It's been a while, but I'm back. It's a lot harder than I thought to start up an etail business while taking care of the house, two kids 2 and under, helping Jon through his MBA program, and his working full time at another job. Whew!
Anyway, I wanted to tell you about my favorite product for cleaning the floors. We've got hardwood, tile and carpet. My favorite piece of equipment to clean our hardwood and tile is the EnviroSteamer by Eureka. It's the bomb! It will clean up all the dog drool, baby food, ...you name it and it only uses water. It's a steamer mop. You just fill it up with water and put on the cloth bottom (similar to a Swiffer) and push it along the floor. It dries so fast and looks great. No chemicals. It doesn't get any greener than that. I've been using mine for about 10 years now and it still works great and I love it. You can find them at a number of big box stores like Walmart, Target, Lowe's as well as online. I originally paid $50, but now I think they are down to <$40. Another product which is a good idea is the "O" mop by Method. It's like a Swiffer, but uses reusable microfiber cloth bottom with their hardwood cleaner solution. I like it, but I love my EnviroSteamer.
As for the carpet, ours gets unbelievable nasty so quickly. With 2 dogs, 2 cats and 2 kids I can't say I'm too surprised, but it is still no fun to clean. Instead of us using a steam cleaning service with all their added chemicals we purchased a large upright steam vac. It wasn't a cheap purchase ($300), but it's worth it in my opinion. It's great and I can use plant based cleansers to clean the carpet so no chemicals are left behind when you're done. My favorite cleanser is called Second Nature ($10) and comes in a number of versions/scents from Walmart. For small jobs I use the Hoover Jr. steam vac and it is wonderful. It was my first steam vac purchase back when it was just me and my dog Bear to worry about. The Hoover Jr. has a really strong motor so the carpet is just barely damp when you're all done. Now your floors are clean and green!
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Wow great blog!. I had no idea how cheap those steem cleaners were. I wonder if they would do a good job on my garage floor. For 40 bucks I might try it.
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