what do you use to clean your kitchen floor?

Corelli

I'm a proper cleaning lady I use one of those big flat mops like the vileda ones but the wilko own brand in combination with a couple of floor clothes and something in a bottle - diluted floor cleaner, mr muscle, whatever

Squirt on the floor then lay the floor cloth out flat and put the mop on top to push it around, foot on it to give more ooomph on grubby bits.

Then buff with the fluffy pad that's on the mop. Move onto next bit of floor, clean with floor cloth and buff with the pad fixed to the mop. Etc.

I do sometimes use a mop and bucket if that is what the client wants but on many surfaces they do seem to leave a fair few streaks, so I tend to bring my own equipment.

When the floor cloth starts to look dirty use another one then wash everything at 60 degrees.

Talking about floors 'n stuff .... I bet the sales people never give a true picture of what maintenance is like particularly on kitchen and bathroom surfaces. I had a client with black matt granite work surfaces that showed every pass of a cloth until I got the right technique, and those glossy laminate cabinet doors that show every fingerprint and splash mark. He never dreamt how hard it would be to keep them looking nice.

C_Mababejive

Eliza wrote: »

Another vote for hands and knees and an old teeshirt or whatever. You can't rub with a mop. Don't do it that often though, but it does get it clean.

A good solution is to use the kind of nylon hand brush that you might clip on the end of a garden hose for car washing.

elgar_2

Yep I too go down on hands and knees, with bowl of water beside me and a cloth (dont normally need anything else, small floor space, small flat!! do both bathroom & kichen like this) did have mop and bucket at one point but it was nightmare to store and keep mop head clean and dry it off (cause o small flat as mentioned before!)

peachyprice

lostinrates wrote: »

I am using up stardrops, which i have decided i do not like, so sometimes that, but i am afraid i really do like flash liquid.

I'm glad you said that! i thought I was the only one who didn't like the stuff. Yes, it makes the taps nice and shiny but is just doesn't smell clean, at all, in fact quite the opposite, it leaves quite a 'grubby' smell and a kind of soapy film on the floor.

So Flash it is for me too, I do like the febreze varieties, but only if it's on offer, otherwise it's the bog standard one. leave everthing smelling fresh with no slimy film.

Oh, I use a mop and bucket too, although I'm quite fussy about my mop it has too be this type, it picks up all the dirt really easily and doesn't leave the floor wet http://www.johnlewis.com/231432775/Product.aspx

zippychick

ive merged this with an older thread discussing how people clean their kitchen floor

This thread may also help

Cleaning kitchen/bathroom floor tiles

Zip

HelenYorkshire

I've skipped to the end of the thread so forgive me if I've missed something.
But my kitchen floor seems to be a very porous lino, which never quite gets clean from muddy dog paws and boots. I have a mop n bucket, and have tried stardrops, washing up liquid, dr bronners, white vinegar, cillit bang powder......
But the muck seems to stay in the texture of the lino, even on hands-a-knees with a cloth??