Warning: Sometimes the internet is wrong

MargieMags

I don't care what some websites say but using a Steam Mop to clean hardwood floors is a bad idea. Just ask the woman who has to replace 1000+ square feet of cherry flooring who called my job asking for advice last week. I felt so sorry for her.

ELF4321

Yeah, I'm guessing she didn't pay attention to the warning about making sure the floors are properly sealed before steam cleaning them.  That's an expensive lesson to learn.

MargieMags

But the internet told her she could. And the flooring in question is about $11/sq foot not including installation so yeah...

ELF4321

She should have gone with oak.  LOL.

chrisnjay05212010

oh my!!! I have a shark steam thing and i never use it because its a pain in the ass to use. I just stick with swifter wet cloths.  Guess I really wont be breaking that thing out now, we have all hardwood except for bathroom and kitchen,  dont need that added expense to replace our floors.

Holler4dmb

That's why you do a test patch in the closet so if it fuucks up you don't ruin the entire floor. Duh!

Huzzy

Omg!! A friend of mine just did this in their new house.... And she has to have the whole floor refinished.... In our old house in POK.. The hardwood floors had just been refinished before we moved in.... So they were sealed well.. But I still never used the steam mop on them in fear of that!

mrsredmoose

Ouch. Glad you wrote this.  I need to tell DH.  A couple of days ago he cloroxed our unsealed marble floor in the new bathroom.  Sometimes I think he fails massively at cleaning on purpose so I don't ask him to do it.

cutekate

does this lady who ruined her cherry floors live in pearl river? She sounds like my wacky neighbor who just had them put in

MargieMags

No, not Pearl River. LOL

TeeNTim

*GASPS*  There's mis-information on the Internets!  *faints from the shock of it all*

 

 

(Sorry...in a wise a$$ mood)

summerbride11

mrsredmoose:

Ouch. Glad you wrote this.  I need to tell DH.  A couple of days ago he cloroxed our unsealed marble floor in the new bathroom.  Sometimes I think he fails massively at cleaning on purpose so I don't ask him to do it.

 

LMAO about your hubby. ( I don't know how to BOLD that section.)

Nikosmom

OMG!!!!!! I had been contemplating on getting a steam mop for my hard wood floors. No I will definitely not. Yikes!