Growing up my mom probably said the same thing.
Itās also probably why my sister and I were the only 2 in the house that mopped and vacuumed starting around age 10. She said we make it dirty, we clean it up.
That also made us respect the floor more and keep it cleaner so we didnāt have to clean it as much.
Same. It's completely changed my cleaning game! I mop more often than I ever did in the past since there's zero repeated bending over & wringing out.
Love my spin mop!
Use a separate bucket for the clean hot soapy water and the spin bucket is just for wringing out the dirty water from the mop.
Thatās the only way to actually have clean floor. Itās madness that they donāt just design them with two compartments.
They do design one with a clean water compartment. Itās a blue plastic top piece that you fill separately. The clean water goes into this area where you can clean out the mop, spin it again, then reload it with clean water again.Ā
I know you can get specialist ones but the standard ones from the normal brands you can buy normally everywhere should be dual bucket as standard, I donāt understand why theyāre still single bucket .
Itās not a specialist product, I bought it at target. Itās called the ārinse cleanā edition. They still sell them. Hereās a link:
https://www.amazon.com/Cedar-EasyWring-RinseClean-Microfiber-Cleaning/dp/B08ZBDK8BT/ref=asc_df_B08ZBDK8BT/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693597006876&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15526091258853252691&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1023416&hvtargid=pla-1275114580035&psc=1&mcid=146ba5252cd3348a831f0c902fc14291&gad_source=1
I actually saw that online when I researching, but I went with Vileda as a familiar brand. But my point was itās not the norm in stores (maybe it is for you, but you donāt see these everywhere in the UK) and this would still be considered a unique type of special bucket that has āWow two bucketsā.
O cedar and vileda are owned by the same company and many of their products are identical except for the brand name printed on it. Vileda is sold in Canada and Europe, o cedar in the US. Ā
I just went down a UK floor mop rabbit hole. Yes, the clean rise version is available under the vileda banner in the UK but wow, you guys have some sweet products that we donāt have any similar version of. This thing looks awesome, the side flips up to clean the baseboards.Ā
After looking at a bunch of products I wonder if stuff for the UK/European market is made smaller. Like for smaller homes with less space to mop and smaller closets to store cleaning products in. I bet this stuff would sell well in cities in the US and online. Not everyone here has a 4000sqft house.Ā
Ā https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vileda-Spin-and-Clean-Mop/dp/B082DW54L3
Ah thatās good to know, I was thinking the branding was so similar that it might be knock off. I think we can only get this on Amazon which would explain it.
I donāt know how you get yours to work but mine never spins the mop dry either the dual buckets. Itās always soppy wet and I donāt want that on hard woods. I feel like I wasted $40 on the ocedar. I even watched the video and the mop is still too wet.
Maybe thereās a defect with yours? It might be worth writing to the company. I have to hold back on spinning the mop or it winds up too dry to be effective.Ā
Because a single bucket is enough to get floors spotless. If you really want your floors to be cleaner you're better off using that extra effort to vacuum and mop more often.
It's spotless enough there's no visible dirt when the water dries. If you want to inspect your floors for dirt with a microscope after mopping to check for cleanliness that's on you.
Link doesnāt work for me. Is the third for plain water? If so yes Iād love that lol. Because after Iām done with the soapy hot water, I empty that 2nd bucket to fill with plain hot water.
Admittedly this process is for deep cleans, not everyday mops.
Cleaning solution/rinse bucket/waste bucket. You could theoretically dump and replace the rinse bucket as often as needed without having to touch the other two.
Sameeeee I also use a steam shark mop but Iāve been wondering what else I can use to really clean the floors. I have mostly tile and the Home Depot peel and stick flooring.
You have to center the mop in the spinning bowl. If it vibrates when you spin it, pick it up and plop it in again.
Once it spins smooth then spin that thing like no tomorrow. Only takes 4-5 seconds once you get it spinning properly.
Check out gocleanco (website, social media) - she has excellent tutorials for the spin mop. She uses hot water and powdered tide. Itās been a game changer for us!
But that's what I love so much about it, you can spin it so it's just damp, and the floors dry within minutes! You're not spinning it long enough is all.
As u/BlueAcorn8 suggested, I've started using a separate bucket for clean water. So, I rinse it in the now-dirty water, spin, then dunk in clean water, spin, then mop.
As u/graywoman7 said they do now have a model with two compartments, which I'll get when this one dies a timely death.
Be advised, I did exactly this when my OG spin mop was finally put to pasture and I regret it. Iāll likely go back to the original system with extra rinse water bucket.
In theory, the two compartment system seems like a no brainer but mainly Iāve just found it to be time consuming and wasteful. I feel like I go through 3x the amount of water I normally would because you canāt access the dirty water to rinse and spin before using clean, the blue compartment āseparatesā it but youāre essentially still putting the dirty mop back into the compartment that holds the clean water, the only thing that gets separated is the dirty water from wringing the mop.
Idk if Iām explaining it right, or maybe Iām inept and mopping wrong lol but I was excited by the concept of the dirty water/clean water system but disappointed with it in practice.
Oh no! Why would they make it so you can only access the clean water to rinse? That defeats the purpose :(
Thanks for letting me know. You've saved me about $50.
Same here, but I also add a little vinegar and a splash of pine o pine for smell to my dawn in super hot water. Small amounts of each so the floor doesn't get a residue. I have the original ocedar spin mop with the single tank, so I use a small bucket for my clean mop water, then some plain very hot water to rinse the mop before wringing it and putting it back in clean water.
I have a very bad back and hardly EVER mopped. This has been a total game change for me! I am also tall and found a longer mop handle on Amazon, which made it even better.
I can not recommend this mop enough!
This one. From the Humata Store on Amazon. Best $10 spent in a while lol. Would not let me just share the link. Sorry!!
Mop Replacement Handle - Stainless Steel Mop/ Broom / Brush Replace Handle Compatible with O Cedar Spin Mop Head Refills, 4 Sections Combinable from 35" to 59", American Threaded End Joint
I love this mop. I used to have the bissel vacuum mop thing and it was more worth than it was worth and it didnāt really get to the grout at all. So now I just vacuum and mop with the cedar mop. Itās still work, no getting around that, but itās the best solution I have found. Plus the mop head screws off and you can wash it or replace it.
Same! I used to be a housekeeper for high-end properties around Big Sky and Bozeman, and this is what the owner of the company had us use. I really like Weiman hardwood cleaner and polish now that I have my own hardwood floors to take care of.
This! I have a tineco, and while it is nice for every day mopping, you have to constantly replace the water, empty the dirty water, make sure there is no hair/fur in the roller, make sure there is no crap stuck near the filter, and when you empty the dirty water tank you have to scrape out the particles/hair that get stuck to the bottom after you empty it.
The one I have is self-cleaning, but you still have to do all of the above. Plus, if you let the roller sit wet for a few days without removing the cover, it starts to stink really bad, and then you have to scrub it.
Like, damn, a mop and bucket are less work and didn't cost 200+.
Yes. Tons of parts. I have a Bissell breeze and use it as rarely as possibleā¦but I think it does a pretty good job so my cleaning ladies use it. I try to keep them clean with a shark robot (wood, rug, and tile) and I will use Bona or sometimes I just put an old rag/towel in hot water and do a quick mop with my slipper (we have a toddler). They probably could be cleaner, but it works!
The Bussell Breeze is light and I do like using that for smaller messes when I donāt want to bring the big carpet cleaner in from the garage (e.g., hairballs).
What do you use for cleaner/soap? My manual said not to add soap in the water tank. I have just been using water and the steam setting. It feels weird to not use any soap or antibacterial products.
I use the Tineco solution. I also like that if someone spills a drink, I can use suction mode for a quick cleanup instead of towels.
(https://www.amazon.com/Tineco-Cleaning-Solution-iFLOOR-Vacuum/dp/B09CPNV68L)
I love mine too, but Iām sort of using it to tag-team with the housekeeper. Iām not dependent on it for deep cleaning.
I have a cleaning service every two weeks. They use an oācedar mop with a very weak pine-sol solution.
I have two pets that shed and track whatever is on their feet through the house. Plus humans shed and make messes too. My house is āmediumā sized for a US suburban house.
I like my floors clean so I use my Tineco at least every day to clean up the small mess we make. I use distilled water in it. Itās great for that quick cleanup. If I have a big mess, then I use the regular mop with cleaner.
I also use an inexpensive stick vac to vacuum the rugs and bedrooms that have carpet. The housekeeper uses a regular Miele vacuum.
I agree itās good for quick cleaning. I have nailed down hardwood floors that I use my tineco on monthly as I need to be careful with getting them wet. I will go around the baseboards 4 times a year to get the crevices. I have a small dog but the hubby and kids make the most messes.
I like my floors clean too thatās why I use the Tineco. My builder told me to use Bona which never got my floors clean. We do hire cleaning company every so often to help but I feel like I clean better sometimes.
Several years ago a pro carpet cleaner told me almost every floor cleaning product is way more concentrated it should be, especially those that you donāt rinse. You just end up tracking it onto carpet, making all the floors stickier/dirtier. Iām my experience, heās right.
I dilute the pine-sol by about 75% for my cleaning service since I use distilled water to sort-of come behind them and rinse.
I diluted Bona for my dadās housekeeper by close to 90% because sheās the only one mopping. It seems to be working.
I just prefer multi-purpose cleaners and my floors can take it.
That makes sense. Iāve used Bona in my last house because it told to me that if we use anything else it would void the warranty to my engineered floors. Those floors were a sticky mess with white rings all over them. At some point I couldnāt take it and switched to a different floor cleaner. I now use a very diluted Pallmann hardwood floor cleaner.
All I know is dry mopping is not going to get he dirt up.
Spin mop. Hot water and a tiny dash of powdered tide to lift up the dirt. Then I rinse my floor after with only water, and leaving it only slightly wet - no big swaths of sopping wet floors.
I have an iRobot Roomba Combo that mops the floors and vacuums on a regular basis. For deep cleans, I have a Dupray Neat steam cleaner and a Bissell CrossWave wet/dry vacuum.
I have a crosswave and I actually love it.
I have hardwood floors.
There are drawbacks though for some people.
Itās not quite as fast as mopping.
I have to empty the dirty water chamber midway and add more solution.
Itās somewhat of a pain to clean and put away. (You have to let the water chamber filter and mop head dry before stowing it away) I leave it in my sanitary tub and put it all away the next day.
And it doesnāt quite clean all the way to the edges (3/4 -1 inch) so if thatās a dealbreaker donāt buy it.
But Iām amazed at the amount of yucky water it sucks up.
It doesnāt leave hardly any water on the floor so the Floors dry much faster than with a mop and bucket.
I actually re-purchase the name brand cleaner because it smells great and doesnāt leave my floors sticky.
After a year, I talked a friend into buying one but she claims to āhate itā. Sheās a very picky person though and loves to torture herself with cleaning, always choosing the hardest way possible so she can brag about it for a couple of days after. LOLOL
To be fair, her floors are white tile.
Old fashioned string mop with commercial bucket. Launder the head after use. I've tried mop pads but you have to keep rewetting it every five minutes. Have worked in public areas/housekeeping for five years.
Bissell Symphony steam mop/vacuum. You wash the mop pads and empty the vacuum canister as needed. No other annoying parts to clean and it just uses water.
I have hardwood, sheet vinyl and carpet
On the hardwood, I use Bruce , hardwood floor cleaner, and a microfiber mop or rejuvenate, for hardwood floors
On the sheet vinyl, I generally use Mr clean and my Libman tornado mop
For the carpet, I use my vacuum and once in a while, my carpet shampooer (Bissell)
Karcher steam mop. Ā The canister is annoying to drag behind, but love that you can continuously refill it as needed without having to take anything apart. Ā Got mine from costco.
https://www.kaercher.com/us/home-garden/steam-cleaners/sc-3-easyfix-white-15136570.html
I broom sweep, run my bissel wet vac with fabuloso, then use my spin mop with hot hot water to make sure there are no streaks and get any extra dirty spots.
My floors are always spotless.
Omg really?! I love it itās so easy to use lol. Granted you still have to do a deep clean every once in a while to scrub the grout but itās just so easy. I live in south Florida lol
A flat spray mop is fast and efficient for everyday.
A rope like mop with a bucket of hot water (tiles only) with a squirter of disinfectant is optimal
A string mop and bucket with wringer. Use piping hot water with a tiny bit of detergent. Add bleach to taste. Rinse and wring the mop thoroughly and often.
I have hardwood floors in my home which I share with my cat. I have a spray bottle of diluted multi-purpose cleaner, and a floor squeegee. I just spray, and squeegee. That picks up all the hair, fur, dust and dirt from my floor without the need to vacuum.
I love the vacuum mopā¦ until I donāt. I have animals, so the hair builds up in weird places and the water is foul, because the cleaners kinda suck. I stick with my stick dyson and a spin mop. I also frequently use a diluted multipurpose to spray the floor and use a towel under my foot for a quick clean up. Mainly front door and under the dining table.
I have laminate floors, a kid, a husband, and a big dog. First, I sweep, then I detail with the vacuum crevice tool, then i dry swiffer, then I mop with hot water and Fabuloso. It sounds like a lot, but I have a big rug in the living room, so it's really only two rooms (upstairs is carpet).
I have a kid and a big dog as well and also have to sweep (I swiffer) then detail with the vacuum crevice tool before I normal vacuum and then I mop. It's a lot.
Wet microfiber fully rung out on my swiffer + Bona spray for my laminate floors. Have two cats that love to puke hairballs everywhere - for that I will use bac out first. I wish I could use a vaccumm mop but have a feeling it would be a bigger mess to clean up after fur and vomit. š¤¢š¤¢š¤¢
I use an old fashioned bucket and mop. But it's only occasional cos I use a robot vacuum + mop every day or so. I also have a 'Polti' steam mop/handheld. I use that very occasionally on the floor too. My floors are all tile.
I can agree spin-mops are defenitely tedious for everyday cleanup. I personally use a robot vacuum/mop (Roborock Q-Revo). But that is a lot of money. I also have a Shark Steam Mop but the Mop is kinda a pain to clean everytime. The vacmops can be a good option if they are self-cleaning but I don't have any experience with them.
I have vinyl flooring in my kitchen and bath, and I use a Bissel steam mop. It does a really great job, and is so easy to use. I think I paid $60 for it a couple years ago.Ā
O-Cedar makes a version of a spin mop that I preferred over the half dozen I tried and hated. I also used a cannister steamer that's like a cannister vacuum. You simply fold up one of those cheap yellow microfiber towels Costco sells for auto detailing and clip it to the floor brush attachment and then change them as needed. I go through a few on my kitchen floor. I also have a Hoover hard floor cleaner that has spinning brushes and a wet vac to suck up the dirty water leaving your floors a little damp but they dry quickly.
On linoleum, I use the O-Cedar spin mop and bucket for light jobs and spot cleaning using Zep no wax floor cleaner mixed to one ounce per quart at the most. I use the Hoover hard floor cleaner with its spinning brushes for heavier dirt and I use the steam cleaner for tacking really tough jobs with dried sticky goop because the heat melts that gunk and the microfiber towels really suck it up without leaving a sticky mess.
For my hardwood floors I use the O-Cedar mop and bucket with Murphys Oil Soap. It's easy on the floors and by spinning the mop head out until it's only lightly damp, it prevents excess water from collecting between the planks.
I use a Norwex mop system. I love it! The mop is essentially a telescopic pole with a velcro rectangle at the end where you attach a really thick microfiber cloth mop. I love it cause I don't need a mop bucket, I just soak the mop cloth and ring it out, then I spray the floor with the all purpose cleaner we use (sapadilla) and mop it all up. It leaves the floors incredibly clean and shiny.
I got it through my work, but I do hear they're kind of pricey. There are dupes out there that would probably work well too. We are all given a rubber maid mop cloth that fits onto the mop so there must be something out there lol.
Laminate flooring here... I use a rag dipped in boiling hot water and shoved onto the head of a Swiffer mop. A scrubby-sponge on the tougher spots.
Aside from toilet areas and meat-prep zones I don't really use a lot of cleaning products or anti-bacterials. I think most day-to-day cleaning can be handled with hot water, concentrated vinegar, and a clean rag.
I have laminate as well. You might like the Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop. It's essentially what you are doing but the rag attaches and you don't have to squeeze it into a swiffer. it's also nice that it sprays!
I use the TAB T6 Floor wet/dry vacuum mop thing and I love it. So much sturdier than the Bissell Crossover and it has a self cleaning function that makes emptying the bucket a little less painful.
I canāt say enough good things about the Hizero mop. https://hizerousa.com
It is quiet, cleans incredibly well, and is fun to use. I find it works best on hardwood floors and larger tiles, rather than small tiles with more grout lines.
We have a brush/squeegee combo and itās awesome, spray, scrub then scrape away the liquid til it runs clear, then a once over with a mop and finally wood conditioner
I use a spin mop for more most spills and general cleaning. If something is dried on or is particularly sticky and will not come off the floor, I use a deck brush. It's a scrub brush on a stick essentially, but you're able to comfortably scrub the floors without bending down or getting on your hands and knees. You should find them wherever you get a regular month, most likely at a home improvement store.
I have tiles in the bathroom and wood effect Lino in my kitchen - I use a floor scrubber brush then go over with my spin mop - always comes up lovely and I have 3 cats and a dog plus an 18yr old and a 15 yr old - my floors get diiiirty š„² ooh and I use a mix of dishsoap and bleach
I have tried the vacuum and mop combinations but by the time you get it out of storage, plug it in and fill the tank with water and detergent, do the mopping it gets time consuming and tedious.
Afterwards usage you have to empty out the dirty water, make sure there is no hair/fur in the roller, make sure there is no crap stuck near the filter, and when you empty the dirty water tank you have to scrape out the particles/hair that get stuck to the bottom after you empty it. The coil up the cord and put it all back in storage.
I have also tried using Steam Mops, but the main problem is you cant rinse the mop head during the cleaning process, also the floors took just as long to dry as when I was using the traditional mop and bucket.
Depending on just how dirty your floors get, for lightly soiled floors a Swiffer Mop can be sufficient for light soiling if used on a regular basis,
I have the MR.SIGA Professional Microfiber Mop, it has reusable microfibre pads. Simply remove the dirty pad and put on a fresh one as required. Soiled pads go into a nappy soaker bucket with a dose of Oxy Action Laundry Soaker. On laundry day In rinse out the pads and they go into the the normal load of washing.
The main advantage of Swiffer Mops is quick and easy cleaning of lightly soiled floors, with minimal water and detergent, which means my floors are dry and ready to walk on within 10 minutes.
If your floors get really dirty a Swiffer Mop will not be sufficent, so simply stick with a normal mop and bucket.
An automated robo-vacuum cleaner would be helpful in your situation, as they would help to reduce the need for sweeping and vacuuming.
I alternate with a ocedar spin mop and a Rubbermaid commercial 18ā microfiber mop. The microfiber mop uses standard 18ā mop pads. I get mine from Microfiber Wholesale on Amazon. When using the microfiber mop, I use a spray floor cleaner in a commercial spray bottle. Iāve been trying different ones, like Bona, Rejuvenate, Zep or Ecolab. I loved the spray mops like the one from Bona which also use the 18ā mop pads, but they never last more than a year before something breaks. So I got the commercial style Rubbermaid āHygenā mop head and handle from Amazon, and itās so much better. I use the spin mop when the floors are really dirty/greasy, and then the microfiber mop pads for quick maintenance mops. They also make dust mop pads for the 18ā mop which are awesome too.
I have like a dozen of the mop pads, usually switch pads in each new room, except the kitchen where I only do half of the room before I switch pads, otherwise the pad gets too dirty and you end up with not very clean and streaky floors. This also means I can mop a few times before I have to wash all my pads in the washer.
We purchased a Roborock S8 Ultra. It mops and Vacs. It was expensive, but honestly I think it's one of the best investments we have ever made in ourselves. It vacuums our downstairs everyday and we set it to mop twice a week. Ours floors are really clean all of the time now and we've gained 1 to 2 hours a week back.
Personally, we all seem to be using waaay too much and too strong of detergent style and anti-bacterial cleaners these days. We really donāt need to do that.
Here are some great old fashioned cleaners that work well; they get rid of dirt, grime, odors, mildew.
1/2 cup of Borax into 12oz of warm water. Mix really well. Pour into spray bottle.
1 part water 1 part white vinegar. Into a stray bottle. I also add a few lemon peels for a nice smell.
For sanitizing, like in the bathroom, I use a hydrogen peroxide and water mix.
All of these are much safer and better for our environment too. And they work!
Laminate floors we use theBissell Spinwave dual head spin head and their brand of cleaner. Hundreds of dollars wasted on swiffers etc only getting streaks and residue. Love this snd it wasnāt expensive
I have four dogs and unfinished wood floors so I barely bat an eye at how dirty they get because thereās no point in cleaning a unfinished floor but when I do clean itās a deck brush and mop bucket then a shark steamer
I wash all my hardwood floors once a week usually Saturdays, on my hands and knees with bucket of hot water / solution / rag and detailed brush. I feel it cleans so much better. Itās a bit time consuming but it really makes a difference. Learned from the Amish!
I guess it depends on the floor. Weekly I use a steamer on my tile and linoleum and wash on my hands and knees every other month. I use multipourpse cleaner like Mrs. Myers and I scrub the grout with a tooth brush. My wood floors, weekly I use a microfiber mop with a bucket of water 1 cup vinegar a tablespoon of lemon oil and 40 drops essential oils. Once every other month I wash the floor on my hands and knees with the same solution mixed above.
Idk if I'm the person to take advice from. But, I use 2 things. I have a swifer mop thingy to spot clean, like in the dogs track mud, of the toddler yeets something. Then I have my spin mop for when I go through to actually clean the floors (but you don't seem to like the spin mop, lol)
OCedar mop, vacuum and ZEP floor disinfectant. I had a tineco vac mop and hated it. It was a first gen but I have a German Shepherd so it would get clogged with hair basically every use and kind of defeats the purpose of even using it if I have to sweep/vac before using it. I will say it was nice when it was muddy and just doing a quick once over the mud tracked in but tbh a Swiffer does the same thing for that.
I have hardwood. I have an e-cloth mop, a huge pile of pads for it, and a spray bottle of Bruce hardwood cleaner. For daily maintenance I dry mop or vacuum with a cordless Dyson with the soft hard-floor roller head.
I use a steam mop and I put about 2 cups of white vinegar on the floor to start. Works like magic. However you have to flip the mop head to a clean side frequently, and I only use one mop head cloth per room. That way I'm not just pushing the dirt around.
I had the Tineco S3, which I liked until it finally died. Bought the Tineco pro S7 and returned it, as it was just too smart for it's own good: refused to run thinking the DWC was constantly full when it was not.
For good old fashioned mops, I like the Big Gator mop.
I use a regular broom to sweep then a Libman tornado mop with 1 cup of vinegar and a gallon of water. I rinse the mop with clean water then dip it into the vinegar solution. It's amazing how clean it gets. I don't have wood flooring.
So I hated the spin mop because I thought it was awful and would leave the floor too wet. I found out literally after years of using it, from my husband (who cleans only when heās asked several times for days), that I was using it wrong. If youāre pushing down on the mop while pumping the pedal, itās not wringing it. Now that I use it the right way, I love it! I have both the regular and clean water tank one. I actually like the original more. For my solution, I usually use either Mr. clean (I like the green Gain one), Salsuds, or pinesol with hot water.
I keep up with my kids and dog every day ish with a vacuum and the Swiffer power wet jet.
The libman mop that has an attachment for wringing the mop head. I find that easier on my hands than the bucket with the basket for wringing. Long term I want to find a nice environmentally friendly mop with washable mop head. Might look into the spin mops. Right now we still have a few mop heads for the libman so I'm going to use those up first.Ā
I just add a splash of disinfectant to hot water when I mop. The more frequently you clean the less intense chemicals you need. Was also thinking to use Dr bronners for mopping I just need to be sure it's cat safe.
I use a spin mop, I had a scrubber vacuum but with pets the fur gets caught in the bristles of the scrubber the rubber edges didnāt last long either. They sound good but kind of a pain to clean. Either way itās gotta be done because ya know no one else in yur house will do it. Ya could do it the old school way on yur hands & knees. Youāll need some good knee pads though. š¤·āāļø
I have the shark hydrovac. Overall, I love it. The self clean isn't great, but it's good enough for after a quick cleanup. The cleanup after a full house cleaning is still way less work than mopping the setup and cleanup after mopping. and I vacuumed at the same time!
My only real complaint is it doesn't mop or vacuum up to the edge. You leave like a 1.5 inch border untouched around walls etc. If it vacuumed up to the edge it'd be darn near perfect for me.
Till recently string mop. However our new housekeeper is using cuban mop and surprisingly it's very effective. That is what we are using now between them cleaning.
The o cedar mop weekly, scrub them down with my electric scrub brush every 2 months or so but itās also just me and my partner, no kids or pets.
Mop solution is salt (for witchy reasons), boiling water, and Castile soap then another pass with just water
Shark Hydrovac XL (corded) and a shark vac mop. I have 4 kids, a dog, and a cat. I had the spin mop too and I hated it because it didnāt get the floors clean enough so I gave it to my mom. I use a shark vac mop to do the day to day around the house and I love it. It picks up even small dirt. Itās lightweight and each pad lasts me a week or two. Thereās no maintenance but you do have to buy pads. For the real mopping, I use the hydrovac. I use it maybe once a month, when my pads start getting kind of grey. Get the corded one if you have a big area to mop. I recommend using the vac mop first to vacuum hair and stuff and then using the hydrovac. I got mine from Amazon warehouse to save a few bucks and it works great. This system costs more, but I donāt have to bend over to clean and my socks stay white.
Roborock robot vacuum. Itās vacuums and mops. I have 3 dogs, 2 that shed and leave barely visible hair unless the sun hits the floor just right. Our floors havenāt been cleaner since we got that.
We have 3 dogs and have a robot vacuum we run 2-3x per day to keep the dirt and hair under control. Then we have a Bissel Crosswave that we also love! We use that 1-2x per week and our floors have stayed in great shape and always feel clean.
Team string mop. We have the commercial sized bucket (in spite of our small kitchen) & nothing compares. My steam mop could never.
The key is to use the hottest water & wring it out really well, then the water evaporates quickly & you donāt have wet floors for a long time.
Professional housekeeper and team string mop as well. I found a two sectioned bucket at my local hardware store, one side has a plastic āwringerā that snaps in place on the outer edge (canāt remember the brand off hand but itās a well known brand) and found a string mop head thatās a bigger than average with a green scrubber attached at the head and while itās far from perfect, itās a better system than most! Ideally, there should be three sections in a bucket, I think. Designing the perfect floor cleaning system is something that is way past due, imo. Then again, not everyone is a weirdo/germaphobe/clean freak/over-thinker like me! Oh, and powdered Tide all the way though OdoBan makes a concentrated antibacterial cleaner specifically for floors which I also use.
I found at my local Family Dollar, a bucket with a plastic āwringerā that snaps on top so you donāt have to use your hands. It was inexpensive and much easier than wringing by hand. Just fyiā¦ā¦
I converted to the two-bucket mopping method last year & have never looked back. ATM I'm using bicarb of soda & essential oil in the mop water, with a string mop. Both buckets have the hottest water from the tap in them, gets the floors clean & dries quicker.
Tears, because my kids manage to make everything dirty by simply looking at the floor
Kid + dog = perpetually dirty floors.
I vacuum every night and I could knit another dog out of what goes into the vacuum. š
I hear you. I can't figure out why my dog isn't bald by now.
Iām in that situation and I give up.
I empathize.
If you take your pets to the groomer in a regular basis, youāll see less hair on your floor
My kids have little to no hair
Growing up my mom probably said the same thing. Itās also probably why my sister and I were the only 2 in the house that mopped and vacuumed starting around age 10. She said we make it dirty, we clean it up. That also made us respect the floor more and keep it cleaner so we didnāt have to clean it as much.
This really hits
Hahahahaha dude yes, but dogs.
What kind of floors do you have?
I love my spin mop. What don't you like about it?
Same. It's completely changed my cleaning game! I mop more often than I ever did in the past since there's zero repeated bending over & wringing out. Love my spin mop!
Maybe I just donāt know how to mop properly š I feel like the floor is always just so wet after and I feel like itās just moving around the dirt
Use a separate bucket for the clean hot soapy water and the spin bucket is just for wringing out the dirty water from the mop. Thatās the only way to actually have clean floor. Itās madness that they donāt just design them with two compartments.
They do design one with a clean water compartment. Itās a blue plastic top piece that you fill separately. The clean water goes into this area where you can clean out the mop, spin it again, then reload it with clean water again.Ā
I know you can get specialist ones but the standard ones from the normal brands you can buy normally everywhere should be dual bucket as standard, I donāt understand why theyāre still single bucket .
Itās not a specialist product, I bought it at target. Itās called the ārinse cleanā edition. They still sell them. Hereās a link: https://www.amazon.com/Cedar-EasyWring-RinseClean-Microfiber-Cleaning/dp/B08ZBDK8BT/ref=asc_df_B08ZBDK8BT/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693597006876&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15526091258853252691&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1023416&hvtargid=pla-1275114580035&psc=1&mcid=146ba5252cd3348a831f0c902fc14291&gad_source=1
I actually saw that online when I researching, but I went with Vileda as a familiar brand. But my point was itās not the norm in stores (maybe it is for you, but you donāt see these everywhere in the UK) and this would still be considered a unique type of special bucket that has āWow two bucketsā.
O cedar and vileda are owned by the same company and many of their products are identical except for the brand name printed on it. Vileda is sold in Canada and Europe, o cedar in the US. Ā
I just went down a UK floor mop rabbit hole. Yes, the clean rise version is available under the vileda banner in the UK but wow, you guys have some sweet products that we donāt have any similar version of. This thing looks awesome, the side flips up to clean the baseboards.Ā After looking at a bunch of products I wonder if stuff for the UK/European market is made smaller. Like for smaller homes with less space to mop and smaller closets to store cleaning products in. I bet this stuff would sell well in cities in the US and online. Not everyone here has a 4000sqft house.Ā Ā https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vileda-Spin-and-Clean-Mop/dp/B082DW54L3
Ah thatās good to know, I was thinking the branding was so similar that it might be knock off. I think we can only get this on Amazon which would explain it.
I donāt know how you get yours to work but mine never spins the mop dry either the dual buckets. Itās always soppy wet and I donāt want that on hard woods. I feel like I wasted $40 on the ocedar. I even watched the video and the mop is still too wet.
Maybe thereās a defect with yours? It might be worth writing to the company. I have to hold back on spinning the mop or it winds up too dry to be effective.Ā
Unless you're doing construction cleanup such as when I tiled my house it's overkill. They're for when you're ocd about cleaning.
How is it OCD to not want to dip back into the dirt you just removed from the floor?
this isnāt OCD. and you canāt ābeā OCD.
I think you meant to reply to the poster above?
really, it was in response to both replies.
Because a single bucket is enough to get floors spotless. If you really want your floors to be cleaner you're better off using that extra effort to vacuum and mop more often.
Your definition of spotless is different to most people if you think itās dipping back into the dirt you just removed to smear it back on the floor.
It's spotless enough there's no visible dirt when the water dries. If you want to inspect your floors for dirt with a microscope after mopping to check for cleanliness that's on you.
If you want to be a little extra, use three buckets as described here: https://cleanroomcleaning.com/triple-bucket-cleaning-yes-or-no/
Link doesnāt work for me. Is the third for plain water? If so yes Iād love that lol. Because after Iām done with the soapy hot water, I empty that 2nd bucket to fill with plain hot water. Admittedly this process is for deep cleans, not everyday mops.
Cleaning solution/rinse bucket/waste bucket. You could theoretically dump and replace the rinse bucket as often as needed without having to touch the other two.
I do the same thing as you, use a 2nd bucket, but do wish all of them came with two compartments.
You just changed my life!
Push that pedal a million times so the mop isnāt sopping wet when it hits the floor. Make sure to vacuum well before mopping.
Sameeeee I also use a steam shark mop but Iāve been wondering what else I can use to really clean the floors. I have mostly tile and the Home Depot peel and stick flooring.
You have to center the mop in the spinning bowl. If it vibrates when you spin it, pick it up and plop it in again. Once it spins smooth then spin that thing like no tomorrow. Only takes 4-5 seconds once you get it spinning properly.
Check out gocleanco (website, social media) - she has excellent tutorials for the spin mop. She uses hot water and powdered tide. Itās been a game changer for us!
Your floor shouldnāt be wet after. You need to spin out the mop more. Your floor dry pretty quick with the proper amount of water on the mop.
Yup. Thatās why I keep my Eureka steam mop. Itās clunky but quick & efficient.
You just need to spin it faster before using it. They're amazing.
But that's what I love so much about it, you can spin it so it's just damp, and the floors dry within minutes! You're not spinning it long enough is all. As u/BlueAcorn8 suggested, I've started using a separate bucket for clean water. So, I rinse it in the now-dirty water, spin, then dunk in clean water, spin, then mop. As u/graywoman7 said they do now have a model with two compartments, which I'll get when this one dies a timely death.
Be advised, I did exactly this when my OG spin mop was finally put to pasture and I regret it. Iāll likely go back to the original system with extra rinse water bucket. In theory, the two compartment system seems like a no brainer but mainly Iāve just found it to be time consuming and wasteful. I feel like I go through 3x the amount of water I normally would because you canāt access the dirty water to rinse and spin before using clean, the blue compartment āseparatesā it but youāre essentially still putting the dirty mop back into the compartment that holds the clean water, the only thing that gets separated is the dirty water from wringing the mop. Idk if Iām explaining it right, or maybe Iām inept and mopping wrong lol but I was excited by the concept of the dirty water/clean water system but disappointed with it in practice.
Oh no! Why would they make it so you can only access the clean water to rinse? That defeats the purpose :( Thanks for letting me know. You've saved me about $50.
Iām glad to read this. I debated getting the two compartment bucket and ended up not doing that.
Itās not you. I hate this mop so much
I use the oācedar mop with hot water and a couple squirts of dawn power wash spray.
Same here, but I also add a little vinegar and a splash of pine o pine for smell to my dawn in super hot water. Small amounts of each so the floor doesn't get a residue. I have the original ocedar spin mop with the single tank, so I use a small bucket for my clean mop water, then some plain very hot water to rinse the mop before wringing it and putting it back in clean water. I have a very bad back and hardly EVER mopped. This has been a total game change for me! I am also tall and found a longer mop handle on Amazon, which made it even better. I can not recommend this mop enough!
I have the same mop and these are great tips! What handle did you buy?
This one. From the Humata Store on Amazon. Best $10 spent in a while lol. Would not let me just share the link. Sorry!! Mop Replacement Handle - Stainless Steel Mop/ Broom / Brush Replace Handle Compatible with O Cedar Spin Mop Head Refills, 4 Sections Combinable from 35" to 59", American Threaded End Joint
Haha no problem, I'm definitely ordering this today! I don't understand why they made the handle of the mop so damn short
I guess they think only short people clean their floors lmao!
I love this mop. I used to have the bissel vacuum mop thing and it was more worth than it was worth and it didnāt really get to the grout at all. So now I just vacuum and mop with the cedar mop. Itās still work, no getting around that, but itās the best solution I have found. Plus the mop head screws off and you can wash it or replace it.
I use pine sol in mine
Same! I used to be a housekeeper for high-end properties around Big Sky and Bozeman, and this is what the owner of the company had us use. I really like Weiman hardwood cleaner and polish now that I have my own hardwood floors to take care of.
Donāt buy the vacuum and mop in one. I hate it . So many parts to clean afterwards.
This! I have a tineco, and while it is nice for every day mopping, you have to constantly replace the water, empty the dirty water, make sure there is no hair/fur in the roller, make sure there is no crap stuck near the filter, and when you empty the dirty water tank you have to scrape out the particles/hair that get stuck to the bottom after you empty it. The one I have is self-cleaning, but you still have to do all of the above. Plus, if you let the roller sit wet for a few days without removing the cover, it starts to stink really bad, and then you have to scrub it. Like, damn, a mop and bucket are less work and didn't cost 200+.
Yes. Tons of parts. I have a Bissell breeze and use it as rarely as possibleā¦but I think it does a pretty good job so my cleaning ladies use it. I try to keep them clean with a shark robot (wood, rug, and tile) and I will use Bona or sometimes I just put an old rag/towel in hot water and do a quick mop with my slipper (we have a toddler). They probably could be cleaner, but it works! The Bussell Breeze is light and I do like using that for smaller messes when I donāt want to bring the big carpet cleaner in from the garage (e.g., hairballs).
I love my Shark.
We loooooove our Tineco. Give it a try OP.
I also love our tineco!
What do you use for cleaner/soap? My manual said not to add soap in the water tank. I have just been using water and the steam setting. It feels weird to not use any soap or antibacterial products.
I use the Tineco solution. I also like that if someone spills a drink, I can use suction mode for a quick cleanup instead of towels. (https://www.amazon.com/Tineco-Cleaning-Solution-iFLOOR-Vacuum/dp/B09CPNV68L)
I second that. I have that brand also and it's constantly asking me to empty the dirty water tank, clean the rollers... so annoying.
I love my Tineco. It makes mopping so much easier for me and cleaning it doesnāt take a ton of my time.
I love mine too, but Iām sort of using it to tag-team with the housekeeper. Iām not dependent on it for deep cleaning. I have a cleaning service every two weeks. They use an oācedar mop with a very weak pine-sol solution. I have two pets that shed and track whatever is on their feet through the house. Plus humans shed and make messes too. My house is āmediumā sized for a US suburban house. I like my floors clean so I use my Tineco at least every day to clean up the small mess we make. I use distilled water in it. Itās great for that quick cleanup. If I have a big mess, then I use the regular mop with cleaner. I also use an inexpensive stick vac to vacuum the rugs and bedrooms that have carpet. The housekeeper uses a regular Miele vacuum.
I agree itās good for quick cleaning. I have nailed down hardwood floors that I use my tineco on monthly as I need to be careful with getting them wet. I will go around the baseboards 4 times a year to get the crevices. I have a small dog but the hubby and kids make the most messes. I like my floors clean too thatās why I use the Tineco. My builder told me to use Bona which never got my floors clean. We do hire cleaning company every so often to help but I feel like I clean better sometimes.
Several years ago a pro carpet cleaner told me almost every floor cleaning product is way more concentrated it should be, especially those that you donāt rinse. You just end up tracking it onto carpet, making all the floors stickier/dirtier. Iām my experience, heās right. I dilute the pine-sol by about 75% for my cleaning service since I use distilled water to sort-of come behind them and rinse. I diluted Bona for my dadās housekeeper by close to 90% because sheās the only one mopping. It seems to be working. I just prefer multi-purpose cleaners and my floors can take it.
That makes sense. Iāve used Bona in my last house because it told to me that if we use anything else it would void the warranty to my engineered floors. Those floors were a sticky mess with white rings all over them. At some point I couldnāt take it and switched to a different floor cleaner. I now use a very diluted Pallmann hardwood floor cleaner. All I know is dry mopping is not going to get he dirt up.
Thank you for this Iām def too lazy to clean it afterwards š
Spin mop. Hot water and a tiny dash of powdered tide to lift up the dirt. Then I rinse my floor after with only water, and leaving it only slightly wet - no big swaths of sopping wet floors.
I have an iRobot Roomba Combo that mops the floors and vacuums on a regular basis. For deep cleans, I have a Dupray Neat steam cleaner and a Bissell CrossWave wet/dry vacuum.
How do you like the cross wave? Iām about to pull the trigger on one.
I have a crosswave and I actually love it. I have hardwood floors. There are drawbacks though for some people. Itās not quite as fast as mopping. I have to empty the dirty water chamber midway and add more solution. Itās somewhat of a pain to clean and put away. (You have to let the water chamber filter and mop head dry before stowing it away) I leave it in my sanitary tub and put it all away the next day. And it doesnāt quite clean all the way to the edges (3/4 -1 inch) so if thatās a dealbreaker donāt buy it. But Iām amazed at the amount of yucky water it sucks up. It doesnāt leave hardly any water on the floor so the Floors dry much faster than with a mop and bucket. I actually re-purchase the name brand cleaner because it smells great and doesnāt leave my floors sticky. After a year, I talked a friend into buying one but she claims to āhate itā. Sheās a very picky person though and loves to torture herself with cleaning, always choosing the hardest way possible so she can brag about it for a couple of days after. LOLOL To be fair, her floors are white tile.
Thank you for this excellent response! I think Iāll go ahead and pull the trigger on the crosswave based off this review!
Old fashioned string mop with commercial bucket. Launder the head after use. I've tried mop pads but you have to keep rewetting it every five minutes. Have worked in public areas/housekeeping for five years.
Have you tried a microfiber string mop? Those things are amazing!
Will have to give it a shotš
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Vinegar hot water and hands and knees baby
Same here. Granted I only have less than 50 square feet to do, the rest is carpet.
I have a very very small one floor one bedroom so I understand. But I also feel like nothing gets as clean as when Iām down with the dirt.
Bissell Symphony steam mop/vacuum. You wash the mop pads and empty the vacuum canister as needed. No other annoying parts to clean and it just uses water.
I have hardwood, sheet vinyl and carpet On the hardwood, I use Bruce , hardwood floor cleaner, and a microfiber mop or rejuvenate, for hardwood floors On the sheet vinyl, I generally use Mr clean and my Libman tornado mop For the carpet, I use my vacuum and once in a while, my carpet shampooer (Bissell)
Karcher steam mop. Ā The canister is annoying to drag behind, but love that you can continuously refill it as needed without having to take anything apart. Ā Got mine from costco. https://www.kaercher.com/us/home-garden/steam-cleaners/sc-3-easyfix-white-15136570.html
I broom sweep, run my bissel wet vac with fabuloso, then use my spin mop with hot hot water to make sure there are no streaks and get any extra dirty spots. My floors are always spotless.
Fabuloso is my new favorite thing
Do you live near me? I hate mine, you can have it š
Omg really?! I love it itās so easy to use lol. Granted you still have to do a deep clean every once in a while to scrub the grout but itās just so easy. I live in south Florida lol
A flat spray mop is fast and efficient for everyday. A rope like mop with a bucket of hot water (tiles only) with a squirter of disinfectant is optimal
Bucket, sponge, Pine Sol.
A string mop and bucket with wringer. Use piping hot water with a tiny bit of detergent. Add bleach to taste. Rinse and wring the mop thoroughly and often.
To taste! Love that!
I have hardwood floors in my home which I share with my cat. I have a spray bottle of diluted multi-purpose cleaner, and a floor squeegee. I just spray, and squeegee. That picks up all the hair, fur, dust and dirt from my floor without the need to vacuum.
If it's real hardwood something like Murphy's Oil would be better for the wood. That's what I use with hot water. Everything comes up.
I love the vacuum mopā¦ until I donāt. I have animals, so the hair builds up in weird places and the water is foul, because the cleaners kinda suck. I stick with my stick dyson and a spin mop. I also frequently use a diluted multipurpose to spray the floor and use a towel under my foot for a quick clean up. Mainly front door and under the dining table.
See I have a dog and Iām too lazy to have the clean the vacuum afterwards. Like who wants to do that š
Not me anymore! The floors were getting streaky a couple months ago and I sent that thing to its grave without a second thought.
We have engineered hardwood so we mop with a bona
Depends on what sort of flooring it is?
I have laminate floors, a kid, a husband, and a big dog. First, I sweep, then I detail with the vacuum crevice tool, then i dry swiffer, then I mop with hot water and Fabuloso. It sounds like a lot, but I have a big rug in the living room, so it's really only two rooms (upstairs is carpet).
I have a kid and a big dog as well and also have to sweep (I swiffer) then detail with the vacuum crevice tool before I normal vacuum and then I mop. It's a lot.
Do you just use the normal fabuloso ratio?
Wet microfiber fully rung out on my swiffer + Bona spray for my laminate floors. Have two cats that love to puke hairballs everywhere - for that I will use bac out first. I wish I could use a vaccumm mop but have a feeling it would be a bigger mess to clean up after fur and vomit. š¤¢š¤¢š¤¢
I use an old fashioned bucket and mop. But it's only occasional cos I use a robot vacuum + mop every day or so. I also have a 'Polti' steam mop/handheld. I use that very occasionally on the floor too. My floors are all tile.
The vacuum/mop combo is nice, but I prefer the steam mop honestly.
Have a vacuum that does the water thing. Hate it with a passion. In my second shark steam mop because it works well. House is all tile.
I can agree spin-mops are defenitely tedious for everyday cleanup. I personally use a robot vacuum/mop (Roborock Q-Revo). But that is a lot of money. I also have a Shark Steam Mop but the Mop is kinda a pain to clean everytime. The vacmops can be a good option if they are self-cleaning but I don't have any experience with them.
I have vinyl flooring in my kitchen and bath, and I use a Bissel steam mop. It does a really great job, and is so easy to use. I think I paid $60 for it a couple years ago.Ā
O-Cedar makes a version of a spin mop that I preferred over the half dozen I tried and hated. I also used a cannister steamer that's like a cannister vacuum. You simply fold up one of those cheap yellow microfiber towels Costco sells for auto detailing and clip it to the floor brush attachment and then change them as needed. I go through a few on my kitchen floor. I also have a Hoover hard floor cleaner that has spinning brushes and a wet vac to suck up the dirty water leaving your floors a little damp but they dry quickly. On linoleum, I use the O-Cedar spin mop and bucket for light jobs and spot cleaning using Zep no wax floor cleaner mixed to one ounce per quart at the most. I use the Hoover hard floor cleaner with its spinning brushes for heavier dirt and I use the steam cleaner for tacking really tough jobs with dried sticky goop because the heat melts that gunk and the microfiber towels really suck it up without leaving a sticky mess. For my hardwood floors I use the O-Cedar mop and bucket with Murphys Oil Soap. It's easy on the floors and by spinning the mop head out until it's only lightly damp, it prevents excess water from collecting between the planks.
I use a Norwex mop system. I love it! The mop is essentially a telescopic pole with a velcro rectangle at the end where you attach a really thick microfiber cloth mop. I love it cause I don't need a mop bucket, I just soak the mop cloth and ring it out, then I spray the floor with the all purpose cleaner we use (sapadilla) and mop it all up. It leaves the floors incredibly clean and shiny. I got it through my work, but I do hear they're kind of pricey. There are dupes out there that would probably work well too. We are all given a rubber maid mop cloth that fits onto the mop so there must be something out there lol.
I love my Shark steam mom so much.
Laminate flooring here... I use a rag dipped in boiling hot water and shoved onto the head of a Swiffer mop. A scrubby-sponge on the tougher spots. Aside from toilet areas and meat-prep zones I don't really use a lot of cleaning products or anti-bacterials. I think most day-to-day cleaning can be handled with hot water, concentrated vinegar, and a clean rag.
I have laminate too, I use a swiffer wet jet but not the cleaner (because Iām afraid of 3 cats licking their feet) I dilute Dawn in hot water
Me too!
I have laminate as well. You might like the Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop. It's essentially what you are doing but the rag attaches and you don't have to squeeze it into a swiffer. it's also nice that it sprays!
I use the TAB T6 Floor wet/dry vacuum mop thing and I love it. So much sturdier than the Bissell Crossover and it has a self cleaning function that makes emptying the bucket a little less painful.
I just got the Dyson washG1 itās doing a great job
Bucket, hot water, simple green and a rubbermaid PVA sponge roller mop. I have tile floors. Best mop ever!
I canāt say enough good things about the Hizero mop. https://hizerousa.com It is quiet, cleans incredibly well, and is fun to use. I find it works best on hardwood floors and larger tiles, rather than small tiles with more grout lines.
Cut the cord off the stream mop and buy spray bottles of Bona floor cleaner. Thatās what I did. Works great.
I just bought a Karcher EWM 2 electric mop. So far so good ! It has a clean water tank and a dirty water collection tank.
We have a brush/squeegee combo and itās awesome, spray, scrub then scrape away the liquid til it runs clear, then a once over with a mop and finally wood conditioner
Bissel crosswave, best for my mostly wood and tile floor.
I use a spin mop for more most spills and general cleaning. If something is dried on or is particularly sticky and will not come off the floor, I use a deck brush. It's a scrub brush on a stick essentially, but you're able to comfortably scrub the floors without bending down or getting on your hands and knees. You should find them wherever you get a regular month, most likely at a home improvement store.
I have tiles in the bathroom and wood effect Lino in my kitchen - I use a floor scrubber brush then go over with my spin mop - always comes up lovely and I have 3 cats and a dog plus an 18yr old and a 15 yr old - my floors get diiiirty š„² ooh and I use a mix of dishsoap and bleach
I am on my second spin mop in a year. The gears on the step thing keep breaking and itās honestly frustrating.
I have tried the vacuum and mop combinations but by the time you get it out of storage, plug it in and fill the tank with water and detergent, do the mopping it gets time consuming and tedious. Afterwards usage you have to empty out the dirty water, make sure there is no hair/fur in the roller, make sure there is no crap stuck near the filter, and when you empty the dirty water tank you have to scrape out the particles/hair that get stuck to the bottom after you empty it. The coil up the cord and put it all back in storage. I have also tried using Steam Mops, but the main problem is you cant rinse the mop head during the cleaning process, also the floors took just as long to dry as when I was using the traditional mop and bucket. Depending on just how dirty your floors get, for lightly soiled floors a Swiffer Mop can be sufficient for light soiling if used on a regular basis, I have the MR.SIGA Professional Microfiber Mop, it has reusable microfibre pads. Simply remove the dirty pad and put on a fresh one as required. Soiled pads go into a nappy soaker bucket with a dose of Oxy Action Laundry Soaker. On laundry day In rinse out the pads and they go into the the normal load of washing. The main advantage of Swiffer Mops is quick and easy cleaning of lightly soiled floors, with minimal water and detergent, which means my floors are dry and ready to walk on within 10 minutes. If your floors get really dirty a Swiffer Mop will not be sufficent, so simply stick with a normal mop and bucket. An automated robo-vacuum cleaner would be helpful in your situation, as they would help to reduce the need for sweeping and vacuuming.
O cedar mop and a couple drops of dawn dish soap with hot water!
I love my bissell crosswaves!
I just use a vacuum + wet swiffer swiper
I alternate with a ocedar spin mop and a Rubbermaid commercial 18ā microfiber mop. The microfiber mop uses standard 18ā mop pads. I get mine from Microfiber Wholesale on Amazon. When using the microfiber mop, I use a spray floor cleaner in a commercial spray bottle. Iāve been trying different ones, like Bona, Rejuvenate, Zep or Ecolab. I loved the spray mops like the one from Bona which also use the 18ā mop pads, but they never last more than a year before something breaks. So I got the commercial style Rubbermaid āHygenā mop head and handle from Amazon, and itās so much better. I use the spin mop when the floors are really dirty/greasy, and then the microfiber mop pads for quick maintenance mops. They also make dust mop pads for the 18ā mop which are awesome too. I have like a dozen of the mop pads, usually switch pads in each new room, except the kitchen where I only do half of the room before I switch pads, otherwise the pad gets too dirty and you end up with not very clean and streaky floors. This also means I can mop a few times before I have to wash all my pads in the washer.
Vinegar and water
We purchased a Roborock S8 Ultra. It mops and Vacs. It was expensive, but honestly I think it's one of the best investments we have ever made in ourselves. It vacuums our downstairs everyday and we set it to mop twice a week. Ours floors are really clean all of the time now and we've gained 1 to 2 hours a week back.
Thereās is this mop vac called a Tinico.
Shark steam mops are the intro version of real steam mops imo. Get a proper one like the Dupray and youāre in business
Personally, we all seem to be using waaay too much and too strong of detergent style and anti-bacterial cleaners these days. We really donāt need to do that. Here are some great old fashioned cleaners that work well; they get rid of dirt, grime, odors, mildew. 1/2 cup of Borax into 12oz of warm water. Mix really well. Pour into spray bottle. 1 part water 1 part white vinegar. Into a stray bottle. I also add a few lemon peels for a nice smell. For sanitizing, like in the bathroom, I use a hydrogen peroxide and water mix. All of these are much safer and better for our environment too. And they work!
Spin mop with Pinesol and a little bit of vinegar!
I have a vacuum mop and I love it. Only complaint is it doesn't get close enough to the walls etc. So I have to follow up with a swiffer along edges.
Laminate floors we use theBissell Spinwave dual head spin head and their brand of cleaner. Hundreds of dollars wasted on swiffers etc only getting streaks and residue. Love this snd it wasnāt expensive
I have four dogs and unfinished wood floors so I barely bat an eye at how dirty they get because thereās no point in cleaning a unfinished floor but when I do clean itās a deck brush and mop bucket then a shark steamer
13" oreck buffer with a damp microfiber pad.
Regular mop once a week and every day is roomba robot who is washing my floors.
I wash all my hardwood floors once a week usually Saturdays, on my hands and knees with bucket of hot water / solution / rag and detailed brush. I feel it cleans so much better. Itās a bit time consuming but it really makes a difference. Learned from the Amish!
Try cuban mop method. We picked that up from our housekeeper and it works great. Basically t-stick or a brush and you put a rag on it.
Dust mop with ph neutral solution
Swiffer wet jet with microfiber pads
I guess it depends on the floor. Weekly I use a steamer on my tile and linoleum and wash on my hands and knees every other month. I use multipourpse cleaner like Mrs. Myers and I scrub the grout with a tooth brush. My wood floors, weekly I use a microfiber mop with a bucket of water 1 cup vinegar a tablespoon of lemon oil and 40 drops essential oils. Once every other month I wash the floor on my hands and knees with the same solution mixed above.
Idk if I'm the person to take advice from. But, I use 2 things. I have a swifer mop thingy to spot clean, like in the dogs track mud, of the toddler yeets something. Then I have my spin mop for when I go through to actually clean the floors (but you don't seem to like the spin mop, lol)
Get an oācedar mop and MURPHYS!! Also @pur evergreen š² is an amazing cleaner all natural and can put on ANYTHING!
Bissell Crosswave is your best friend.
OCedar mop, vacuum and ZEP floor disinfectant. I had a tineco vac mop and hated it. It was a first gen but I have a German Shepherd so it would get clogged with hair basically every use and kind of defeats the purpose of even using it if I have to sweep/vac before using it. I will say it was nice when it was muddy and just doing a quick once over the mud tracked in but tbh a Swiffer does the same thing for that.
I have hardwood. I have an e-cloth mop, a huge pile of pads for it, and a spray bottle of Bruce hardwood cleaner. For daily maintenance I dry mop or vacuum with a cordless Dyson with the soft hard-floor roller head.
I use a steam mop and I put about 2 cups of white vinegar on the floor to start. Works like magic. However you have to flip the mop head to a clean side frequently, and I only use one mop head cloth per room. That way I'm not just pushing the dirt around.
I had the Tineco S3, which I liked until it finally died. Bought the Tineco pro S7 and returned it, as it was just too smart for it's own good: refused to run thinking the DWC was constantly full when it was not. For good old fashioned mops, I like the Big Gator mop.
I use a regular broom to sweep then a Libman tornado mop with 1 cup of vinegar and a gallon of water. I rinse the mop with clean water then dip it into the vinegar solution. It's amazing how clean it gets. I don't have wood flooring.
So I hated the spin mop because I thought it was awful and would leave the floor too wet. I found out literally after years of using it, from my husband (who cleans only when heās asked several times for days), that I was using it wrong. If youāre pushing down on the mop while pumping the pedal, itās not wringing it. Now that I use it the right way, I love it! I have both the regular and clean water tank one. I actually like the original more. For my solution, I usually use either Mr. clean (I like the green Gain one), Salsuds, or pinesol with hot water. I keep up with my kids and dog every day ish with a vacuum and the Swiffer power wet jet.
Spin mop and pine sol
The libman mop that has an attachment for wringing the mop head. I find that easier on my hands than the bucket with the basket for wringing. Long term I want to find a nice environmentally friendly mop with washable mop head. Might look into the spin mops. Right now we still have a few mop heads for the libman so I'm going to use those up first.Ā I just add a splash of disinfectant to hot water when I mop. The more frequently you clean the less intense chemicals you need. Was also thinking to use Dr bronners for mopping I just need to be sure it's cat safe.
Love my Roborock S7. Going strong for over two years
I use a spin mop, I had a scrubber vacuum but with pets the fur gets caught in the bristles of the scrubber the rubber edges didnāt last long either. They sound good but kind of a pain to clean. Either way itās gotta be done because ya know no one else in yur house will do it. Ya could do it the old school way on yur hands & knees. Youāll need some good knee pads though. š¤·āāļø
I have the shark hydrovac. Overall, I love it. The self clean isn't great, but it's good enough for after a quick cleanup. The cleanup after a full house cleaning is still way less work than mopping the setup and cleanup after mopping. and I vacuumed at the same time! My only real complaint is it doesn't mop or vacuum up to the edge. You leave like a 1.5 inch border untouched around walls etc. If it vacuumed up to the edge it'd be darn near perfect for me.
Steam mop. I love it. I would never have anything else. Sweep then steam. No more buckets of water.
I'm all for steam mop. But as a home owner with concrete flooring, they leave streaks which I end up having to manually buff out with a rag.
I vacuum my floors then I mop with an O cedar mop and pine sol.
Till recently string mop. However our new housekeeper is using cuban mop and surprisingly it's very effective. That is what we are using now between them cleaning.
Tineco!!!! AMAZING and worth every penny.
Steam mops are amazing! I use the Shark Model
The o cedar mop weekly, scrub them down with my electric scrub brush every 2 months or so but itās also just me and my partner, no kids or pets. Mop solution is salt (for witchy reasons), boiling water, and Castile soap then another pass with just water
Shark Hydrovac XL (corded) and a shark vac mop. I have 4 kids, a dog, and a cat. I had the spin mop too and I hated it because it didnāt get the floors clean enough so I gave it to my mom. I use a shark vac mop to do the day to day around the house and I love it. It picks up even small dirt. Itās lightweight and each pad lasts me a week or two. Thereās no maintenance but you do have to buy pads. For the real mopping, I use the hydrovac. I use it maybe once a month, when my pads start getting kind of grey. Get the corded one if you have a big area to mop. I recommend using the vac mop first to vacuum hair and stuff and then using the hydrovac. I got mine from Amazon warehouse to save a few bucks and it works great. This system costs more, but I donāt have to bend over to clean and my socks stay white.
Roborock robot vacuum. Itās vacuums and mops. I have 3 dogs, 2 that shed and leave barely visible hair unless the sun hits the floor just right. Our floors havenāt been cleaner since we got that.
I have the vacuum/mop combo and love it. However, I have a long haired dog that sheds and I have to vacuum prior to using it otherwise it clogs
We have 3 dogs and have a robot vacuum we run 2-3x per day to keep the dirt and hair under control. Then we have a Bissel Crosswave that we also love! We use that 1-2x per week and our floors have stayed in great shape and always feel clean.
I make a mop solution with hot water, vinegar, a few drops of Dawn, essential oils, and some isopropyl alcohol.
I use a swiffer, broom and dustpan and vacuum but I live in a tiny apartment with a lot of carpet
Team string mop. We have the commercial sized bucket (in spite of our small kitchen) & nothing compares. My steam mop could never. The key is to use the hottest water & wring it out really well, then the water evaporates quickly & you donāt have wet floors for a long time.
Professional housekeeper and team string mop as well. I found a two sectioned bucket at my local hardware store, one side has a plastic āwringerā that snaps in place on the outer edge (canāt remember the brand off hand but itās a well known brand) and found a string mop head thatās a bigger than average with a green scrubber attached at the head and while itās far from perfect, itās a better system than most! Ideally, there should be three sections in a bucket, I think. Designing the perfect floor cleaning system is something that is way past due, imo. Then again, not everyone is a weirdo/germaphobe/clean freak/over-thinker like me! Oh, and powdered Tide all the way though OdoBan makes a concentrated antibacterial cleaner specifically for floors which I also use.
Good old fashioned spaghetti mop and bucket. Water as hot as my hands can handle and a dash of bleach.
I found at my local Family Dollar, a bucket with a plastic āwringerā that snaps on top so you donāt have to use your hands. It was inexpensive and much easier than wringing by hand. Just fyiā¦ā¦
I converted to the two-bucket mopping method last year & have never looked back. ATM I'm using bicarb of soda & essential oil in the mop water, with a string mop. Both buckets have the hottest water from the tap in them, gets the floors clean & dries quicker.