Steam mop - wood floors

[Gracie09]

which steam mop does everyone really like, and what do you use in it for HW floors and what for tile?

Bissell

 

[it's kelly]

I've been steam cleaning my wood floors with the Shark and I love it.

 

[tvguy]

Read the reviews on the bona. Not so great

Read the reviews here from all of us the use it and like it.

 

[DisneyHardin]

I clean my hardwood with my shark steam mop all the time. If they are really grimy, I'll put some vinegar in with the water in the tank. My floors look great. I really try to use as few chemicals as possible in cleaning my house.

 

[Gracie09]

Read the reviews here from all of us the use it and like it.

So 3 compared to the number who say their steam mop works great, no chemicals and floors are fine.

 

[Sabeking]

I've used a steam cleaner for about 6 years. My floors look awesome and I never have seen any damage.

 

[aprilgail]

I have used a steam mop on my hardwood floors for well over 10 years and they still look great- and they have been there since 1954.

 

[MeridaAndAngus]

For those who have a Shark steamer, which model do you have?

 

[tvguy]

So 3 compared to the number who say their steam mop works great, no chemicals and floors are fine.

Plus the makers and retailers of the flooring. I think they know better than all of the rest of us.

 

[cmarsh31]

I used a hoover floormate on my hardwood floors (not the prefinished, etc - so I don't know about those) until it died. Now I use a Haan. I'd be more concerned about some of the prefab ones than a true hardwood floor. Everything else seems to leave a sticky residue on my floors.

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

Plus the makers and retailers of the flooring. I think they know better than all of the rest of us.

Also a Bona user here.

Would never consider a steam mop for my hard wood.

 

[BCV2003]

Another Bona user here. We have a dog and love the results we get from using Bona. Clearly, we vaccuum first when we need to but Bona keeps our floors great. We keep an extra clean Bona pad on hand because once the pad gets too much dirt on it it doesn't shine as nice. My husband is also very particular about his cleaning products and we tried several products before he decided that bona did the best job.

 

[havaneselover]

We have pre-finished engineered hardwood in our new home and I am hesitant to use my Shark steamer. This is the first time I have had wood floors. I bought a Libbman microfiber mop and Bona hardwood cleaner this evening. I'll test a small area tomorrow.

I would not use a steam mop on wood floors but definitely not on engineered wood floors. In my experience they water damage very easily.

 

[havaneselover]

The Bona cleaner reviews are quite high (check Amazon). It's the only thing I will use on my floors.

 

[Gorechick]

For those that use Bona cleaner, what technique do you use for best results?

 

[havaneselover]

For those that use Bona cleaner, what technique do you use for best results?

Spray the floor lightly and use the Bona microfiber mop.

 

[LJSquishy]

We won't have hardwoods in the new house we're having built right now, but our last house had site-finished oak hardwoods and I used a steam mop on them every 2 weeks or so, and weekly I used a microfiber mop pad with either Bona cleaner or filtered water with a touch of white vinegar. I used this combination for the 7 years we lived there and it worked fine but the last 2-3 years I really noticed the shine of the floor dulling. We never had a problem with warped floor boards, bubbling, or anything like that but at the same time I can't say it wasn't slowly damaging the wood over time because I just don't know. The dulling may have just been from heavy traffic with 2 adults and 2 small dogs since it was a small house and all of the hardwood areas were main walking areas. Really think about possible long term damage.

I used to own a Bissel steam mop (it was the mint green colored model) and I can say do NOT get that one! It's really terrible...it leaves way too much water on the floor so I'd have to follow it with a dry cloth every time. I've used the Shark steam mops at my in-laws house multiple times and it works much better in terms of putting out steam vs just water. The floors are much drier with the Shark. I believe the Hahn steam mop is highly rated as well.

We'll have laminate flooring in our new house and I really want to use a steam mop on it but won't. When it comes down to it, steam mops do NOT sanitize the floor (in order for it to actually sanitize you'd have to hold it over the surface for at least 20 seconds, if not longer which no one does) and they really aren't any easier to use than a microfiber mop that you either wet & wring out before attaching it or using a spray bottle to spray the floor. Steam mops are pretty good at getting a sticky spot off of the floor better than other mops, though. The laminate floor we'll be installing is "safe for wet mopping", safe to install in bathrooms & kitchens, and "practically waterproof", but it's not waterproof and because it's a floating floor a steam mop just sounds like a bad idea long term.

For a normal microfiber mop, I have an O-Cedar pole and 2 microfiber pads (Walmart, probably Target, etc). A lot of people rave about the Mopnado mop on Amazon...I've had it on my wish list for a few years but haven't bought it and I'm not sure if I'd rather keep with my current mopping style or try the Mopnado...the mop head on that looks like it would trap small particles that I missed with the vacuum better than the straight pad which can just push them around sometimes.

 

[FINFAN]

Another Bona user here. First off, the thought of another big floor cleaning appliance in my house is not high on my list and second, the ease of just using the hand mop/cloth and spray with the Boma is my style. I have been using the product since 2001 on the same hardwood floors and no complaints. Our finish is dulled somewhat, but for 15 years, not bad lol. I prefer being able to get into the nooks and crannies so the Boma spray is good for me and I like being able to launder the microfiber cloth that I can store in a small cabinet (as in, not a big steam cleaner) good news is we are all keeping our floors clean whichever we choose, lol.

 

[luvdisney00]

I have a Shark steam cleaner and I use it on my laminate, tile and engineered hardwood. No issues at all and floors look great.

 

[tvguy]

For those that use Bona cleaner, what technique do you use for best results?

We had a Swiffer Wet Jet that we had for cleaning the vinyl floors we had before be got the laminate. We used their wood floor cleaner, and it works okay, but it kind of leaves a tacky residue. So I use the Swiffer Wet Jet mop and pads with the Bona to basically mop. My wife thinks that looks fine. However, our kitchen is laminate too and when it is my turn to do floors, I do that area on my hands and knees, I just think I can get it cleaner. I'm the same way with the vinyl flooring in our bathrooms, when it is my turn to do them, I do them on my hands and knees, my wife just uses the swiffer mop.