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.... floor cleaning!

How do you clean yours? Mine never feels properly clean, I use a vileda mop hot water and dettol, am I doing it wrong?

What do you use?

Not very well!

I usually vacuum mine when I do the carpets to pick up loose crumbs etc. But if I'm washing it, I do it with an Eco mop and water for a quick job, or with soapy water and a scrubbing brush if it needs a more thorough clean. I sometimes do a quick wipe with dilute zoflora, but DH complains that his shoes make a squeaky noise on the floor after this.

Probably not the most helpful answer!

What kind of flooring do you have?

Dettol is an antiseptic you probably need to add some sort of floor wash, when using mop and bucket I tend to use a squirt of flash and either squirt of bleach or zoflora (prefer the smell to Dettol. In between I will just use a damp microfibre pad. I have dogs and do kitchen floor most days.

Bio washing powder and hot water.

Our local chemist always smells amazing and I asked one of the staff what she was using as I went in one day as she was doing the floors.
She said fairy washing up liquid, dettol and bleach but I've always believed in only using one chemical as they can interact quite dangerously, esp bleach.

I tend to use Zoflora and an eye drop of washing up liquid but do always have dettol in the house if I fancy a change.

Floor cleaner and disinfectant with hot water. Mop and bucket.

I sweep mine, then wash with water with stardrops in it with a mop.
Just dettol in water will not clean it properly.

Husband!

Don't know what he does or how he does it, I just come home to a clean floor every Monday

I Hoover and give a quick mop with boiling water and zoflora most mornings

Vinegar, boiling hot water and a small amount of floor cleaning product and a mop.

Vacuum first, then Stem mop with a titch of zoflora.

Hoover then steam mop with detergent (currently zoflora winter spice)

I’m using winter spice too! Cleaner came today. Floors are sparkling and house smells like a cookie/gingerbread house

Are spray mops any good? Or should I invest in a steam mop? X

Those with Steam Mops - any recommendations for brand / type?

What matters is the mop is clean.you need some detergent as well and clean properly

I have a hotpoint steam mop that I bought in the sales last year. It’s good! £79 I think.

The thing I like about the steam mop if that I can take pad off and sling it in the machine every time I clean the floor.

We've got a steam mop that hoovers at the same time. Its a Vax I think. Has saved loads of time and stopped me pushing damp piles of dust into the corners of the room all the time!

Got my spray mop today and I'm in love.

Quick vacuum with the Dyson cordless and the quick mop. All done within 10 minutes!

I vacuum, then use an e-cloth mop plus Method wooden floor cleaner. I’m wondering if I’m missing something by not using boiling hot water though?

I would think that the dettol is your issue.

Dettol is a good disinfectant but really only suitable for disinfecting clean areas. You need something with a surfactant (bubbles) to break down the dirt first. Even fairy liquid in water would be good (a small drop). Most importantly give your mop a sniff before you start. It it smells, bleach the buggery out of it 😁

Also, make to change the water when it gets dirty. At least a new bucket for each room. Otherwise you are just slopping dirty water around the house

Some amazing tips in here from everybody. Thank you!

Do you put the zoflora in the steam mop?

Would really not recommend using anything other than water in a steam mop (unless it's specifically designed for it).
I wrecked my first steam mop using a squirt or two of Flash detergent every time. It clogged up the tubes eventually and stopped the steam coming through.