How do you clean your floors?

monkeybutt61612 · April 2014

My mom always cleaned them on her hands and knees with a bucket and rag. So, that's how I do mine.

km_md · April 2014

I said SS because sometimes I do them on my hands and knees but sometimes I will use my swiffer if they just need a quick clean in between regular cleanings or something.

ScarlettDahlia · April 2014

Since my bathroom is small, I clean that on my hands and knees usually.

The other floors of my house, I use a microfiber mop with a vinegar/water mix in a spray bottle. It's the only thing that doesn't leave a film on our floors.

Hmvbaby14 · April 2014

Sweep with a broom, swiffer sweep, swiffer mop, sponge mop. No hands and knees for this girl but I probably should!!!

moosebaby2011 · April 2014

Planning to use this:

moosebaby2011 · April 2014

For me it depends on the floor. Bathroom floors are cleaned on my hands and knees because they are small rooms and it's easiest to get behind the toilet, etc, that way. I use a swiffer on the hardwood, and bucket and mop on my tile floors.

bethughknee · April 2014

SS: I wait for MH to do it. It's his happy place, I swear. I think he uses orange glo? And this weird mop looking thing. He is absolutely obsessed with our hardwoods. He loves cleaning them. He waited by the door when he ordered a Dust Buster too! I married Monica from Friends...

valigrl21 · April 2014

bethughknee said:

SS: I wait for MH to do it. It's his happy place, I swear. I think he uses orange glo? And this weird mop looking thing. He is absolutely obsessed with our hardwoods. He loves cleaning them. He waited by the door when he ordered a Dust Buster too! I married Monica from Friends...

Sounds alot like MH too. He doesn't really like mopping but is a total clean freak. He loves to sweep and vacuum. He says one of his favorite "things" in our whole house is the vacuum.

litzo27 · April 2014

I'm a special snowflake.

I have this thing and love it:
https://www.amazon.com/Mint-Automatic-Floor-Cleaner-4200/dp/B00408PCEW
(it's good because we don't have rugs and generally no clutter on the floor). I run it every night in the kitchen + one or two other rooms. And then I spot clean with spray BONA mop:
https://www.amazon.com/BonaKemi-WM710013348-Hardwood-Floor-Replaceable-Cartridge/dp/B0016M4YQ2/ref=sr_1_2?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1396470210&sr=1-2&keywords=bona

And for deep clean I rely on the bi-weekly cleaning lady. Who uses a spray mop.

MaryBB77 · April 2014

I vacuum them and then use a steam mop on them. Just don't do it often enough!

shortstuff15 · April 2014

I clean with a bucket and rag twice a year and the rest of the time it's with a norwex mop. Unless it's a really big mess or something that requires me to use a bucket.

Jen4033 · April 2014

SS - My 2 year old likes to sweep He does windows too! My dog gets all the crumbs.

When I do it, I use a shark steam mop after I have used the vacuum with the hard floor attachment. I have to pick up all that blasted dog hair before using any mop.

monkeybutt61612 · April 2014

@ScarlettDahlia‌ what kind of vinegar?

Arrgcr · April 2014

I sweep, then hand scrub with a scrub brush, them dry mop up my mess with a used bath towel. Then I get out my swiffer mop type thing and do a quick run over. I'll finish up by spraying it with Lysol. That only happens once a month depending on the severity. I sweep/swiffer mop about once a week. Disgusting I know. Ain't nobody got time for doing floors every day around here.

CeeJC121013 · April 2014

I am kind of obsessed with cleaning my hardwood floors. Every day I sweep then dry swiffer, and then every other day I do that plus cleaning with some floor cleaner spray + cloth swiffer thing. Then I go around the edges that it misses with a wet wipe.

brittanydec2012 · April 2014

Sweep & then wash with my Norwex mop.

ScarlettDahlia · April 2014

@monkeybutt61612, just distilled white vinegar. I have a 32 oz spray bottle and fill it maybe about an 1/8th of the way up with vinegar, then fill the rest with hot water. If I feel my floors are really dirty, I'll go up to a little less than 1/4 of the way with vinegar. The house does smell for a little while after you clean, but my floors have never looked better.

jessicat2283 · April 2014

I use my shark mop. My oldest 2 are always spilling stuff in the floors. Works well

jessicat2283 · April 2014

Ps I don't remember where I read this so sorry I can't link it. It's not recommended to use the spray swiffers if you have kids crawling on the floor because of the chemicals. I am sure most chemicals are a no no bit this specifically called out swiffers

Sgriff1 · April 2014

I'm have way too much open floor space to do hands/knees. I use some sort of mop that has a sprayer on it for cleaner. I have two huskies that constantly track dirt in so mopping is a daily thing here (or at least should be lately)!