Cheats way to clean floor

ie'don't put off having another pet.'.

I find it so much easier to let my DH wash the floors. In exchange I do the ironing :-)

I use a mop with an attached spray bottle, similar to the Bono, but half the price from the supermarkets. It's made by Addis. I leave the diluted cleaning liquid in the bottle between washes and it's always ready for a quick wipe over the floor. The micro fibre mop cover comes off and pops in the washing machine when needed.
Anything for an easy life!
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I have a robot type hard floor cleaner (like those robot vacuums) for my large kitchen. It wets, scrubs and dries the floor. Love it, just set it going and come back to a nice clean floor!

Steam cleaner I got from Lakeland is excellent. As it is steam it is dry in no time at all. Very quick to use & you can walk on floor almost immediately.

as a newcomer to gransnet ithink all your advice is so helpful-i am thinking of buying a VAX STEAM FRESH COMBI MULTIFUNCTION STEAM CLEANER and i would be interested to know if anybody has any experience of using one.thank you

Argos have them on offer, TrendyGran at £49.99. I'm tempted as well.

Does anybody know of floor wipes that dont leave a sticky/tacky residue?

I use a mop with spray bottle like Heather's - with a laminate cleaner, left in it until it has all been used up. I am very pleased with it. Used to wax polish unglazed quarry tiles every week on my knees - they looked good afterwards - but am more than happy with current laminate and more precious time.

I use wipes and my foot everyday and once a week or so I get on my hands and knees and use detergent and bleach and give a thorough clean. I have a steam cleaner but found is was breaking up the grout between the ceramic floor tiles

I mistakenly bought textured vinyl flooring, and its terrible to keep clean as all the muck gathers around the little bumps. I bought a long handled decking brush and spray the floor with a cleaning product, giving it a scrub with the brush and then mop. I do a yard strip at a time until the whole floor is done. In between I just mop it as normal

I have a scooba (floor washing robot)... Love it!I just have to manually do the edges and corners occasionally.

When I was first married we moved into a house with a tiled floor which required applications of a polish called Seel.
One day I decided to strip off all the old polish and redo it from scratch. There I was in ancient pair of baggy pedal pushers and an old T shirt on my hands and knees when my husband arrived bringing his boss home for a cup of tea.
Things between us were a bit strained that night ! !

This is all very informative and helpful, everyone, thanks. I'm just about to hit the shops and do a physical investigation. Here's hoping I make the 'right' decision whatever that is.!

Luckily my OH does our floors, mopping and vacuuming. He does most of the ironing too. Guess I must be spoilt.

This mop is brilliant
Thank you Lakeland
Best I've ever had
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Today I cleaned a dusty bathroom floor by wetting one of the old face flannels I use for cleaning, and pushing it around the floor with my foot. Did stop to rinse it off now and then.
Couldn't be bothered to fetch mop and bucket from downstairs. Not that I'm bone idle or anything...

Gawd a'mighty! - life is just too short!

Ah, but floors still have to be cleaned Luckygirl !

I bought a Vax steam mop, had to send it back as it stopped spraying, i have had 2 more since all replacements
I have given up now,just use a mop and bucket, but will look into some of the suggestions above

Crikey, LadyGracie - every DAY???
Do your floors get particularly dirty or am I just a slut? All I do on a daily basis, and not always even that, is a quick sweep with a quaint, old fashioned broom.

Should add that I am a mite more particular if crawling grandchildren are visiting - no. 2 is almost there - so kitchen floor will be getting rather more attention soon. But I was very careful when it went down to pick a heavy duty vinyl that doesn't show every little speck.
Used to have to do it a lot more when we had ddog and dcat, though - RIP both.

Mop and bucket with plenty of boiling hot water and detergent everytime.

Mr C does ours . Floor wipes and steam cleaner according to how he feels.

I got a vileda spongy mop for a more thorough clean and a spray bottle and a microfibre mop for a quick clean. I've got wood flooring so don't want it getting too wet.

Thanks for this thread overthehill. I've just done my kitchen and bathroom with a spray bottle of floor cleaner and water, then mopped with an eco cloth over the end of my squeezy mop.
Worked a treat and done in no time!
More time for GNET! ?