How often do you mop?

Gatorsgirl731 · September 2014

Due to recent discussions on mopping, it is time to poll all of O13. So how often do you actually mop?

vargasgurl · September 2014

Weekly but now that DD is crawling and won't stay put at least twice a week .

Jalee85 · September 2014

I use a shark steam mop like once a week. I usually vaccum when I vaccum the rest of the house though.

catycate · September 2014

Weekly. I should probably do it twice a week though:/

jennlin · September 2014

If it were up to me, I spot clean as necessary aka dirt squirrel... Which is why I hire help for every 2 weeks that mops for me.

Gatorsgirl731 · September 2014

FTR I mop once a week unless it rains, then I have to mop again. I love my Shark Steam Mop.

sleepy33 · September 2014

I thank you kindly for my custom answer of every 2 months. DISCLAIMER, though, my kid is denied access from the kitchen, which is the grossest floor, and my dog is denied access to the living room, hence it stays pretty clean and is covered by a giant area rug and foam tile set anyway. Pre-baby, I was more like every 2-4 weeks, with spot touch-ups as needed for dirty paws, etc.

Mini1in5 · September 2014

So my 4yo recently asked me how come we never mop anymore. #cleanlinessfail

Gatorsgirl731 · September 2014

sleepy33 said:
I thank you kindly for my custom answer of every 2 months. DISCLAIMER, though, my kid is denied access from the kitchen, which is the grossest floor, and my dog is denied access to the living room, hence it stays pretty clean and is covered by a giant area rug and foam tile set anyway. Pre-baby, I was more like every 2-4 weeks, with spot touch-ups as needed for dirty paws, etc.

No problem!

DD only gets in the kitchen and hallway on the days after I mop. My "schedule" is clean house on Mondays, everything except mopping. Tuesday I get up sweep again and mop, then that is also my biggest laundry day. She likes following me back and forth to the laundry room. Well I don't know if she actually likes it but I think it's funny to watch her get all the way down the hall just for me to turn around. She doesn't complain though.

sleepy33 · September 2014

Cam likes to 'help' me vacuum, which basically means I inch the vacuum along at a snail's pace while he clings to the side intently and walks along beside me. It's adorable, but not terribly effective or fast.

Heather91011 · September 2014

I mop twice a week

Gatorsgirl731 · September 2014

sleepy33 said:
Cam likes to 'help' me vacuum, which basically means I inch the vacuum along at a snail's pace while he clings to the side intently and walks along beside me. It's adorable, but not terribly effective or fast.

Oh god I have to vacuum before DH leaves for work or after he gets home. Sometimes I can get away with it in the living room if she is napping. She hates the vacuum, and believes it was sent here to steal her soul.

tashad18 · September 2014

On Sundays, we mop.

Shortie24 · September 2014

Not often enough but all this talk and having people over next week is stepping up my game

muffyvonmuff · September 2014

Once a week I swiffer and Bona does that count? I want a steam mop, you are all saying Shark is the way to go eh?

Gatorsgirl731 · September 2014

@muffyvonmuff‌ Yes! Totally worth it.

alimama33 · September 2014

Okay I hardly mop either, like once a month maaayybe. But I also feel like it makes a huge difference if you stay at home. We're at home getting the floors dirty like 4 hours a day? If that? And I spot clean obviously...but there's just not that much time for them to get THAT dirty.

Jalee85 · September 2014

@muffyvonmuff‌ I have only had The Shark Steam Mop, but I've had it for 2 years and still love it as much as the 1st day!

Gatorsgirl731 · September 2014

alimama33 said:
Okay I hardly mop either, like once a month maaayybe. But I also feel like it makes a huge difference if you stay at home. We're at home getting the floors dirty like 4 hours a day? If that? And I spot clean obviously...but there's just not that much time for them to get THAT dirty.

We are at home with a dog on a farm. DH and DS track in all kinds of shit. I should probably mop more.

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sleepy33 · September 2014

cdhaslag said:
Every night before bed I mop the entire downstairs (upstairs is carpet) but I have a shark floor cleaner so that's why my arms are still flabby otherwise I imagine I'd have triceps out of this world. On Sunday nights and Wednesday nights I mop and then steam mop. #imacrazypersoniknow

Tell me you don't have hardwoods. I can't get down with a steam mop on hardwoods, which is why I don't have one. Our house is like 90% wood and linoleum in the kitchen and baths. Not worth it to only steam clean 3 rooms.

catycate · September 2014

I steam on my hardwoods. Should I not?!?! It never occurred to me that I shouldn't...

jennlin · September 2014

I think shoes/no shoes in the house would make a difference on how often you mop too.

KerCo51 · September 2014

About once a week or every other week I use the Shark steam mop. We started taking off our shoes when DD started crawling. This week with the kitchen renovation, however, my house is a disaster.

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carawasa · September 2014

We only have tile in the kitchen so once a week. My LO loves doing laps around the kitchen table so I have to keep it clean so she can get her crawl on

vargasgurl · September 2014

My kitchen (all tile ) which leads to the yard has constant traffic so I know they need to be cleaned often ... Upstairs I have hardwood floors which get dusty and I have a shark vacuum that is good for rugs and floors ... I spend more time in my kitchen , maybe I should be upstairs more often but #ineedtobeclosetothefridge

Amjoy25 · September 2014

I pay someone to mop every other week.

bkeane619 · September 2014

Amjoy25 said:
I pay someone to mop every other week.

This. So I don't mop pretty much ever.

amber0529 · September 2014

I hand wash my floors so I only get time once a week. I hate mops & don't even own one. The floor really should be cleaned 2-3 times a week. Even though we both work full time they get gross fast.
DS thinks it's cool to tip his bottle upside down & watch the milk spill everywhere + 3 pets + a boyfriend who doesn't know how to take his shoes off.

sleepy33 · September 2014

catycate said:

I steam on my hardwoods. Should I not?!?! It never occurred to me that I shouldn't...

I would be too scared to use one on mine. If you have any areas where the poly is thin or worn on your floorboards, you'll be steaming the wood itself. I try to put as little liquid on my hardwoods as infrequently as possible.

blondolphn · September 2014

@sleepy33, when I was looking into our steam mop it was suggested that not all hardwood floors use the poly finish so some hard wood floors would be ok to steam mop, but not all.

I mop the kitchen and vacuumt he rest of the house about 3 times a week...

sleepy33 · September 2014

blondolphn said:

@sleepy33, when I was looking into our steam mop it was suggested that not all hardwood floors use the poly finish so some hard wood floors would be ok to steam mop, but not all.

I mop the kitchen and vacuumt he rest of the house about 3 times a week...

Eh, like 99% of residential hardwood floors are finished with poly, either water based or oil based. No finish can be guaranteed to cover 100% of all the floor boards, plus as your boards expand and contract with the weather, water can seep into the cracks between the board. Finish naturally wears thin in high traffic areas, exposing the wood. I also am a little nutty about our floors, though, b/c we spent a billion hours refinishing them ourselves.

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