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Useless floor washing fluid.

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mantaray Thu 07-Sept-23 16:04:30

I've been using some floor washing fluid by a well known manufacturer for ages, also some own brand fluid from Waitrose and found both of them pretty useless. One adds half a bucket of hot water to two capfuls of the liquid and they promise the floor will be dirt and grease free and will gleam on drying. I find the only way to cut through the dirt is to add some Fairy Liquid, not too much or it will be very sudsy. Do any of you Gransnetters have the same problem or can you recommend some other product. I used to have good results with a little bit of bleach and a little bit of Fairy liquid!!!!

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dogsmother Sun 10-Sept-23 09:49:41

Steam mop on porcelain tiles and Vileda spray fibre mop for wooden floors, using warm water and a tiny squeeze of anything going. Steam cloth and Vileda one too straight into washing machine. No problem.

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M0nica Sun 10-Sept-23 10:11:06

I have a nice dark red quarry tiles kitchen floor. I rarely wash it, just sweep or hoover and spot clean with a damp cloth when required.

I think 90% of all cleaning is a wasted effort driven by worries about what other people will think if you do not meet the level expected of Victorian housemaids.

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JackyB Sun 10-Sept-23 10:41:19

I have taken to using two buckets. One with hot water and four or five mop heads (cheap ones that fit my floor mop - all bought when on offer in Aldi or similar). I have squirty bottles filled with home made mixtures for the tiles and laminate flooring. Squirt the floor, squeeze out one mop head and wipe, repeating until mop head starts to dirty the water, then drop dirty mop head in second bucket. That way the water stays clean and I don't have to keep changing it.

Doing it regularly makes it easier - I try to get round once a week.

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