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How to Clean Commercial and Residential Tile Floors
How to Clean Tile Floors
Nowadays people prefer tile flooring in their homes to other types. The reason is simple; tile floors are much easier to clean especially in households where there are small children and pets. Another reason is that tile floors are easy to maintain.
On the other hand, if you have tiled floors in your home, you can easily clean them yourself. Cleaning tile floors in your home depend on the type of tiles used but there are usually a few general rules you can follow. Firstly, make sure that you wipe your tile floors as soon as something spills on them.
You should always keep a cloth handy so as to wipe the spills such as juice, water, dirt or pet accidents the moment they occur. Wet/dry vacuums or wet/dry cordless vacuums can also be very helpful in such situations. It is important to clean stains such as footprints as soon as possible to avoid permanent damage and therefore, during a rainy or snowy season, keep a sponge or a towel handy.
Also place a towel or rug near your door so that whoever enters the house dries his/her feet before entering. If you have pets, make sure you dry their feet with a towel before letting them enter the house. Keeping your tile floors can be tedious if you wait till the last moment.
Irrespective of the type of tile you have used in your home, make sure you sweep the floors as often as possible and mop them at least once a week. Make sure that you buy a high quality mop where the part of the mop used for dust cleaning can be removed and washed. All you have to do is periodically wash the mop and replace it only when it wears out.
You can find disposable dusters in the market as well such as Swiffer but recommendation for them is weak as they are not very economical for most floors. Often times the cloth just pushes the dirt around and leads to scratches along the surface of the tile. Where ceramic tiles are used for flooring these dusters fail again as they are unable to extract the grout from them. It is better to avoid using harsh chemicals and inhaling their fumes and therefore the use of a good old mop is the best solution.
You can also use a rubber prong broom or an attachment on your vacuum to clean bare floors. A simple wet mopping can work wonders for your floor but so very few people actually know that. The fact is that as long as you don’t have bacteria growing on your floor as part of some science project you can have excellent results with using just a wet mop to clean your floors. This is especially true in cases where one tends to get lazy just thinking about all the scrubbing and washing required when the floor is left unclean over a long period of time. When you know all you have to do is reach out for that mop, get it wet and start swiping it along the floor.
The following is precisely what it takes to clean with a mop:
Fill a bucket with luke warm, neutral cleaning agent, & clean water. Dip your mop in it and squeeze it dry. Start mopping your floor. Replace the water when it gets dirty. If it’s a regular floor that requires no extra treatment, this is all you need.
Maintenance for tile & grout
You should always keep a cloth handy so as to wipe the spills such as juice, water, dirt or pet accidents the moment they occur. Wet/dry vacuums or wet/dry cordless vacuums can also be very helpful in such situations. It is important to clean stains such as footprints as soon as possible to avoid permanent damage and therefore, during a rainy or snowy season, keep a sponge or a towel handy.
Also place a entry mat near your door so that whoever enters the house dries his/her feet before entering. If you have pets, make sure you dry their feet with a towel before letting them enter the house. Keeping your tile floors can be tedious if you wait till the last moment and the use of chemicals is bad for almost every type of floor.
How to clean tile and grout on floors
Find the floor covering manufacturer and find there recommened product for the floor coverings.
There are thousands of floor covering's avaiable, and many different materials they are made of don't risk your floors to a cleaning product in the store.
Some things found on tile floors:
• Dust, debris, tar, oil, pesticides, outdoor air pollutants, grass, ground soil and fertilizers.
The wrong chemicals used on a tilefloor can damage a tile floor. The wrong stripper can also. Some tile floors can not be stripped also and can only be replaced. Irrespective of the type of tile you have used in your home, make sure you sweep the floors as often as possible and mop them at least once a week. Make sure that you buy a high quality mop where the part of the mop used for dust cleaning can be removed and washed. All you have to do is periodically wash the mop and replace it only when it wears out.
You can find disposable dusters in the market as well such as Swiffer but recommendation for them is weak as they are not very economical for most floors. Often times the cloth just pushes the dirt around and leads to scratches along the surface of the tile. Where ceramic tiles are used for flooring these dusters fail again as they are unable to extract the grout from them. It is better to avoid using harsh chemicals and inhaling their fumes and therefore the use of a good old mop is the best solution.
You can also use a rubber prong broom or an attachment on your vacuum to clean bare floors. A simple wet mopping can work wonders for your floor but so very few people actually know that. The fact is that as long as you don’t have bacteria growing on your floor as part of some science project you can have excellent results with using just a wet mop to clean your floors. This is especially true in cases where one tends to get lazy just thinking about all the scrubbing and washing required when the floor is left unclean over a long period of time. When you know all you have to do is reach out for that mop, get it wet and start swiping it along the floor.
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