PVA Mop is a sanitary option for cleaning your floors up to 12 times faster than the one you are using now. It will pick up pet hair and dirt particles like a magnet as you clean, and can be used with any cleansers or disinfectants you like. The high quality squeeze mechanism will not break like lesser quality models, and will keep your hands clean and out of the dirtiness you are mopping up.The head will also dry hard after you are done mopping which prevents the growth of mildew and bacteria when not in use. To make it squishy again, just soak for a couple minutes prior to use. No
will harm the durable head, and it is totally gentle on any surface you use it on. It will never scratch or leave a mark on any floor type, and will allow you to gently scrub surfaces to get them sparkling clean in very little time. The specially designed grooves skim the surface of your floors to sweep up, and lock in small particles as the sponge washes the surface. The end result is an incredibly efficient mopping system that will allow you to do a better job, with less effort and time spent.
"DO NOT...I repeat... DO NOT use vinegar on a wood floor!! I own a cleaning company and am well aware of the damage this method can cause. Vinegar is acidic and will slowly eat away at the poly coating, or wax coating, or oil, whatever your floor is sealed with. It is fine for no-wax linoleum and ceramic but don't use vinegar on wood floors! If you have new wood floors, using anything but what the manufacturer specifically recommends will void your warranty. When in doubt, use just water. I use a product called EcoMist Colloid W and a Rubbermaid commercial
microfiber mop and it gets raves from my clients with wood floors."
1) Use a soft microfiber dusting pad (preferably with fringe) and run it along all the baseboards without lifting it. Then run it up and down the room, like mowing the lawn, again not lifting the mop. Lifting the mop allows larger debris to get under the mop pad, which can scratch the floors. You want the larger debris to be trapped by the fringe and pushed ahead of you while dust and dirt is trapped by the microfiber pad. This is why swiffer is horrible...it can scratch!
2) Use the hose attachment on you vacuum to run the perimeter of the room and suck up any trapped dirt near the baseboards.
3) Using a spray bottle, mist the floor lightly with water, or a cleaner specifically formulated for wood floors like EcoMist Colloid W, Dr. Bonners, or Method. DO NOT use Murphy's Oil Soap on your floors, nor should you use Orange Glo. Murphy's Oil Soap will ruin the floors and Orange Glo makes them dangerously slippery. Again, when in doubt, just use water.
4)
After lightly misting a small area, use a seperate
microfiber pad that is labeled for wet use and mop the area following the grain of the wood.
5) Continue to spray as you go. The floor should dry behind you. Never dump a bucket of soapy water on a wood floor...it will warp, cup, split, and generally need replacing really quickly.
"I recommend the Rubbermaid Commercial Mop with a seperate wet and dry mopping head..they just velcro to the mop. You can get them at Home Depot for about 20 bucks and they do have replacement heads when you start to get icked out by the old ones, but all you need to do is run the
wet mop under the shower tap and use some shampoo to clean it out, while the dry
mop can be vacuumed with an attachment then thrown into the wash."
