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if i use 2 buckets when I mop the floor?

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bohemianbint · 26/06/2007 14:10

Basically I just do not see the point of getting clean, soapy water to clean the floor and then squeezing filthy water back into it. So I use two buckets. Is that so weird? DP thinks I'm a bit odd.

To be honest, it's a fairly momentous occasion if I bother so I don't mind being a bit scrupulous.

What an exciting thing to post about, slow day in the bohemian house....

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muppetgirl · 27/06/2007 12:45

dh has suggested selling the afformentioned jack russell on ebay. Would use the money raised to but 2 new buckets in order to do the mopping properly.

nickytwotimes · 27/06/2007 12:46

ooh, is this still going?
i haven't cleaned my floor today! not even with 1 bucket![hangs head in shame emoticon]

muppetgirl · 27/06/2007 12:52

Does the colour of the bucket matter?

Original poster
bohemianbint · 27/06/2007 14:04

Here in Boho land the buckets are a kind of psychedelic marbled colour explosion. Of course.

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whomovedmychocolate · 27/06/2007 14:43

But there's hole in my bucket!

whomovedmychocolate · 27/06/2007 14:44

Dear Ivor, Dear Ivor

whomovedmychocolate · 27/06/2007 14:44

My bucket actually has a gutter at the bottom which collects dirt so it's very ineffective (as well as having the aforementioned hole.)

Highlander · 27/06/2007 16:15

ooh, a woman after my own heart

I use gallons of water (albeit in 1 bucket) to try and dilute out the filth.

It enrages me to see DH mopping the floor with a paltry 1 litre of water And when I challenged him about it he said, 'it really is time you went back to work'. Twat.

muppetgirl · 27/06/2007 19:30

bump

MrsFish · 27/06/2007 21:50

I do it in the sink...

MrsFish · 27/06/2007 21:51

rinsing the mop that is, and I use that dettol stuff you spray directly on the floor and there is no need to rinse

Katy44 · 28/06/2007 08:52

Should i mop my floor?
I tend to wait until I've smashed / spilt something on it, that happens fairly regularly

Katy44 · 28/06/2007 08:52

I used to scrub it on my hands and knees with a cloth

Original poster
bohemianbint · 28/06/2007 12:32

I've started doing it maybe twice a week these days, as opposed to twice in 3 years before el bebe arrived. Only cos he spends so much time face down trying to lick it.

Upside is I suppose its shedloads cleaner than carpet...

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muppetgirl · 28/06/2007 14:45

Have to clean floor a lot these days with niological washing powder as pesky jack russell (Yes, he's still alive) like to wee just by my pull out unit.

muppetgirl · 28/06/2007 14:46

oh good god woman, b-i-o-l-o-g-i-c-a-l

muppetgirl · 28/06/2007 14:48

oh, and pesky jack russell had also chewed through the hover cable yesterday but didn't find till this morning when i went to use it.

Wht couldn't he have have chewed it whilst it was plugged into the electric socket and turned on!!!!!!

MrsFish · 28/06/2007 17:16

'hover' cable... is that a new appliance

muppetgirl · 28/06/2007 17:45

When i shove it up pesky jack russell's arse it will be!!

My new bog brush!

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