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How do you clean your floors??

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Hshhshsh · 30/08/2022 22:12

Exasperated...just been on my hands and knees scrubbing textured flooring with a scrubbing brush using flash floor cleaner. Changed the water during the clean and moped it up with a towel after.
Used a baby wipe to test how clean it was after and it was still dirty!
Where am I going wrong?? Any tips greatly appreciated.

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LadyWithLapdog · 30/08/2022 22:24

How often do you do it? I clean them every 2, max 3 weeks and they are manageable.

GlamGiraffe · 30/08/2022 22:29

Sweep daily, hoover and wash with a mop with boiling water containing washing up liquid and a bit of beach.. I do it at least twice a week bit if I can see anything on it I wash it immediately. I then polish the wooden floors with method wood polish. (Obviously not the tiles and stone). It's very quick even though it's a large area. Using boiling water also means it dries very very fast.

Cynderella · 30/08/2022 22:30

I try and mop quickly every day or two downstairs. Once a week in bathroom. I use bio washing powder in hot water if they've been left.

GetOffTheTableMabel · 30/08/2022 22:37

www.vax.co.uk/onepwr-glide-hard-floor-cleaner

Bought this at the start of lockdown. We have a lot of tiled floor and quite a bit of hardwood flooring. It vacuums at the same time as washing and sucking the dirty water back in. I find it so quick and easy to do the floors now. It used to be my least favourite job.
I use the Vax branded floor cleaner in it and, if I’m doing the wood floors, I squirt them with the Method Wood Floor cleaner stuff too.

SirCharlesRainier · 30/08/2022 22:42

Well, if you can't tell that it's dirty without using a baby wipe, then it's clean enough... right?! (Misses point.)

inappropriateraspberry · 30/08/2022 22:44

Bissell Crosswave. Does our heavily textured LVT really well, and so easy! Vacuums and cleans all in one go.

YelloCar · 30/08/2022 22:50

Do you wear shoes inside the house? Have pets?

Hshhshsh · 30/08/2022 22:56

We have a crawling baby who keeps getting dirty knees!

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Hshhshsh · 30/08/2022 22:57

No but we have a dog and live in an old style terraced house where the front door opens into the dining room!

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Hshhshsh · 30/08/2022 22:58

Thanks everyone for the tips, I'll definitely look into the vacuum/mop combi machines too!

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YelloCar · 31/08/2022 12:25

Hshhshsh · 30/08/2022 22:57

No but we have a dog and live in an old style terraced house where the front door opens into the dining room!

I have a similar set up, it’s a nightmare to keep the floors clean. Things that I’ve found work (you probably do some/all of them already but sharing in case it helps):
Two door mats (a substantial one outside and a washable one inside - wash the inside one regularly).
Shoes off.
Wipe/wash the dogs paws if it’s been a muddy walk (in winter this is a lot but it does help - have you tried those paw washer things?)
Clean just the floor of that small section of the house more regularly than everywhere else.

YelloCar · 31/08/2022 12:27

Or alternatively: robot mop! They used to be a bit shit but might be ok now? You could have it just in that room and time it to go off every day. But I might be living in dream world a bit with that idea...

SheWoreYellow · 31/08/2022 12:28

Cheap steam mop. Socks seem to stay white 🤣

whiteonesugar · 31/08/2022 21:46

another vote for bissel crosswave. life changing.

Annabananna1 · 31/08/2022 21:50

With a crawling baby might be worth doing it once or twice a week. But just a mop should do it, I rarely get on my hands and knees and scrub. I have a hallway runner because I found just the doormat wasn't collecting all the bits when people walk through in shoes, I Hoover it frequently.

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