(Part 2) Best household floor cleaners according to redditors
We found 148 Reddit comments discussing the best household floor cleaners. We ranked the 35 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
I forego the swiffer all together. The pads don't last long enough to do my floors once.
I use a Bona Floor Cleaner mop
http://www.amazon.com/Bona-WM710013350-Microfiber-Floor-Mop/dp/B001AH5G38/ref=sr_1_17?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1412344810&sr=1-17&keywords=bona+hardwood+floor+cleaner
It came with one pad and I bought a two pack of replacement pads.
They are washable and do a great job on my floors. I just use a cheap squirt bottle and some fabuloso. Its 2 bucks and makes like 10 gallons of cleaning solution. I just spritz the area I want to clean, mop it over and move on. If the floor is really dirty I will use a second pad, but usually one does it. (I have dogs so it sometimes needs to be pressure washed lol)
Damn. Get some orange glow that will fix em up
What part of the country are you in? That looks like it might be bluestone, in which case it is unlikely the stone is deteriorating. I have a bluestone random flag natural stone set in concrete (it looks very similar to yours) throughout my house and it is tough as nails. In fact at one point someone jackhammered a portion of the floor (probably to get at the floor heating system beneath),and the only way you can tell is that the concrete is a slightly different color and a bit rougher. It looks like they lifted the stone out unsplit and just laid it back down in the new concrete bed.
I don't think you need to seal it for protection though the slight shine is attractive - but it seems to wear off quickly. There was some sort of sealant on the floors when we bought our house, but it didn't even last the year and the floors look great without it. I did contact a bluestone supplier and asked about sealing my floor because i thought it might be necessary, and they said they had never heard of doing that to natural stone, which surprised me frankly, but honestly, in the 10 years I've owned the house it has never seemed like something that was necessary.
As to cleaning, I used to use a fantasitic product called Sofix which cleaned and gave a slight shine. https://www.amazon.com/Sofix-Stone-Floor-Cleaner-Liter/dp/B000ASSBY4 The liquid was blue and using it to clean really played up the color of the stone (and didn't seem to harm the concrete). However, as you can see from the link, it is unavailable and has been for the last 6 months. I keep checking Amazon every few months to see if it will reappear, but no luck yet. I have not found anything comparable unfortunately. Everything else I've tried either wants you to mix the cleaner with water (which seems to just turn everyday dirt into mud), or dries tacky, or smells like a caustic chemical factory, or stains the concrete slightly. Or all of the above. Right now I'm hoarding the few bottles I have left and just spot clean the floors when necessary with dish detergent and as little water as possible.
Some of my stones also seem to have an odd pattern and in one spot looks like a deer walked across it and sunk in to the stone a couple of inches! I think it is just natural variation from splitting the stone and removing occlusions of different material from the slab.
Bezos is your friend. Kind of.
https://smile.amazon.com/Dap-63004-Purpose-Cleaner-4-Pound/dp/B000KKO8B2/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=283AK8H2XNAQ2&keywords=trisodium+phosphate&qid=1551299099&s=gateway&sprefix=triso&sr=8-1
Real oriole fans buy this.
シールはがしスプレー. Shi-ru hagashi spray kudasai. Say it at the 100 yen store person.
Or order it online: https://www.amazon.co.jp/3M-%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC30-%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%81%AF%E3%81%8C%E3%81%97-100ml-CLEANER30/dp/B0039NFBFE
Depends. Clear coat prior to decals: a gloss coat from any hobby paint manufacturer, or future floor polish: http://www.amazon.com/Pledge-FloorCare-Finish-Floor-Cleaner/dp/B003TRXH0G/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1418940347&sr=8-3&keywords=future+pledge
After decals, a flat coat, like Testors Enamel Dulcote, Model Master acrylic flat clear.
The most common way to hide light colored scratches on a hardwood floor is a colored paste wax:
https://www.amazon.com/Dura-Seal-Wood-Paste-Wax/dp/B002F4O5NW
Less toxic than some, try liquid wax
Sepakers: Sony SRS D4 (these are pretty old)
Wood stain: Varathane Premium Dark Walnut - https://www.amazon.com/Varathane-211807-Premium-Stain-Walnut/dp/B000C014X0
Thanks. I bought MopGlo because it's all they had at the store, so I'm going to give that a shot on a cheap HG.
Not only is this Lemon pledge good for getting votes, but it also keeps your furniture clean and smelling nice. Now good for floors too.
If that doesn’t work try
Basic Coatings Squeaky Cleaner Spray - 32 Ounce https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ZKRJ2O/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_1ux5BbYRWZ7W6
If you want to, try using this product on the floor before you remove all your grout. Replace missing and loose grout first, let that dry, and then use the product. Pour it on and see if it can lock the grout into place. After it dries, pour some more on. And then some more.
“For use on most types of interior floors including vinyl composition, rubber, asphalt, tile, terrazzo, unfinished concrete and no-wax vinyl.”
https://www.amazon.com/Commercial-ZUFSLR128-Resistant-Sealer-Bottle/dp/B005SSGT7C/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1474216540&sr=8-3&keywords=vinyl+wax+sealer
edit; it's my guess that this product will not make the grout sit for long, what with the weight upon the tile and the non adhering materials not enjoying each others company, but it may be worth a try.