Useless floor washing fluid.

I don't buy floor cleaning liquids. I do as you do. Bit of washing up liquid and a splash of bleach.

MiniMoon

I don't buy floor cleaning liquids. I do as you do. Bit of washing up liquid and a splash of bleach.

Me too!

mantaray, anything that's not rinsed away will remain on the floor as a film - that will probably attract dirt like a magnet.

I damp mop with a cup of vinegar in a bucket of water - adding just a few (3 or 4) drops of washing up liquid. It works really well with a microfibre mop (well wrung out, so damp, not wet).

Please don't mix bleach with detergent as you'll just create toxic fumes.

How dirty is the floor if you have a problem cutting through the dirt
Washing up liquid and bleach are the only cleaners I use.
There was a poster on MN who thought floor cleaner was different to other cleaners 🤦🏼‍♀️

Hi Hetty
That's why I stopped using washing up liquid and bleach.
I will try the vinegar and w/up liquid. thank you.

Hi Everyone. My floor isn't very dirty . That's why I get exasperated with promises made by proprietary floor cleaning manufacturers. I usually find that most other cleaners on the market do what they say on the tin.

I steam clean my tiled flooring in the kitchen and laundry room, and it comes up a treat.

Patsy70

I steam clean my tiled flooring in the kitchen and laundry room, and it comes up a treat.

Totally agree.
Steam mop you can buy good value ones, not too expensive.

What type of flooring is it mantaray ?

Steam mop, no chemicals needed.

I have LVT flooring it looks like laminate planks but it’s totally difficult to clean. Never ever use a steam mop on this type of flooring

I have a slate floor and a floor steamer. It did clean the floor well but as it dried there was a pale film on the tiles. Which came off easily with a quick vacuum.

However the lady in the tile shop said the film is from the tile grout.

I now use a floor mop and floor cleaner and the finish is fine.

Greyduster

MiniMoon

I don't buy floor cleaning liquids. I do as you do. Bit of washing up liquid and a splash of bleach.

Me too!

Another me too here, it works well and cheap as chips.

I have been using diluted dettol for years.

Dish soap and bleach here as well. I use a capful of Dettol once in a while as well.

Well, I hope you open the windows - to let out the chlorine gas.

Squirt of washing up liquid and dettol in warm bucket of water works fine on my floors I’m not bothered if they are shiny as long as they are clean and I love the smell of dettol.

Crikey - what a dirty old woman I must be. I use just water and an e-cloth floor mop. Nice clean floors though. Can’t understand the thinking behind Dettol & bleach etc, it’s only going to get walked on again. You don’t eat off your floors - do you?

What do you use for polished wooden floors? I worry that the bleach and disinfectant will damage them. Washing up liquid leaves a bit of a tacky feel.

Interesting posts here. I am trying to decide on type of flooring for kitchen makeover. Workman wants to do those vinyl planks but I would like porcelain tiles but more work. Present floor is sheet vinyl but never feel it cleans fully as dirt collects in textured finish. I use a steam mop but feel old style scrubbing brush is what is needed.

Steam mop or use diluted Elbow Grease

I use a bit of Zfloral or the cheaper own brand ones and a tiny bit of washing up liquid in hot water. I get down on my knees and wash and dry the floor by hand. It Burns calories and I do it to music. Floor looks and smells great and it keeps me fit, win win.

It all depends on what kind of floor you are washing, what you should use.

I have mainly wooden floors that are varnished, plus tiled floors with ceramic tiles in the hall, bathroom and wash-kitchen.

I wash all my floors in old-fashioned soft soap in hot water, or if they are not very dirty just in hot water. As soap has been in short supply recently in our local shops, I have reverted to washing-soda in hot water.

Be careful of using vinegar on tiled or terasso floors or indeed any stone floors as they may be damaged irrepareably by vinegar, and never use bleach on any floor unless you are certain the floor can stand it.

If the floors look as if there is a film on them when they have dried, you probably used too much soap, so you will have to rinse the floors in hot water, using a mop or floor cloth that has not been in soapy water.

I never use washing-up liquid on the tiled floors as it tends to make them slippery.

I entirely agree that the special solutions for cleaning floors are a waste of money.

Spidergran3, no, you're not dirty, you're the sane one. You're not using toxic chemicals for no good reason. My mother used that awful pine disinfectant everywhere - and that smell still makes me heave. Strangely, though, she was happy for us all to wear shoes indoors.

I'm fussy, though, I rinse the mop frequently before squeezing it out in the water/vinegar mix. Most people just use the same bucket - and rinse in that - effectively spreading dirt and germs far and wide - why?