OFF TOPIC - looking for opinions

Ahhh, give me a string mop any day of the week. Tried that Swiffer stuff. No thank you. No better than a sponge mop. Only way to get into corners (and I have tons of nooks and corners in my kitchen) is with a good ol'-fashioned string mop and big mop bucket on wheels with a handle that squeezes all the excess water out.

An old neighbor of mine turned me on to them. She had just moved in next door and complained about the kitchen floor. Then told me how the string mop got it clean. I bought one and have never looked back.

I do know, however, that one of these days I'll not be able to lift up that bucket to empty it. :~)

Dianne

I always thought the only way to really do it was to get down on hands and knees with a brush, then get up and mop it with clear water. Those days are gone forever and now it's the swiffer and a quick swipe with a rag mop or a sponge mop.

That's the only good thing about the tile floor. I don't like it, but it does clean easily.

Lucille

The kitchen floor is never going to be "clean and shiny" again. One of the cleaning ladies we had hired cleaned floors with Ajax scouring powder. Even stripping and hand waxing can not make this floor "like new" (heck, I'd settle for lived in for a few years) again. Dirt just seems to be under the surface now it is so dulled.

Unfortunately, new flooring is off the table until after DD out of college or I hit the lottery.

Cheryl

I don't like string mops. Never seemed to do the trick for me. Sponge for quick pick ups, the brush and the cloths for hands and knees.

Cheryl

I'm with you.......can't stand to touch them!!! I feel like they are sticking to me....or something......and I think they smell funny!! Got a package and had to give them away!

just me, Cathy from KY in CA

I'm glad I'm not the only one!

sue

I have way too many memories of the string mops at summer camp. Every day the cabins were swept and mopped, and sadly all too often the responsible mopper wouldn't quite rinse out and go hang the mops. Plus, these were painted wood floors, and then tile bathrooms. I became a big fan of some bleach in the water. My group - when we were campers - for years - were actually really clean - 'cause if we won weekly inspection there was a big treat (often as we hit the older camper ages - an outing to a local dairy bar). I tended to be the sweeper or mopper. But, they do work. I have one of those kind of string, but fatter threads mops with a twist to wring handle. Works great. And also the big micro-fiber loop flat head for doing the hard-wood - that mop head actually folds in half to wring out. Fortunately, the slightly metallic, black with colors in it weird kitchen tile does clean really easily. But, we have to sweep daily - or close to it. The mopping is pretty easy - with the odd times of hands/knees.

Now, I'm depressed 'cause I know that I need to go scrub the big shower. The silvery white on white tile - it does get dirty in the grout lines. I'm convinced there is clay in our main water line - but Donna says otherwise. Means getting in the shower, and doing the floor with the little stupid grout brush. Ah, well - the time has about come.

ellice