How do you clean your floors?

[kz_blogorambling]

This will seem like a stupid question. Well, it is a stupid question.

My floors look like crap. I used to take minimal care of them and that worked fine. Basically just a damp mop inbetween housekeeping visits. Then I made the mistake of buying a Swiffer wetjet and something about the chemicals in that thing just messed it all up. Now I'm having a hard time getting them to look good again--the wetjet residue is persistent, and the salt from outside doesn't help.

Anyone have some floor-cleaning product they're happy with? FWIW, I have linoleum and a pergo-style product to care for.

Comments

[gundy.livejournal.com]

I use the Clorox ReadyMop stuff on the Pergo-esque section of the room we call "Maude", and it does the job okay.

[scout1222.livejournal.com]

Wait, do you call the room Maude, or the floor Maude? What's the story behind that?

[gundy.livejournal.com]

The room is Maude. It all started because we didn't know what to call the rooms off of the kitchen, since there's not really a room name for "the room off the kitchen but not part of the kitchen." So I jokingly said we should call them Harold and Maude (a la George Harrison's "Arthur" hairstyle.) You know how there's the sort of divider on the floor between the area with the computer and the area near the Patio Door to Nowhere? The side with the computer is Harold, and the other side is Maude.

[scout1222.livejournal.com]

Gotcha. I love random stories like this, especially when they involve weird nicknames that don't make sense to outsiders.

[crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com]

It's funny, Mark calls this our "nebulous transitional area." Maude sure rolls off the tongue easier.