Anyone With Laminate floors?

[TatumsMom]

I'm copying and pasting a post that I made a while back when someone asked about this issue.....

Okay, when we first moved in to our house, before moving the furniture in I cleaned the entire house (all Armstrong laminate with tile in the bathrooms) with a Swiffer wetjet. The next morning I come in ready to move in furniture and the floors looked awful! All streaky and dull! So I went out and bought a Hoover Hard floor cleaner which worked fairly well for a year or so until it broke. The floors were really never as streak-free as I would have like though using that machine. Then finally someone told me about Bona X. Here's a link to one I found just so you can see it but I get mine from my local hardware store. They make hardwood AND laminate stuff.

BONA X Premium Stone, Tile, & Laminate Floor Care System - BONA X Hard Surface Floor Care products.

I've had the same stick thing with microfiber pad for at least a year and it is still in perfect shape - wash the pad in the washing machine (with no fabric softener) and throw it in the dryer. The spray goes a long way too.

Just last week my mom emailed me and said that two ladies she works with were talking about how they couldn't get their laminate floors streak-free so she asked me what I use and passed it on to them. One of them called her office phone to leave her a message at 10:00 that night SO excited because she had gone out and bought it that evening and was so impressed. The true test for me is that one side of my house is almost all windows and in the afternoon the floor is very much on display..... not a streak to be seen!

I hope everyone with laminate floors will find this product as wonderful as I have!

Seems there are other products out there that are very similar but I think the most important part is the microfiber pad!

[Yorkiekids]

I use PineSol and water so that there clean and sanatized.

[Jenn218]

How about steam mops? I think the Shark Steam Mop, you can use on laminate floors?!

[Bonnie's Mom]

I use a mixture of vinegar and water, and if there has been an accident I will add a little odorban to it.

I love love love my laminate floors! I have them all over on the first floor, and if I could manage to win the lottery (although I understand you must actually play to win ) I would put it in all my bedrooms upstairs too!

[Txgurl06]

Originally Posted by Jenn218

How about steam mops? I think the Shark Steam Mop, you can use on laminate floors?!

everyone here is saying that works and thats the one i wanted to try but i seen some bad reviews about how cheaply it was made and stuff.

[Txgurl06]

Originally Posted by TatumsMom

I'm copying and pasting a post that I made a while back when someone asked about this issue.....

Okay, when we first moved in to our house, before moving the furniture in I cleaned the entire house (all Armstrong laminate with tile in the bathrooms) with a Swiffer wetjet. The next morning I come in ready to move in furniture and the floors looked awful! All streaky and dull! So I went out and bought a Hoover Hard floor cleaner which worked fairly well for a year or so until it broke. The floors were really never as streak-free as I would have like though using that machine. Then finally someone told me about Bona X. Here's a link to one I found just so you can see it but I get mine from my local hardware store. They make hardwood AND laminate stuff.

BONA X Premium Stone, Tile, & Laminate Floor Care System - BONA X Hard Surface Floor Care products.

I've had the same stick thing with microfiber pad for at least a year and it is still in perfect shape - wash the pad in the washing machine (with no fabric softener) and throw it in the dryer. The spray goes a long way too.

Just last week my mom emailed me and said that two ladies she works with were talking about how they couldn't get their laminate floors streak-free so she asked me what I use and passed it on to them. One of them called her office phone to leave her a message at 10:00 that night SO excited because she had gone out and bought it that evening and was so impressed. The true test for me is that one side of my house is almost all windows and in the afternoon the floor is very much on display..... not a streak to be seen!

I hope everyone with laminate floors will find this product as wonderful as I have!

Seems there are other products out there that are very similar but I think the most important part is the microfiber pad!

safe for pets? the cleaner?

[cath54]

We all have to make up our mind.But what i like on my tile and hard wood floors.I like the shark to,the reason why no chemicals for our little ones to get on there paws

[TatumsMom]

Originally Posted by Txgurl06

safe for pets? the cleaner?

As far as I know, yes. But the floor doesn't stay wet because the microfiber pad dries it right away. I guess the only issue would be Tatum walking on it and then licking her feet but she doesn't lick to I'm not concerned about it.

[TatumsMom]

Originally Posted by cath54

We all have to make up our mind.But what i like on my tile and hard wood floors.I like the shark to,the reason why no chemicals for our little ones to get on there paws

I use my Shark several times a week because you sure can see all the dust and dirt from the outside on wood floors - and there's a lot of that when you live in the country! My cleaning lady only spot cleans with the Bona X every other week when she comes. And that's just mostly in areas that the sun shines on and you see all the streaks and footprints. So that would mostly be in the kitchen, breakfast room and part of the living room.

[mizzwanned]

We got Pergo laminate floors. We just use a wet cloth or something like the swiffer mop. Also we bought a special cleaner from the store

[TatumsMom]

The trick - regardless of which cleanser you use - is to use microfiber pads. That's what you need to discourage the streaking.

[mstrooperwife]

Originally Posted by TatumsMom

The trick - regardless of which cleanser you use - is to use microfiber pads. That's what you need to discourage the streaking.

this is true.
I use the swiffer wet jet solution for wood floors. But sometimes when it drys I don't see any streaks. my would floor is oak colored so it isn't very dark that may be why.
but the microfiber pads do work good.