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Tips for cleaning all tile floor house?
My new husband and I just moved into our first house together (rental, we're military and will be moving a lot, no need to buy now) and it's nothing but tile floor! At first I was so excited about this, because we have two dogs and a backyard, so no carpet stains from mud and dirt, and no worries about having to replace carpet when we leave!
However, no matter how much I vacuum on the "bare floor" setting, Swiffer, or even Swiffer vac, I feel like there is always dirt that I can feel on the floor when I walk barefoot! I'll admit, I'm a bit of a neat freak and itt drives me crazy! I'm only working part time nights right now, so during the day before I do any errands, dog park visits, or work outs, I do a quick vacuum or Swiffer vacc of the floors, hoping this would help the constant dirt feeling go away, but I feel like it's inevitable!
Am I doing something wrong??? I've thought maybe my vacuum or Swiffer vacc aren't picking up everything, but I don't see why they wouldn't.
Any recommendations on hard floor cleaners, or even techniques to keeping the gritty dirt feeling to minimum???? We've bought on area rug so far, and that of course helps "trap" some of the dirt, haha and it's vacuumed daily as well.
Re: Tips for cleaning all tile floor house?
Henri and Charlotte, Christmas 2012
Soooo true! Hahaha thanks for helping me look at the bright side! I'll keep up with the vacuuming everyday, and we're registered for a hard floor steam cleaner, so hopefully it'll come through, haha. If not I'll prolly end up getting it anyway since I've heard such good things about them on this sight. I've gotten on my hands and knees for smaller rooms, but our house is about 2,000 sqft and I dunno if I can scrub that much tile on hands and knees, haha. But I never knew about the vinegar mixture, I'll try that out in the smaller rooms like the bathroom and kitchen that I hand scrub!
Thanks everyone!!!
our entire house is wood floors and tile floors. i know exactly what you are going through!!! we got a roomba for christmas and have it clean the living room/kitchen 3 days a week and it makes a world of difference. i also throw it in the other rooms one or two evenings a week and it keeps them clean too.
i have a steam mop and use that once a week and it helps a lot too.
good luck!