Steam Cleaning
May 16th, 2011 by john
Another eco-friendly addition to our house recently was the Shark Professional Steam Pocket Mop. Up until now, we’ve been using the Method Hard Floor Cleaner with one of their o-mops (minus the handle because that broke off very early on) and a couple of microfiber pads (one for the tile floors, and one for the wood floors). While this has worked for us for several years now, keeping the floors clean has always been a lot more work than I would like (I have two iRobot Roomba vacuum cleaners which I run at least weekly to keep the floors free of dust & fluff).
Steam Power
On a recent shopping trip I caught site of the Shark Professional Steam Pocket Mop. Complete with multiple re-usable pads and three different size/shape heads, this mop claimed to both clean and sanitize floors using just steam – no chemicals required. While we’re big users of the Method Cleaning Products around the house, and would recommend them to anybody, not having any chemicals seemed like a better way to go.
In Use
We’ve had the mop for a few weeks now, and it works well on both our tile floors and our hardwood. For the tile, I’ve been sticking with the middle setting (mop), unless there is an area that needs extra cleaning when the scrub setting has worked effortlessly to remove it. On the wood floors I’m sticking with the lowest setting, dust, for now just to be safe.
