This month we get into the nitty gritty of mopping and which method is best for your home.
What is the safest and cleanest way to clean our homes? We are often inundated with conflicting information via clever marketing tactics in retail outlets so weโd like to provide you with some clarity and provide you with some tips on the best environmentally friendly cleaning solution for your home.
While mopping is a chore many people donโt like, itโs necessary to mop our floors to keep things hygienic for our personal environment. This is probably even more important to you if you have young children who are in the crawling or floor play phase. The benefits of using a microfiber flatย mop far outweigh traditional mopping options.
Microfiber fabric is a manufactured man-made product using two fibres โ polyester and polyamide. The microfibers are incredibly thin and are wedge shaped allowing them to grab, trap and hold dust soil. Microfiber is tough and durable yet gentle on surfaces because they are non-abrasive. They are also lint free so this eliminates streaky results and can be easily laundered and reused hundreds of times.
ย So if youโre looking for an easy, effective and eco-friendly way to keep your floors healthy and clean be sure to choose a microfiber mopping system. They are ideal for use on tiled surfaces as well as polished timber floors. The simple fact that you donโt need to use any toxic chemicals in your home by far outweighs any other mopping options.
Microfiber is no longer a "buzz word" that is taking the cleaning world by storm. ย Most cleaning companies should be using them on a daily basis as a basic cleaning tool.
How to choose the right microfiber cloth for your all cleaning needs. ย There are different grades of Microfiber for different types of tasks and most manufactures will carry at least 3 different types of ย Microfiber cloths. ย The most common types are:
When purchasing for your Microfiber cloths, visit your local cleaning suppliers, as they more likely to supply high quality Microfiber cloths. ย You can usually tell a good quality Microfiber cloth by doing couple of tests. ย First, run the cloth across your hand. ย Does it seem to catch? ย This is caused by the dense fibers and indicates quality Microfiber. ย Next, put a small amount of hand lotion on mirror and then wipe your mirror cloth to see how many passes it takes to remove the lotion. ย A good quality Microfiber cloth will remove the lotion in only one or two passes.
Microfiber cloths come in variety of colours and the reason for that to prevent cross contamination. ย You certainly would not want to use to clean a toilet and then use the same cloth to clean your kitchen bench tops.
when washing microfiber cloths, it is best to wash and dry them separately from other laundry items such as cotton cloths, towels or clothing. ย If you don't wash them separately, they will pull the lint off these items and become so loaded it mayย make them useless. ย Avoid using bleach and fabric softener. ย Bleach will damage the fibers and fabric softener will reduce the static charge, which is an important part of what makes Microfiber cloth works so well.
when cleaning Microfiber, use about half the amount of laundry detergent you would normally use for a load of laundry. ย Microfibers release soil very easily when washed, so more is not better in this case. ย It is recommended that your water temperature not to exceed 95 Celsius. ย Microfibers can air dry (Microfiber cloths dry very quickly) or you can use a machine to dry them as long as you use a low heat setting and do not add a fabric softener sheet.