Laminate foors

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"The Data Rat" <kia_1957@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:uN7wb.13457$yM6.1093@lakeread06...
> Hi all,
>
> I have been replacing all of my wall to wall with laminate room by room
and
> now only the bedrooms have carpet. Somehow, I have amassed a ton of
> cleaning equipment. I have the dry swiffer, wet swiffer, a little mini
vac
> from Bissel that use dry swiffers, along with my serious heavy duty vac
for
> carpets and a mop and broom. I had an older Orek that was great because
it
> did a wonderful job on hard surfaces and I could also run it over the
large
> scatter rugs I have here and there, but I gave it away. :-(
>
> I need to reduce this clutter of cleaning stuff! I have animals and I
feel
> like usinga broom just sets teh hair air-borne. My big vac, although it
was
> teh 2nd best rated by consumer reports for carpets, just isn't that good
on
> hard surfaces, seems to blow the stuff around. The little bissel thing is
> great, but not that powerful so it is slow.
>
> What do you guys recommend? right now I am thinking of a stick vac that
> could do the floors and scatter rugs and also the Floor mate but then I
will
> need to build a new utilty room to hold the never ending collection.
>

I replaced all my carpet (on the main floor) with laminate in August. I use
Swiffers (or an equivalent brand of electrostatic cloth) to clean up the
dust and pet hair. For spot cleaning, I put an old washcloth on the Swiffer
mop head and damp mop. I use the Lysol brand solution that is sold to be
used for damp mopping. You could use the solution sold for the wet mops.
For a more serious cleaning, I use my Eureka Envirosteamer (steam mop.) The
steam mop does a great job, is quick, requires no chemicals, and leaves the
floor nearly dry.

[Wuertemberg Surprize]

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 14:22:26 -0500, The Data Rat wrote:
thats yor biggest concern Hey, Not very independant thinking can lead to
alzhiemers> Hi all,
>
> I have been replacing all of my wall to wall with laminate room by room
> and now only the bedrooms have carpet. Somehow, I have amassed a ton of
> cleaning equipment. I have the dry swiffer, wet swiffer, a little mini
> vac from Bissel that use dry swiffers, along with my serious heavy duty
> vac for carpets and a mop and broom. I had an older Orek that was great
> because it did a wonderful job on hard surfaces and I could also run it
> over the large scatter rugs I have here and there, but I gave it away.
> :-(
>
> I need to reduce this clutter of cleaning stuff! I have animals and I
> feel like usinga broom just sets teh hair air-borne. My big vac,
> although it was teh 2nd best rated by consumer reports for carpets, just
> isn't that good on hard surfaces, seems to blow the stuff around. The
> little bissel thing is great, but not that powerful so it is slow.
>
> What do you guys recommend? right now I am thinking of a stick vac
> that could do the floors and scatter rugs and also the Floor mate but
> then I will need to build a new utilty room to hold the never ending
> collection.
>
> Thanks