Now this is going to sound like a really really stupid question.

busiscoming2

I have ceramic tiles in my kitchen and laminate through to the front door/porch. I use soapy water made with stardrops and an absorbent cloth. I just wring it out and wipe the floor and kickplates etc. I just leave it to dry naturally.

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FairyPrincessk wrote: »

One key thing, which I suspect you know, is to avoid using those commercial surface sprays unless you rinse them away really well! They'll leave a sticky residue and the floor will be dirty again in moments.

Working my way through the replies...nope I didn't know this-perhaps this is where I've been going wrong as I always used commercial sprays.

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6mmglitterthing wrote: »

Great question to ask. I have just moved into my first flat and i unsure how to tackle my kitchen floor, and now I have the answers

I'm so glad it's been helpful-I was worried people would laugh at me.

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Thank you all-I'm going to try tomorrow with hot water either vinegar or stardrops and a bowl and a cloth-saves me having to buy a brush

marmiterulesok

A mop and bucket,hottish water,a splash of washing-up liquid and bleach.This is for the kitchen,bathroom and hallway,which are tiled.
I do it about once a week,and,living on my own,that seems reasonable.
In the past I have used these moist kitchen floor disposable cloths that fit onto a flat-headed mop.I stopped using these when I realized that,not only did they not actually clean that well,they also managed to 'lock' the dirt into the floor as a film.
A mob and bucket can be used many,many times,whereas these cloth things get chucked after one use,so ultimately a mop amd bucket costs less and is more eco-friendly.Another plus for me.

Eliza_2

My kitchen is quite big, with a sofa, table and chairs and other stuff that has to be moved or lifted so satisfying it is definitely not! Having moved stuff, I hoover then it's bowl of hot water, squirt of washing up liquid, squirt of bleach, hands and knees and an old teeshirt (really soft so great for the floor). Almost immediately it's done, the cat walks over it leaving prints but what the hell, at least it's reasonably clean and hygienic. There's only me and I do it every couple of weeks if I can be bothered or longer as life is too short. I watch that obsessive compulsive cleaners programme now and again, where they wash their floors several times a day. Goodness!

Unfortunately, some cracks have developed between the laminate planks, so I'm going to have to sort that soon, or it won't even be hygienic!

All those disposable cloths, sprays, steam mops etc etc are only products of greedy companies trying to get money out of us by appealing to our guilt. They don't really clean any better.

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Eliza wrote: »

All those disposable cloths, sprays, steam mops etc etc are only products of greedy companies trying to get money out of us by appealing to our guilt. They don't really clean any better.

I agree with you.

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One bucket of very hot water rubber gloves (that way the water can be really hot) small wooden handled scrubbing brush a good squirt of washing up liquid or soda crystals.Old cushion to kneel on, and away you go,and a couple of old cloths. I usually have the radio while I'm doing (multi-tasking :):))Start the furthest from the door I keep a clear clear small bowl with a clean cloth in for risning as I go along.One 3x3 square at a time wash with cloth then give a good scrub with the brush then ipe over with the cloth again to get any suds off then finish each square with a clean risned out cloth and leave to dry.moving backwards towards the door all the time I can do my kitchen in around 20 minutes.If I have to walk intot eh kitchen before its all dry I do what my late mum did and put down a few sheets of newspaper to walk on until its dry.I have been washing my floors this way for well over 55 years and it works for me.tried the mops but I was never happy that they left it deep clean enough.back in the 1950s when carpets were only in the 'front room' the rest of the house was lino, then Mum would clean and polish the lino with Mansion polish and the smell of buffed up lavender polish always reminds me of my late tiny Mum furiously whizzing around with an old cloth tied around the broom head buffing up the lino to her satisfactory gleaming standards.

Liz3yy

Our kitchen has carpet on the floor.....I hate it but we rent

We are moving next month to a house with a kitchen that has a Lino floor. I don't intend to buy a mop. Instead I'll be getting on my hands and knees to scrub it clean. I used to do that in my first home and found it oddly therapeutic

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Eliza wrote: »

All those disposable cloths, sprays, steam mops etc etc are only products of greedy companies trying to get money out of us by appealing to our guilt. They don't really clean any better.

I agree also. I have only ever cleaned my house with hot water, detergent and lots of elbow grease. Oh and a daily dose of bleach down the loo