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How to clean the floors in the apartment: general tips and recommendations for different coatings
We describe what general rules and principles should be followed when cleaning the floor, which tricks will make it more effective, as well as how to wash different types of coatings.
Not all housewives actually think about how to properly clean the floors. However, this is an extremely important issue for the hygiene of the residents, and for the appearance as a whole. We decided to sort this out and give you the necessary advice.
General principles
How often to wash the floors in the apartment? This question, I think, is asked by many people. It is recommended to clean them at least once a week, paying attention to the surfaces under the carpets, if there are no special reasons to do it more often. However, if you have a small child or several children in the house, as well as pets, it is better if you do it two or even three times more often, and ideally every day.
But what to do if cleaning really tires, and the area of the apartment does not at all dispose to daily floor washing? Here are some general guidelines:
For easy-to-clean coatings, it is sufficient to use disposable universal wet wipes for the home. This will not only save time and effort, because you will not have to rinse the mop several times, but also make daily cleaning much more efficient, because it is unlikely you manage to wash the cloth in such a way that no small garbage and bacteria remain on it.
First, wash the dust from other surfaces, because most of the "garbage" flies to the floor, most often from window sills, tables and other furniture.
Before proceeding directly to the washing, go over the entire surface with a vacuum cleaner or a broom, so you will immediately remove all the large litter, and you will not have to do double work.
During the cleaning, do not forget about the baseboards: they accumulate a huge amount of dust, and thus you will make cleaning more efficiently by 20 percent.
If it is not possible to clean the floors every day in the whole apartment, consider washing at least in the most quickly polluted places. As a rule, it is a corridor and a kitchen (with daily cooking), and it can also be a children's room and a balcony / loggia.
Minor contamination, if any, for example, in the kitchen, try to wash immediately, rather than wait for the planned cleaning.
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How to wash tile, laminate, linoleum
These coatings are among the most popular, as they are not easily soiled and do not require much attention and special care.
For an ordinary housewife cleaning, as a rule, they use just clean water, changing it several times, and wipe the floors with a rag, and for general cleaning they add a special solution to the water for cleaning one or another kind.
To wash the tile without staining, use only a clean cloth, thoroughly wash off the detergent after applying and change the water several times. Salat ammonia and acetic acid essence, as well as citric acid, are recognized as effective folk helpers for adding shine to the tiles. They can be used both in the fight against local pollution, and in general floor washing, spreading a couple of tablespoons of money into a bucket of water.
One of the types of tiles is a marble floor. The same recommendations apply to it. To clean this type of surface most often used special tools in the form of sprays, gels, pastes for marble. To preserve such floors in their pure, original state as long as possible, some housewives also use wax to create a protective film and special dirt-repellent compounds.
How to clean the floors in the apartment: general tips and recommendations for different coatings
Stains on marble are removed with household bleach: for this, dilute ammonia and hydrogen peroxide in equal proportions. The composition is applied to the contaminated place and leave for a day, after which remove the remnants of bleach and rinse the floor as usual. Fatty contamination can be done with marble, causing a little starch and leaving for a few hours. Another proven remedy is acetone. They are moistened with a tissue and applied for a while onto the contaminated area.
So that there are no stains on the marble floor, after washing it is rubbed with a dry soft cloth and polished.
Laminate flooring should be cleaned very carefully. Housewives adhere to the following rule: the time of washing and the amount of water for this type should be minimal, because from excessive moisture laminate can "swell" in a matter of hours. Try to make movement in parallel with the joints on the laminate, so you wash the floor without a divorce and the minimum amount of moisture gets on these joints.
How to clean the floors in the apartment: general tips and recommendations for different coatings
Housewives try to use a soft microfiber cloth. During the general cleaning of the laminate, first wash with a special detergent composition, and then - a second time - with simple water. As an alternative to purchased detergents, some housewives add 150 ml of white vinegar to a bucket of water (about 10 liters).
To clean the linoleum should also choose only soft cloth wipes, so as not to damage the surface. In the absence of strong contamination, it is enough to wash the floor with clean water, and to clean some stains, try the following solution: add two tablespoons of liquid soap and 150 ml of vodka to two liters of water. A solution with vinegar is also suitable for cleaning linoleum.
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How to wash wooden floors
If the floors in your house are wooden, avoid large amounts of water, because the floor of the tree can swell. Regardless of whether the wooden floor is varnished or not, you should very well squeeze a rag before proceeding with cleaning and not wetting the floor too hard.
How to wash the parquet floor? Experienced housewives use several time-tested recipes for cleaning parquet:
In warm water dissolve liquid ammonia or ordinary vinegar in the ratio of one tablespoon to one liter of water. To wash the floor without strands, you should not too often tear off a mop or rag from the surface and it is better to make movements with the so-called "figure eight".
Some housewives use a rubbing coating of linseed oil to make it shine. You can try mastic or the following “homemade” solution: Dissolve 50–70 ml of table vinegar, 1-2 tablespoons of special polish for wooden furniture and 2 liters of cool water.
Unpainted and not varnished wood perfectly washes with water with the addition of a small amount of soap or detergent. You can also use alkali: for one liter of warm water, add 2-3 tablespoons of soda and wipe the surface with a brush or sponge with a layer of hard lint.
Black stripes on the surface can be easily removed with a dry linen cloth. If the stripes are “eaten” strongly, soda will help a lot - put a small amount of it on a rag and rub it off, then wash it off with plain water.
Spots on unpainted wooden coating can be removed with sandpaper - however, the main thing here is not to overdo it and take care not to damage the material.
Sticky spots like glue, clay, gum or resin seem to be impossible to clean. However, there is a proven tool here: put some ice in a bag and apply it to the place of pollution for a while. When the stain is slightly frozen, it can be removed with a spatula. If it is necessary to scrub away the remaining paint, apply a cotton wool soaked in alcohol to the place of pollution, and then clean the surface.
How to wash the cork floor? This type is one of the most capricious, so it must be carefully monitored and looked after. The appearance of various types of stains and dirt requires immediate cleaning.
Special soft, non-caustic chemical ingredients that dissolve in water are suitable for cleaning. Cork flooring should be cleaned with a soft nap cloth or sponge; do not use hard brushes with a metallic coating. Rag should be very well squeezed to prevent ingress of excess moisture. Sometimes, to clean the non-lacquered surface, the hostess dilutes a small amount of laundry detergent in the water. After cleaning the surface should be wiped dry, again, so that excessive moisture does not spoil the coating and the material does not swell.
After washing the cork surface, it can be “refreshed” by wiping with a rag with a special solution: dilute a couple of tablespoons of ordinary vinegar in 5-6 liters of water.
To make the floors last longer and look as good as when they were just bedded, check out the care recommendations beforehand and always use them.
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