Mopping Floors
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (79933)
United States
April 19, 2024 10:00am CST
Happy Friday Everyone! a cloudy start to this day with rain maybe?
We had some nice spring days and then back to chilly weather. The last few days were cold enough to put the heat back on. Today I have on a lightweight sweater and I'm comfortable. Crazy weather.
I'm having company on Sunday so today I'm going to mop the kitchen floor and save the vacuuming/dusting for tomorrow. I recently got a new electric steam mop that is self-propelled so it just glides over the floor and I don't have to more than just point it in the right direction. Mopping is so much easier these days.
The older I get, the less strength I have for some of the things that used to be a breeze to do.
I remember my mom scrubbing our kitchen floor on her hands and knees and then after it being washed, she would wax it. I haven't scrubbed a floor on my hands and knees in ages.
Have you ever scrubbed your floors on your hands and knees? What do you use to clean your floors these days?
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19 responses
@Tampa_girl7 (49096)
• United States
19 Apr
The days of scrubbing floors on my hands and knees are forever over. 
I sweep and mop.
I sweep and mop.2 people like this
@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
22 Apr
No hands and knees for me either!!
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@Tampa_girl7 (49096)
• United States
22 Apr
@Marilynda1225 it sometimes hurts to get on my knees and I don’t easily get up off the floor anymore.
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
24 Apr
@Tampa_girl7 I can't get up off the floor anymore either. I remember the good old days when I could get down on the floor and bounce right back up.
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@kareng (55068)
• United States
23 Apr
@Marilynda1225 Yes, it was not fun. A total mess. And lots of things got thrown out to the trash. The whole street was piled up with furniture and other things from home all up and down the street. Very sad.
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
23 Apr
@kareng I hope you never have to experience that ever again.
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
22 Apr
Your house in Louisiana must have been a mess after it flooded.
I have hardwood floors too and my Swiffer works wonders.
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
22 Apr
Swiffer is a great invention. I have one on each floor for my hardwood floors.
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@celticeagle (159359)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Apr
We are using a mop nowadays. I have gotten down on my hands and knees before.
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@celticeagle (159359)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Apr
@Marilynda1225 ........I haven't either but I do remember doing that a few times.
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
20 Apr
I haven't gotten down on my hands and knees in years and I'm happy that we have more modern conveniences these days
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
22 Apr
I wouldn't be able to get up either if I had to scrub on my hands and knees these days. Our moms had life a lot harder than we do nowadays with our modern conveniences.
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@Beestring (13367)
• Hong Kong
19 Apr
Your electric steam mop sounds cool. I use a string mop which is attached to a pole.
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
22 Apr
I recently got my new steam mop. I had a string mop for the longest time but it got to a point where I didn't have as much strength in my hands to do all that physical mopping. Getting old and I find I have more limitations
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
24 Apr
@Beestring hope you can find a steam mop
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@Beestring (13367)
• Hong Kong
22 Apr
@Marilynda1225 Yes, I find it tiring too. I'll check if your steam mop is available here.
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@snowy22315 (170325)
• United States
19 Apr
Oh Hell no, but my mom used to bless her heart. I do have some dirt in the crevices though that I will sometimes sit on the floor to clean them
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
22 Apr
I would never be able to scrub anything on my hands and knees anymore. I'm really glad that we have so many options these days for cleaning floors.
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
19 Apr
Mopping has come a long way since the days our moms had to scrub on hands and knees
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@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
19 Apr
Oh how fun..yes I have when I was young Marilyn.
I use an easy peasey Swiffer mop.
I use an easy peasey Swiffer mop.2 people like this
@Juliaacv (48511)
• Canada
19 Apr
Twice a year I used to get on my hands and knees and scrub and polish our hardwood floor in our dining room.
I loved that floor, it was just beautiful and I thought that it always looked so new and nice as a result of spending half a day cleaning and polishing it.
I have never done that since moving from that home, and I do not regret it.
I just use a mop and bucket now, but am thinking of getting an electric mop that dries the floor after you pass it over the spot you mopped. Our daughter-in-law has one and my hubs uses it often when he is watching the girls, he loves it.
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
22 Apr
I bet those floors in your other home sparkled after you scrubbing and polishing them. I always had carpet in my other homes so just zipping a vacuum over them was enough. The only scrubbing I did back in the day was the bathroom floors.
Now I have a self propelled steam mop which works on all surfaces. It's great for the tile in the bathroom and also for the hardwood floors as it doesn't get the floor soaking wet.
Hope you can get the mop like your DIL has to make your life a little easier.
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@wolfgirl569 (95562)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Apr
They will stay dirty before I get on hands and knees
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@moffittjc (118529)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Apr
I just use a Swiffer wet jet to clean my tile floors.
I also remember my mom on her hands and knees scrubbing the kitchen floor, followed by a waxing. Do people even wax their kitchen floors anymore these days?
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
22 Apr
I remember my mom waxing our kitchen floor but it was linoleum. I don't know if people wax kitchen floors anymore. I have hardwood in my kitchen so I just steam mop when necessary. Otherwise it's the good old Swiffer for the dust.
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
26 Apr
@moffittjc linoleum is a blast from the past. I had forgotten all about it until I started talking about my mom washing and waxing our kitchen floor.
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@moffittjc (118529)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 Apr
@Marilynda1225 You may be right about waxing linoleum. That’s what we used to have in our house as well.
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@just4him (306854)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
20 Apr
Not since I lived at home when I was a kid. I hated scrubbing floors on my hands and knees. I couldn't do it today if I wanted to.
I'm glad washing floors is easier than when you were younger. I'm glad too. I have a Swiffer mop. It's a wonder. Not self-propelled, but that's okay. Washing floors here is a breeze.
Have fun tomorrow.
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
20 Apr
I have a Swiffer mop too for upstairs. It's a godsend so thanks to whomever invented it.
I can't even imagine having to clean on my hands and knees. My knees hurt just thinking about it 
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
22 Apr
@just4him I can imagine that even new knees would be painful to kneel on.
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@just4him (306854)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
20 Apr
@Marilynda1225 So do mine. When I got my new knees, the doctor told me no kneeling. The couple of times I found myself on my knees was very painful.
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
22 Apr
It's rough getting on hands and knees to scrub a floor.
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
22 Apr
I think I've seen those spin mops and they look like they would do a good job. I don't think many of us could scrub a floor on our knees anymore
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
22 Apr
That's awesome you got two mops to review and keep. Swiffer has some good products. I have one on each floor to dust my hardwood floors.
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@LadyDuck (458867)
• Switzerland
22 Apr
@Marilynda1225 I do not fry a lot, but cooking spread the little grease in the air and then on the floor.
I only scrub the kitchen floor "the old way", for the others a good modern mop is fine.
@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
22 Apr
Wow I'm amazed that you can still scrub your kitchen floor on your hands and knees. I do agree that the kitchen can get greasy and harder to clean with just a mop. I don't fry much anymore so my floor gets dirty from the dog and of course everything I spill
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@JESSY3236 (18957)
• United States
23 Apr
I have a swiffer mop that uses wet and dry pads. I did have a wet jet, but the batteries eroded in it. My mother has a spin mop. I would love to get a steam mop.
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
24 Apr
I love my steam mop. It's so easy to use. But I also have a Swiffer which I use 99% of the time on my hardwood floors.
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@LindaOHio (156852)
• United States
20 Apr
I used to scrub on my hands and knees. Our housekeeper mops the floors now. Your steam mop sounds like a good solution. Have a good weekend.
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@Marilynda1225 (79933)
• United States
22 Apr
My steam mop is great and since I have hardwood floors it doesn't get the floor too wet.
I'm still thinking of getting a housekeeper but every time I decide to, I change my mind. One of these days
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