Cheats way to clean floor

Another vote for the steam cleaner here.

I use floor wipes too (though never tried the foot method!) now that my cat has died, but was wary while he was alive in case he was poisoned by chemicals (I know Dettol is lethal for cats).

Can anyone recommend cat-friendly wipes?

radicalnan.Floor wipes for me too. Well known companies make them along with work surface wipes
They are anti bacterial and smell fresh.
I have a squeezy floor mop so I place one of these wipes on the floor press the mop onto it and wiz around the floor in a blink.Depending on how 'dirty'! your floor is how many wipes you need.No effort is required and a nice clean floor as if like me you suffer arthritis and are not as 'acrobatic' as I used to be.
These wipes can be disposed of with normal house hold rubbish. Great for removing a pets muddy paw marks.

I do my hard floors every week and it drives me crazy. I use the mop with a bucket of water for the Travertine marble floor and then polish is with marble polish on my hands and knees. I use 'Junckers floor polish lightly diluted on the beech block floor and shine it with an absorbant duster cloth.

If anyone knows of a better way I'd appreciate the advice.

They do look sensational when finished though.

I used to use a steam cleaner only to do the floors, but my floor tiles are 'textured' to avoid slipping and this surface does trap dirt that the steam cleaner cannot remove - so now I use a mop and bucket alternate times to ensure the floors are really deep clean - and they look much better now

I find a walking stick and a floor wipe gets into all the nooks a and crannies and a spray mop (buckets are too heavy) for everywhere else.

Not having to use a bucket is fabulou for me, so little water wasted and no lifting.

Can't beat the steam cleaner. Done very quickly, left very clean and dry in no time. Mine was £49 from Tesco about 5 years ago. It has 2 mop heads that go in the washing machine. And the hand held part is great for the shower and my hubbies golf clubs!

I thought I was the only one to use my feet with floor wipes! Brilliant for getting into corners and round the sink pedistal in the bathroom!

merlot, as I mentioned above, I have one which works well with a no-rinse product.

Love the floor wipe idea Cherrytree, get some exercise as well as cleaning the floor.

Bono mop for wooden floors as recommended by the carpenter. (Has a solution bottle attached)

Floor wipes- one on each foot - for quick clean

www.argos.co.uk/product/3461608

I'm thinking of getting one of these. Does anyone know if they are any good?

And parquet flooring? - i have yet to find a way to clean off the efforts of my DGC!

Liz! I like your style so much better! I may have to look into your methods!

My kitchen is floored with glazed quarry tiles and most of the time these just need a good sweep. The area isn't very large so when it does need a wipe over, I get on my hands and knees and wipe it over with a wet floor cloth.

I don't care how mine gets done as long as it's not me doing it! When I was at work I had a cleaner. My OH didn't like her being in our home so said that, if I stopped her, he would vacuum and mop the floors. Fine by me, I just do a thorough clean every so often as he doesn't bother with the edges.

I have a steam cleaner. It was onnoffer for £40 and it has been brilliant.
It also comes apart for as a handheld steamer although hand held is a bit innacurate as it's quite weighted.
After I steam clean and dry I just mop over quickly with one that squirts the detergent just so it smells of the lemon stuff because I am a bit addicted to it now.

I steam clean the floor once a week. The rest of the time I use an implement which holds a disinfectant disposable floor wipe. Not very eco friendly I know but we have three dogs and a cat.

I bought one of these when I injured my shoulder and couldn't support my weight to go down onto hands and knees. I use no-rinse cleaning product so the job is done in a matter of seconds. However, the mottled floor tiles are the colour of muddy floor so I don't do it very often.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SPRAY-MOP-WATER-SPRAYING-FLOOR-CLEANER-TILES-MARBLE-KITCHEN-350ML-MICRO-FIBRE-/201452315357?hash=item2ee77e62dd:g:e~8AAOSwwbdWJg5w