cleaning hardwood floors

I know this has been asked before so please forgive me but with 2 toddlers that drop and eat their cheerios off the floor I am curious to see how you clean your floors.

How often and how do you clean them?

thanks

Re: cleaning hardwood floors

I vacuum with the floor attachment on my canister vacuum regularly.
THen I have used water with a splash of non-sudsy amonia in it or white vinegar and mop...but you have to dry them. I then started using the steam mop. Now, my cleaning lady uses Bona.

Re: cleaning hardwood floors

I vacuum several times a week, and I have a mop similar to the swiffer wetjet that has a microfiber pad where you can put your own solution in. I use vinegar and water, and I mop 2-3x a week, or more if needed. We are a shoes-off household so the floors don't get that dirty. When DS was crawling I vacuumed and mopped every morning while he ate breakfast.

Message edited 4/1/2012 4:33:22 PM.

Re: cleaning hardwood floors

I swiffer every night, then I get on my hands and knees with a rag and a bucket of pine sol every Saturday

Re: cleaning hardwood floors

I use a swiffer, then a floor vac and when i wash I use babyganics and a spin mop.

Re: cleaning hardwood floors

Vacuum, Swiffer then steam mop or Bona

Re: cleaning hardwood floors

Sweep, mop, wash with bona, every other day.

Re: cleaning hardwood floors

Vacuum daily (sometimes 2-3 times a day) steam once a week, and murphys oil 1-2 times a week. We are a no shoes house,

Re: cleaning hardwood floors

Thanks I vacuum and sweep multiple times a day. I wasn't sure how often I could use the steam mop.

thanks again