Cleaning laminate flooring???

lynzpower

i bought one of these not so long ago

http://www.qed-uk.com/q?i=155e0i0sIkGW&vp=5&bg=043&bp=vacnmopx&bi=0

Its not bad at all, really gets the dust up, and goes so close to the skirting, Im quite impressed with it. Although there is a wet setting which Im not convinved by. I did ask about this on here, someone said dont bother as the refills of the cloths & solution is expensive. Bt I use a microfibre cloth and of course stardrops in the wet setting instead for moneysaving. It works just as well. But really in terms of cleaning it ( as opposed to getting the dust up) nothing is better than hands & knees

God knows Ive tried!

steb_2

Hiya,

I have laminate floor in my home and have tried lots of diferent ways of cleaning it so was interested to read this thread but what is stardrops?

Please could someone let me know :T .

Thanks

lynzpower

http://www.thorntonross.com/household/stardrops.html

RacyRed

I'm currently using a JML supermop pro for cleaning my laminate floors, it really minimises the amount of liquid used (warm water with a squirt of stardrops). But you can see where it has been in the form of light catching lines that I usually end up rubbing away with microfibre.

What works best for me though is the 3 microfibre cloth system (wash + dry + polish). even though its a hands and knees job it just seems to be less effort and a lot faster than the mop. And the results are great, of course.

I use a long handled dry floor duster things in between times, It is a sort of rastafarian jobbie which picks up dust very effectively. Great when all I have time for is a really quick whizz round.

gravitytolls

Racyred, that's the very one I use too. It squeezes almost dry, so removes marks efficiently, but doesn't leave floors wet or slippery.

teapot_3

Thanks everyone for your useful replys, I have purchased a microfibre mob now and I will try out the Stardrops as recommended

SkintMonkey

Is there a cheap and effective way (thing to buy) to clean our laminate floor? It's got quite dull and smudgy and want to revive it (but not expecting miracles!).

Thanks.

Benson

Id love to know this too, ive tried everything from Mr Muscle floor cleaner you dilute in water - leaves streaks all over when it dries, to the sprays that you spray and then mop off, the laminate floor wipes - cleans the 1st Sq M and then is dried out so therefore using loads of wipes and the "specialist" expensive floor liquids that come with the flooring which is just as bad.

Whatever I use i usually get on my hands and knees and have to buff afterwards, not ideal when youre 8 months pregnant and have a vast area to buff (which then gets walked over by muddy dogs pretty soon after:mad: )

Gingham_Ribbon

I've merged this to an older thread to keep the answers together. It had exactly the same title!:j

tawnyowls

cathy wrote:

I saw that mop in liddl and it looked good

I wouldn't recommend it. The actual pad is brilliant - absolutely no complaints there - but the mop doesn't squeeze it. If you fold the base of the mop (the bit that the pad fits onto - there's a button on it that releases about a third of the base so it flops down to make it easier to put the pad on), the pad just falls off! The only way to wring the pad is to take it and wring it like a cloth. Definitely worth looking out for one that can wring the pad out too. Also, watch the size - I had to buy a special bucket, which upped the price quite a bit.

Don't know what the Aldi one is like, but it would be worth checking the size and 'wringability' if you decided to buy any of them.