Updated on january 21 2012.
Floor still dirty after mopping.
One of the best cleansers for this floor surface is a solution of apple cider vinegar and water.
A thankless job but my floors do come out the cleanest this way.
Remember water and a tiny bit of glass cleaner is more than enough to get the floors clean.
So i don t really clean them and they look dirty clean them and they still look dirty.
Floors dirty after mopping.
If the water is dirt free the mop is ready to reclean the floor.
One of the biggest complaints about laminate floors is that the floors are streaky even after mopping.
I did have a second bucket of water to rinse because i knew my cleaning solution was going to get funky quickly i had to dump the rinsing bucket 4 times.
This is why floors still look dirty even after a thorough mopping.
I bought a pair of knee pads to aid the process.
Follow proper cleaning techniques.
Try damp mopping and spot cleaning but never use a commercial floor cleaner with polish.
Unless you mop extremely dirty floors a second and even a third time however chances are they aren t as clean as they may appear.
Repeat this process until you do not feel any sticky feeling under your shoes or your bare foot.
Most of us believe we already know how to mop a floor.
To remedy this try a different cleaner or use less cleaner.
Floors should be vacuumed or swept before they are steam mopped.
Whenever detecting noticeable dirty water you had better dump the sudsy water and rinsed out your mop before mopping it again into the clean water.
Also it helps keep the grout cleanest too.
Except today they look a little less dirty than normal after slop mopping which is saying a lot.
It s similar to washing a window with a dirty cloth.
There is a film on them and after walking around with socks for just a short time socks are dirty too gross if something is spilled or dripped.
The truth is most people know the basics of mopping but they make a couple of key mistakes.
My floors are still dirty immediately after i mop.
Even after the cleaners have just been its still dirty if you wipe it for example with a cloth if a bit of tea is spilt on the floor imo the only way to ghet it really clean is to get down on hands and needs with a microfibre cloth and actually do each little bit and get the whole floor really clean.
If you skip this step any surface dirt sand dust crumbs and hair will be picked up by the steam mop hindering its ability to do a good job.
Then again most of us are frustrated when our freshly mopped floors still look dirty.
