My house floor is flooding...
By yspmyl
@yspmyl (3435)
Malaysia
December 14, 2010 4:12am CST
Do you ever mop your house floor. I bet most of you did, and of course me too. When I mop the floor, I will make sure it will not be too wet so that it will be dry fast and no one will injured because of the slippery floor.
This is the story about my mother in-law again. When ever she mop the floor, she will use a lot of water and you can definitely see the floor is flooding with water. And it takes hours to dry. That is so dangerous when there are children running around. At least you need to dry it with the mop after you flooded the floor, but she doesn't do it, she just let the floor dry by it self.
So, I would like to know what is your mopping method that you use, is it flooding the floor and let it dry hours by itself?
5 responses
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
14 Dec 10
That is traditional way to wash the floor and I dont thing that is termed as Mop
To me mopping is simple - use minimum of water and let it dry fast. I use a hand held washer for this... got it recently and I can do that now standing straight... Good gift for my small family - me and my wife... we can take up that anytime and the floor is clean again
To me mopping is simple - use minimum of water and let it dry fast. I use a hand held washer for this... got it recently and I can do that now standing straight... Good gift for my small family - me and my wife... we can take up that anytime and the floor is clean again@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
15 Dec 10
hehehe... (My wife too thought it this way when I said that it is a hand held washer and that is why I felt laughing - the names they give to things seem to mislead) It is not electric driven and it is not a gadget... They have named it such. Actually it is a kind of cloth attached to a long plastic stick or something. There are two models - one - you can squeeze the joints on the stick and it would drench off the water and the other one is - you can take out the cloth and squeeze to drench off yourself.
The one that I have does not have any sponge at the end. It uses cloth. I attach a pic for better understanding. Hope that helps
) It is not electric driven and it is not a gadget... They have named it such. Actually it is a kind of cloth attached to a long plastic stick or something. There are two models - one - you can squeeze the joints on the stick and it would drench off the water and the other one is - you can take out the cloth and squeeze to drench off yourself.
The one that I have does not have any sponge at the end. It uses cloth. I attach a pic for better understanding. Hope that helps
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Dec 10
hi when I was still in an apartment I was very stingy with the water using only enough to actually clean the floor as too much water left to flood the floor will weakne wood floors and make tile floors horribly slippery and probably the oldest one in the home would be the one to
fall and break a hip.I never used a lot of water as that makes it reakky dangerous for all ages.
@buggles64 (2709)
• United States
14 Dec 10
Well, I use about two quarts of water mixed with some cleaner. Right now, I am using Fabuloso, because that is what we have on hand. I have one of those mops that has a slide down wringer (best invention) and it works really well. When the mop is on the floor, it is just damp, so when I am done it dries really fast!
@webearn99 (1742)
• India
14 Dec 10
Mopping a floor dry is beneficial as any residual moisture will attract dust and bacteria. The whole effort of washing and mopping goes waste. If you add children to this, one it is dangerous because they may slip and fall. Second the footprint they leave will make the floor dirty again.
@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
14 Dec 10
You are definitely correct, I too do not like it when someone mop the floor and left the floor wet. It is so dangerous when there are children around. And you are right, it will be easier to get dirty when it is wet, where it will trap the dust and get dirty from our foot.
@nicregi (1934)
• Malaysia
14 Dec 10
When I mop the floor, I don't floot it as I am worried it could wet the furniture. So what I do is to sqeeze dry the mp and mop thr floor. This is tiring as I need to everything two times to ensure that everything is done correctly but I am happy with the outcome.
