what do you use to clean your kitchen floor?

Toodle

I do mine with a 2 microfibre cloths-1 wet, 1 dry, a bucket of hot water and a couple of caps of flash lemon. I've been doing this since last November as I moved into a house with laminate throughout and had a string mop that I just couldn't get on with. If I didn't have a toddler running around constantly as I did it I wouldn't bother with the dry cloth either as it dries quite quickly.

Last week, after a particularly 'bad' floor week (lots of people in and out) I went and spent a small fortune on a Vileda flat magic mop, after reading amazing things....pfft. It's awful, the only way to really get it dry enough not to leave puddles is to manually squeeze the end out whilst it's folded and it really doesn't get anything grottier than a slightly walked on floor clean. I'm back on my hands and knees and it comes out with a spray bottle for the odd incident between cleans.

beemuzed

I'm using a microfibre mop with two attachment heads - one dry to pick up the dust etc. , one for wet use. Have used only plain water on my hall floor with this - and it comes up clean (filthy mop head tho'!) every time. Just need to rinse out the mop head. Didn't really believe it would work with no cleaner - but it really does. The instructions said to use no chemicals - so I don't!!

juliettet

I too use the vileda triangle one but find with any mop I go round after on my hands & knees to do the edges and door inserts properly.

baby_fuzz

baby_fuzz wrote: »

I absolutely swear by my vileda mop. with the blue scrubby bit near the top of the mop!

found a piccie of it online - the blue scrubby bit helps if you are like me, and let the floor get a bit too grubby before mopping...

Britneyspears

bluebag wrote: »

I loathe housework and the thought of all that effort makes me feel ugh!
Hat's off to you for it though, I have a secret envy of people who enjoy housework.

My mum loves it all, buckets of bleach stuff, finds it relaxing:huh: She didn't pass that gene on sadly.

It doesn't take that long! my mum loves it all too and i find cleaning relaxing...yes i am a cleanaholic. You should try it

Britneyspears

I also suggest soda crystals for cleaning tiles in the kitchen and bathroom oh and the hob. Flash seems to leave a residue

zippychick

I've merged this with an existing thread on how people clean their floors

mop advice please may also help

Zip

ixia

i use cif floor cleaner. I like the smell and find it doesn't leave any streaks.

Citygirl1

Just wondering as for ages I've been using floor wipes, the mop bucket takes up space and the kitchen floor takes ages to dry when wet. I just push the wipes around with a mop. However, I now have had a new kitchen floor laid and want to keep it nice, somehow I feel the wipes don't give it a thorough clean, is there any way of easy cleaning without the dreaded mop bucket?

joannaspanner

hehe I use a mop and bucket!!!!!