How do you clean your laminate floors?

[Hass]

I've had laminate flooring for about 4 years now. The first year we tried using many different spray cleaners and a Swiffer to get up all the dog hair and dust balls. EVERY liquid cleaner left a fucking residue/haze on the floor and left it looking like shit. I used a very tiny bit of Pledge once and the floors looked amazing! Problem was that my dogs were slippin and sliding all over the place and I felt real bad for them.

Nowadays, I just a vacuum set on "bare floor" to suck everything up and go over spots with a damp paper towel.

What does everyone else do to maintain these fuckers? Is there a special vacuum or cleaner that works real well for these?

[bullet]

I have real wood floors. I had a plain swiffer at first but found this that works great on them.


http://www.swiffer.com/swiffer/en_US/sweepervac.do



You can get it at walmart for under $30.



After swifting a I use this

http://www.floorcareproducts.com/clean-hardwood-floor/index.asp


with a microfiber cleaning towel from Sams.

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=206705


Their website says it can be used on sealed laminate as well.


You can also get the swiffer refill cloths really cheap at Sam's as well in a large box of 64.

[90_LX_5.0]

subscribing. I also have laminate flooring and i can t seem to get it clean. I dont know what to use that will deep clean, but not damage it.

[redheadintx]

Either a combination of white vinegar and warm water or Bruce's floor cleaner and terrycloth mop. I prefer Bruce's.

[mysticcobrakilla]

6.0 hp shop vac ftw!
<----------has dogs that shed!

[Yellowstang]

Just wear some big cushy socks and walk around with a spray bottle and drag your feet.

[SuperCPA]

Although I have Pinnacle Flooring, Bruce Floor Cleaner is the only non Pinnacle product I have used that does not leave a wax buildup on my floors.

[bcoop]

Shark Steamer FTW!

[trblshooter]

Dust mop, micro-fiber cloth and the Bruce stuff.

Vinegar and water works well too, just don't use it right before you have guest over due to the smell.

[Marisa]

http://images.smarter.com/blogs/dusty3.jpg

[Andrew]

My cat is fat and her gullet drags the floor, cleaning it!

[Hass]

http://images.smarter.com/blogs/dusty3.jpg

LOL@ those fucking things!

[90_LX_5.0]

I found this stuff:
http://www.brilliantfloor.com/Laminate-Restoration-Kit-p/lpcrk1.htm
and used a scotchbrite instead of their cleaning pad. Total improvement looks new again.
Last two pictures are the finished product.

[SOLOW55]

Shark Steamer FTW!

X2 after the Oreck ...

[PRIMER93]

I have engineered hardwood and the Bruces cleaner is the only thing I found that actually cleans the floors. It seems like everything else left a film or a waxy buildup.

[gnturboray]

I have real wood floors. I had a plain swiffer at first but found this that works great on them.


http://www.swiffer.com/swiffer/en_US/sweepervac.do



You can get it at walmart for under $30.



After swifting a I use this

http://www.floorcareproducts.com/clean-hardwood-floor/index.asp


with a microfiber cleaning towel from Sams.

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=206705


Their website says it can be used on sealed laminate as well.


You can also get the swiffer refill cloths really cheap at Sam's as well in a large box of 64.

Thanks for this info, I just put in Brazilian Cherry wood floors last week and was asking around but you answered my question.