vinegar and a drop of dish detergent. Next, I go over my floor with hot water mop. That's it! No bad chemicals, no disposables and it takes about 15 minutes.

i love the shark steam mop too. word of caution, i understand using orange glow on wood floors is terrible for them. you should not use any cleaner like that if you have wood floors.

Hi M.,

I have wood floors and requested help from my mom friends to figure out how to keep the darn things clean (they always look smudged and dingy). The one that's worked the best so far is Orange Glo for hardwood floors with a TERRY CLOTH mop... that's the key... I never had a terry cloth mop and it made all the difference! I don't have tile, so I can't offer suggestions there.

Good luck!

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