How Often Should You Mop Your Floors
Mopping and cleaning your floors is one of the most important tasks when cleaning your house. How often should you mop your floors, you may ask! This totally depends on how dirty or if you wear outside shoes on the floors of the house. The floors of your house will get dirt and dust on them because of the constant walking and dust in the house even if the house isn’t used in a long while.
Mapping a floor isn’t that simple. Some people may pour bleach on the floors, wet the mop, and wipe. This method is incorrect and will spread dirt and bacteria even more on your floors. Below will be a full step-by-step guide on how to properly mop your floors to remove dirt and bacteria in the best way possible.
Expectations
 – Mapping your floors every day will keep them clean for the most part, but if you do not practice some methods, your floor will end up dirt every day. Some of these methods are taking your shoes off at the door.Â
Keeping carpets clean, closing windows and doors on a windy day, cleaning underneath furniture that hides dust, and more. Doing some of those practices will ensure your floors keep clean each time you clean it whether it is tile floors, hardwood floors, or vinyl floors.Â
In short, a floor should be moped every day because dirt and dust get on it every day. You do not have to give it a deep cleaning, but a light mop will help. But you do need to give your floors a deep cleaning twice per week.
How To Properly Mop Your Floors
This is the proper way you should mop your floors in your house to eliminate as much bacteria from outside as possible.
Tools Needed:
- Mop BucketsÂ
- Mop
- Clorox BleachÂ
- DisinfectantÂ
Steps To Take:
1. The first thing you need to do is get your mop bucket and fill it halfway with warm water. If you have used the mop bucket before, ensure you wash it out first.
2. Now, you will need to add disinfectant and half a cup to every 3 gallons of water. People normally mix the disinfectant and bleach together but using the disinfectant first will get you better results. Mixing them both together will weaken each of them.
3. Once you have done all that, you now need to place the mop in the water and mix it around. Do not start wiping the floors. Ensure the floors are clean and vacuumed.
4. If the floors are clean, you can now start to wipe. You need to wipe from the cleanest part of the floors by wiping in a horizontal pattern and flipping the mop to the other side with each wipe. When both sides of the mop head are used, dip it in the water and wash it out and give it a proper squeeze. Do this until the entire floor is moped.Â
5. Starting from the cleanest part of the floor will prevent you from spreading more dirt over the floor than you would have picked up on a dirty part of the floor.
6. Once you have done all that. You now need to dump the water, wash the mop out outside or in a shower if you are going to clean the shower immediately afterward and refill the mop bucket with warm water.
7. Now, you need to add some Clorox bleach to completely get rid of all the bacteria on the floor. If you use 5 gallons of water, you need to add half a cup of bleach.Â
8. Once you have done that, repeat steps 3,4, and 5, and your floors will be cleaned. Do this on a weekly basis.