I LOVE having tile floors now that we live in Florida- they clean up so much more easily when we have a spill or a pet mess (and with 3 pugs, that happens a lot.) Plus my husband gardens so we track in a lot of dirt. The issue? CLEANING the floors. DH hates mopping so he always puts off doing it. The swiffer is ok for quick clean ups, but doesn't get into the grout! I've been considering a steam cleaner but I wasn't sure if that was as effective as mopping. Anyone use something they LOVE for deep cleaning tile floors easily?
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We have dark wood look tile and the grout is also dark, so we just stick with mopping. I like to use hot water and windex (a tip from my mother in law!) It works really well and my floors feel clean for quite some time after.
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We've found sweeping daily really helps keep them clean. We have one of these large dusting brooms. DH does a quick sweep that takes less than one minute. Then every few days we'll go over with a steam mop. We have the shark one. Otherwise, we have a housekeeper that comes every other week. She sweeps and mops them.
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Following...our entire downstairs ~1000sf is tile. I'm tempted to clean it on my hands and knees, even though we have a kirby that can do it. We use Bona, but like you mentioned it does not get the grout.
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@kjpugs: Same theory that I have for cleaning my oven. Pay someone else
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@Mommytotwois: it makes me wish we had something SMOOTH like concrete or terrazzo. DAMN GROUT!
@pregnantbee: I might have to start paying my HUSBAND to do it weekly like he's supposed to! GAHHH!
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We don't have a lot of tile, but we use our steam mop regularly, and I use Stain Solver Oxygen Bleach as needed to clean the grout. Super easy and quick!
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@kjpugs: What color is your grout? Ours is a dark color. It's probably dirty but since it's the same color as dirt, it doesn't bother me.
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@kjpugs: LOL. Grout is the Devil. Can't stand it in my shower. I can never get it clean enough. Luckily our tile grout is dark, so dirt doesn't show as much
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@mrskc: it's grey, but I think it USED to be white. Sadly not kidding. (Rental house.) It looks fine, just I like knowing it's clean!
@pregnantbee: UGH shower grout is THE WORSTTTTTTTTT. ((shudders))
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@kjpugs: And this is why we pay someone to clean. Though seriously, even THEY can't handle the stupid bathroom tile grout. Drives me insane. So I do clean it, too.
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@kjpugs: oxy clean works pretty good on grout. I did it to our kitchen counters. Didn't come out perfect, but lightened them up a lot! I've also heard a bleach pen can work too.
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It works even better than bleach. But I only have two small bathrooms to clean (both with 1x1 tiles and WHITE grout. If I had a large space I'd just use bleach. Mop it on to the floor and let it sit a while, then mop it again with your normal soap (or just water). I actually got down on my knees and scrubbed this stuff in to our tile with a stiff brush once, and I swear it was cleaner than it probably had been in 50 years!!
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