Karen E. Lund ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›1d ago
Sini Tuulia

A poll, about cleaning! ๐Ÿงน

How often do you mop your floors? Incredibly vague increments selected here, please roughly pick!

I grew up with parquet so there was a lot of vacuuming but only a little bit of mopping and never with much water, and I feel like that has influenced me much. ๐Ÿค”

Once a week or so
11.5%
Every couple of weeks or so
11.5%
Every month or two
17.2%
One big clean when necessary
55.2%
My floors cannot be mopped
4.6%
Poll ended at .
Apr 8 at 12:55pmWeb
Show threadSini Tuulia1d ago
I do have three cats and am very slightly obsessive with things feeling clean, so I do mop but not on a set schedule, only when I feel like it's required. Usually because of the cats, or because I want to do do something on the floor and want it to be clean!
Show threadBeeCycling1d ago
@sinituulia I have vinyl flooring, in kitchen and bathroom, which was all replaced in January. I've since kept up a once a week mopping routine, which I wasn't doing before, so I hope I can manage to maintain that discipline.
Show threadSini Tuulia1d ago
@beecycling Nodding, best of luck! I've gotten to the routine of vacuuming as many times per week as it takes, but wow does it only sometimes occur to me to mop...
Show threadBeeCycling1d ago
@sinituulia Vacuumimg is definitely something I need to do more often!
Show threadKilroy_Was_Here1d ago
@sinituulia Never. I sweep them and when I feel like water should be added I take a bucket and rag and scrub them.
Show threadSini Tuulia1d ago
@kilroy_was_here That's just mopping with a different tool, though?
Show threadKilroy_Was_Here1d ago
@sinituulia For some reason I feel that mopping pushes the dirt around. Scrubbing it gets it out all the way. IDK how true it is but it's just how I feel about it and I must refuse to go on another research binge or I'll be up for 48 hours lol
Show threadSini Tuulia1d ago

@kilroy_was_here Probably depends on the amount of dirt, the mop used, and whether you're rinsing the mop in between dirty spots? And the floor type.

I use different fluffy flat mops (just bought at different times, not different tech) slightly moistened with vinegar water and if I do it twice, the first time the mop will be pretty disgusting and the second time almost indistinguishable from clean (there's always more cat hair no matter what) ๐Ÿค”

Show threadSini Tuulia1d ago
@kilroy_was_here My definition of Good Enough is also that I can no longer see the ubiquitous little paw prints when sun reflects on the parquet tiles, they're like fingerprints but more persistent and if they come off, certainly the floor is much cleaner than it was!
Show threadKaren E. Lund ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›1d ago
@sinituulia The completely honest answer is "Not often enough."
Show threadWillow (she/her)1d ago

@sinituulia I have a robot vacuum and mop that I run mostly nightly. Then probably once a month I do a proper mop.

Barring that I'd do a proper mop about once a week.

I really like having clean floors, it changes the entire feeling of a room.

Show threadOuti ๐ŸฆŠ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒˆ1d ago
@sinituulia Parquet, so only mopping in the kitchen and with very little water. I do wash the bathroom & toilet floors more often, but that's a different thing.
Show threadCopy Moon Joy ๐ŸŒ•โค๏ธ1d ago
@sinituulia Bold of you to assume I mop my moppable floors. Let's just say... not often enough ๐Ÿ˜ฌ.
Show threadส™แด‡ษด แด„แดแด›แด›แด‡ัษชสŸสŸ10h ago
@sinituulia This survey got me doing it today.
Show threadSini Tuulia10h ago
@BenCotterill Well done!