How To Dry Mopped Floors

Wring out water from your mop thoroughly before you apply the mop to the hardwood.

How to dry mopped floors.

Drag the dust mop or dry mop toward you then push it away working in straight lines and keeping its head in full contact with the floor. The floors are granite and fake wood laminate we remove our shoes before coming in the house i vacuum every other day we don t have any pets we do have four kids 1 is only 5 weeks so he doesnt mess the floors but we don t allow eating or drinking anywhere except at the table. In this case you can use a traditional yarn mop to clean your floor. To remedy this try a different cleaner or use less cleaner.

Some floors are more prone to streaking than others but these tips should help. Clean before you mop. You can also buff the floors dry with an absorbent towel after you are done mopping. Mop your floor with a slightly damp mop.

Remember water and a tiny bit of glass cleaner is more than enough to get the floors clean. Turn the fan on and allow the airflow to dry the floor. Wrap the head of a dry mop with an absorbent rag. I use hot water and mr clean or a similar floor cleaner.

Mopping isn t a one stop shop for cleaning the floors. If not you can put down a clean towel and walk on it to another clean towel and keep moving until you get to where. Move the mop back and forth working across the floor and toward the opposite wall turning the mop frequently to avoid water saturation of the mop strings. Move the rag to cover the rubber bands hiding them in the folds of the rag.

Position a dry string mop on the floor at the entrance of the room. Place one large rubber band over the rag and around the dry mop s head on each side of the dry mop head. Always sweep dust mop or vacuum to remove large pieces of debris and stray hair. Usually the time depends on the humidity in the house.

I mop the floors once a week.