Don't sigh in exasperation, or think I'm a slattern. But how do you clean

[Sibling4]

wooden floors?

New house has floorboards. I'm used to carpet

If I mop I seem to just be Sploshing grubby water about. Do I have to get down on my knees? And then what, wet a bit, then dry? That seems very labour intensive

Is there something I'm missing? There must ve an easy way

Get a decent mop and bucket with a squeeze thing on. Vileda have some whizzy ones.
Use a floor cleaning liquid in a BIG bucket of warm water and squeeze your mop out well and you should just have to go over the floor to clean and leave to dry. Don't use a dripping mop, there's no need for it to be awash.

Hth.

Mine are laminate rather than wood, but I skoosh cleaner on then mop it up...

Hoover first then mop with damp, not soaking wet, mop.

I have one of these

Bit pricey, but really good.

Squirt on this

Mop with this.

Occasionally use this for extra gleam/protection.

Squeegee mop and proper wood floor cleaner. And don't overdo the water. Or the shiny stuff (can get slippery).

If they're v dirty and you don't want to be mopping with dirty water then you can use a double bucket (squeeze out excess dirty water into one side of the bucket and then dunk the mop into the side with the cleaning solution).

I use a steam mop, but only once in a blue moon as I hoover 2 or 3 times a week, and most of the floors have large rugs on them.

Right. So I need to chuck £ at this. Always the way

I need a good mop and sone cleaner stuff. Think I'll gave to draw the line at the £65 bucket ()

That is the mop too :)

I have tried cheaper ones but this one is really good. It has a large head so you clean large areas really fast.

double bucket is a must - otherwise you're just pushing dirty water around

Beebread your stuff looks good. Do you use that mop wet? And rinse it while mopping? Or just a quick once over after squirting the stuff?

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Wrong thread

But I'm sure of great interest to people in need of clean floors...

my double bucket was £4.99 at our local garden centre if that helps

Hi Sibling

You use the mop dry, just squirt the stuff onto the floor as you go, and then push it around. It takes a little bit of elbow grease but brings up a lovely shine and because it isn't sopping wet it doesn't take very long to dry. No need to rinse.

The Method almond floor stuff smells divine.

when you say "floorboards" do you mean original, old, square-edged boards about four inches wide?

or do you mean a modern laminate or "real wood" overlay?

how old is the house?

if boards, are they varnished or what?

why are they dirty? do people take their shoes off?

Thanks all, especially suzikettles

Piglet, they're original floorboards, house is 1920s. Theyre sanded and osmo polyx oiled

In obe room they are filthy, door opens straight onto garden and kids / dogs traipse in and out all day

My plan is to scrub off worst of mud, then dry, then hoover then use the method stuff

And then clean more often so they don't end up like this again

Whoops, I've inadvertently sock puppeted myself

big mats (rubber one outside that you can hose, fibre one inside) and washable rugs will help.

you don't want to get the floor literally wet if you can help it. Dry sweeping will get a lot up, then a damp mop. Vacs are not especially good at garden mud and leaves.

scrubbing will wear away the oil, but you can re-apply it. Once the oil protection is gone, the timber will get stained with dirt

Turtlemats are great at sucking up mud by traipser-inners...

I have friends who swear by the ENJO floor cleaning system. A bit £££ though.

If you're mopping use boiling or very hot water-dries more quickly.

I have wooden floors everywhere and a hot microfiber mop, not too much water followed by an old bath towel dries and cleans. I walk the towel around the room. Towel picks up the dirt and shines the floor. Its cheap and easy! The dirt grabber mats also work wonders for small people and dogs.

Doesn't hot water spread grease around? I thought microfibres worked better with cold water. Could be wrong.

Never even occured to me to use cold water for a mop...i've googled it and its split ...i do hot mop, i think it loosens the dirt.
it does pick up the dirt very well as i wash the head as i go. I think its the towel that is the most effective pArt as it stops the wood staying wet and it shines the floor.
Been cleaning a lot of floor for a good few years with filthy children and dogs. it is the quickest way i have found, plus mop head and towel get bunged in machine...easy life.