Cleaning laminate flooring???

tanith

I clean mine with a well squeezed mop , warm water and squidge of either floor cleaner or when I run out I use washing up liqued.. been doing that for a long time and my floor looks fine still . Just make sure you squeeze the mop out well... and don't soak the floor

jaytheman

Surface wipes such as Flash are great. You can get some that smells of lemons too.

Sunnyday

I`m another that uses a well squeezed out mop, i`ve been using this for 6 years in this house and it works a treat, the laminate in the old house was down for about 10 years before we moved and still looked as good as the day it was laid.

If i get the odd doggy paw print i have a spray bottle filled with water under the sink and i give it a squirt and run over it with a dry swisher type thing. This is a handle and a flat plastic head that takes a cloth type cover and afterwards the cover can be thrown in the washing machine. I think that i got this from Morrissons years ago and i`m sure that they still sell them as i`ve seen the blue and white spare covers for sale recently.

HTH

SD

jascrawf

I also used a squeezed out mop. If the mop is squeezed enough, it won't leave water marks or smear - if this happens, the mop is too wet. I also find it best to mop lengthways along the planks instead of across 10 joins, it leaves my floor looking lovely and clean. Wipes are good too but I have a large area of laminate and it would take too long as I can't bend very well.

Amber_Babies

I use diluted bleach. I couldnt tell you ratios though. Just a squirt of bleach to a bucket of water! Clean with a mop.

pinkmami

baby wipes here too!

sweet_baby_cakes

hi i have just had a dark laminate flooring put in my living room just woundered if anyone had any tips on keeping it clean (dust free sreke free) ect ect

thanks SBC x

BitterAndTwisted

What do the manufacturers have to say about it?

The only thing I know of to keep a wood/tile/laminate floor dust-free is to either not ever enter the room it's in or exercise constant vigilance. There are no short-cuts to getting rid of or preventing dust. Unfortunately.

For streaking, I'd be minded to not use too much detergent in your bucket so you won't have to give it a rinse off. I could be making this up but I think some posters have used Stardrops with good results. Every home-maker should have Stardrops in their cleaning-arsenal in any case, as you won't need a hundred different one-purpose-only-rip-off products so just pop out and buy some now and get it over with.

Nickitree30

I found a recipe through Pinterest but I have to be honest I haven't tried it yet. It came originally from a blog called Natures nurture.

http://http://naturesnurtureblog.com/2012/04/19/homemade-floor-all-purpose-cleaner/[/URL]
Not certain where to get rubbing alcohol, I would imagine online though, hth.

Pink.

These threads should give you some ideas:

Cleaning laminate flooring???

Dull laminate floors

Laminate floors & dust

I'll merge this thread with the first link later to keep the suggestions together.

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