How & When do you MOP?

[murraysmum]

my mum is a cleaner and i know as she works with the age wet floors are an issue and steam is an ohs issue so she has those orange mops u see em at the shops and bunnings they are fluffy well she does what trishs mum does and hooks a towel over it dries it fast that or u can stand on a towel and rub the floor dry the old fashion way

i hate moping with a passion we have lino so im lucky wood floors are a pain in the ass

[Sequoia]

I mop before I go to bed, that way DS is asleep and I wake up to sparkling tiles!

[Rach75]

umm once a week or so now but when Jack was younger every day, I have 90% timber floors as well, I use boiling water and bleach I also have ceiling fans so it dried very very quick I would vac while he was awake then when he went down mop then HTH

[Jewel]

I mop at nighttime when the boys are in bed asleep, not that I really mop that often though.

[Cassius2]

i mop once a week and tend to do it on my way out to MG. If DD is awake i whack a pair of clean socks on her and she can quite happily follow me around without mucking up my floors too much.

if i think that they'll take ages to dry i grab a towel from the bathroom and 'walk it' across the main areas for a quick dry.

HTH!

[Laranna]

I mop twice a week and use an Enjo mop. It uses minimal water. I just fill one of those plastic sports drink bottles with water and a splash of lavender or eucalyptus oil. My entire house except the bedrooms and study has white tiles and it dries within about 15 minutes. I do it when DS is sleeping and I start at one end of the house and finish at the door to the study then I sit down on my computer and check BB, FB, etc while the floors dry

[[M]umma[M]ia]

i have mainly tiles throughout and have the same problem. I have restored to getting everything ready (eg, mop etc) just before i go to bed. On my way to the bedroom i mop. That way, u know u dont need to walk back over the floor and i leave the bucket at the end of the hall till the next morning.

[Tan2705]

We have wooden floors that are constantly dusty too so I know how hard they are to keep clean! DS was an early walker and never much of a sleeper so finding the time to do it was nigh on impossible. I would do it while he was awake with him trying to pull the mop out of my hands slip slidding all over the shop UG so i ended up buying a 2nd mop and he has happily helped me clean since he was 11 months!

Oh we use enjo too so no concern about chemical cleaning products..

[Fleur]

I mop whenever I can...once every couple of days...once a fortnight
I use hot water & vinegar, a dash of lemon oil, ceiling fan & an old towel if I'm really in a hurry for it to dry.
Doing it before bed is great, the kids don't get a chance to muck it up before morning. Either that or on the way out of the house.

Dh helped me last night, I mopped, he dried with a couple of old towels & it was all done in 15 minutes