What do you clean your floors with?

[FessaEst]

My whole downstairs is hard flooring of one type or another. I tend to sweep in to piles, hoover up the piles and then mop. I have a basic plastic broom and a basic squeezy sponge mop-thing. I don't ever feel like I get a good result. My mum swear by getting on your hands and knees with a cloth and bucket, but I really can't face that. Does anyone have a magic implement they can recommend?

I sweep then use those disposable floor wipes on the end of my Vileda mop. Well actually my cleaner does but you get the gist

I vacuum the floor - switch the thing at the end of the vac to do hard floors. Babywipe anything that should go up vac.

er that should be babywipe anything that shouldn't go up vac!

A Vileda dry mop thing then wet mop about once a month with Pledge Wood or in between spray with Mr Sheen wooden floor cleaner.

I use one of those long handled dustpans regularly, and then (not as often as I should) bucket of Flash and a floorcloth. Small spillages get wiped with a cloth between times.

I have a squeezy mop but rarely use it - it really doesn't do a good job.

I feel a starnge compulsion to go to a hardwear shop - think I may treat myself to a groovier mop !!

I was just wondering the same thing. I seem to be cleaning mad at the moment which is very unlike me and I'm not happy with my current floor cleaning system.

Your mums not wrong but you can't get proper vileda floor cloths anymore and it's murder on your knees.

I've got hard floor everywhere except the stairs and landing. I vacuum then use a light'n'easy steam mop from Lakeland. It dries really quickly and floors come up SO clean.

All the dirt goes on the microfibre pad and you just throw them in with the White wash.

E cloth mop is really good - you don't need cleaning fluid just rinse under hot tap as you go then bung in a hot wash when you've finished. I usually vacuum then give it a quick go over with the E cloth mop, because it is not a faff the floor gets cleaned most days, it takes minutes.

E Cloth mop

Your mums not wrong but you can't get proper vileda floor cloths anymore and it's murder on your knees.

I've got hard floor everywhere except the stairs and landing. I vacuum then use a light'n'easy steam mop from Lakeland. It dries really quickly and floors come up SO clean.

All the dirt goes on the microfibre pad and you just throw them in with the White wash.

Love both of those suggestions - quite temted by the steam idea but is £40 ridiculous for a mop? Would make me very happy!

All our downstairs is hard floors apart from one room. I usually use soda crystals with a bit of disinfectant and a normal mop and bucket although I am thinking of getting one of those sqeezy sponge type things. If no-one is around I just leave it to dry or if people are in, I dry it with an old terry towelling nappy square and push it around with my feet lol.