The Do’s and Don’ts of Mopping Floor [Ultimate Guide]

The floors of the kitchen and room get dirty very fast. As they entertain guests, pets, and homeowners themselves and all above the above kids. Therefore the floors have stains and germs frequently.

Do’s & Don’ts Of Mopping

Here are a few do’s you most care about as a homeowner;

• Clear the Area
• Clearing the objective area is just before you start mopping. It would be ideal if you cordon off the part for easy access.
• Don’t Pour Too Much Water
• Ensure mixing the product with the perfect amount of water. the product won’t disinfect if you have mixed up too much water.
• Wash the Mopping Basket
• The wet basket produces more germs and starts smelling. Rinse your bucket well to avoid spreading germs and smelly mop.

Don’t:

• Mop Hardwood floors. 
• The water from the mop can warp the flooring.
• Don’t Care About Mop
• Sanitize your mop regularly, you may use vinegar to waste it.
• Dump Mop Water Right Place 
• Mop water is full of dirt and an epicenter of germs. Never dump this water near usage things. Always dispose of directly to the drain or toilet.
• Keep AC On
• An open-air helps floor dry fast, so keep the air conditioning on or open the window for fresh air.

Things to Consider As a Service Provider

Mopping floors on your hands and knees may be a good idea for you as a solo provider, however, it is not scalable. If you never recreate an idea except mopping the floor on your hands and knees then you’ve boxed yourself in. Because as you get older, and your back goes bad, or your knees go bad, and you are not able to do it, you become less efficient and less effective about this.

Another part of the story which is it’s not scalable is like if you are a house cleaner and you only mop the floors on your hands and knees, it might be good for you but It’s not scalable though. So I don’t recommend cleaning floors on your hands and knees for most scenarios. Meanwhile, if you’re a solo cleaner, and you’re only ever going to be a solo cleaner, and that’s the way you want to do it, that’s up to you.

Taking the Same Mop

Now, as far as taking a mop from house to house, most mops and steamers have pads that come on the bottom that touches the floor. It’s the soft thing in between. Now, most of those come right off and they go in the washing machine. And if you run those on a hot cycle with the right type of soap, you can sanitize those and get those pretty clean. Now, If you feel that every customer needs their own mop, you should not be toting around your mop. As you haven’t cleaned their house before. It’s going to take you a longer amount of time. You don’t know where everything is.

Another thing is you don’t know how long it’s been cleaned since the tops of the door jams, and the window sills and all these things have been cleaned, so it’s going to be a deeper clean. As you do that deeper clean, and you’re charging more money, that’s a great time to build in the price of a mop. Show up to that brand new customer’s house with a brand-spanking-new mop, and leave it at your customer’s house. That way, you can take the pads home and clean them and bring them back, or if it’s like a string mop, for example, you just leave it at the customer’s house. You Clean it, Sanitize it & Leave it there. When you come back, it’s waiting for you, and you use it again.

So mopping floors dos and don’ts, what it comes down to is this: you have to mop floors. That’s part of being a house cleaner. That’s part of doing the job. So whether you use a dry mop, or a wet mop, or a steamer, or a scrubber, or you’re on your hands and knees, a couple of things that you need to be aware of are these:

• Always Sweep or Vacuum First
• Pick Up All The Debris First

That’s going to collect the dust, dog hair, and anything that’s there on the floor that you need to clean up. Then, you’re going to come in with your mop, or your steamer, or whatever your process is because there are a bunch of different processes based on the different types of flooring, whatever the process is, you’re going to come in and you’re going to mop the floors so the floors and clean and tidy behind you.

PRECIOUS TIP

As you leave the house, that might be the very last thing you do as you mop your way out of the house. If there’s anyone in the house, let them know the floor is wet.

“Oh, hey. By the way, the floor is wet.”

Some people carry around these little foldable pop-up things that say, “Hey, watch your step.” That’s fine as well. If you’re the only one in the house, that’s not necessary, but let your customers know, “Your kitchen floor is wet, I don’t want you to slip.” All right, These are a few do’s and don’ts for mopping the floor, I hope it works for you whenever you do it at your home/kitchen or as a service provider.