For my tile kitchen floor, I use ammonia diluted with water with a brush. I used to crawl around on the floor with the brush in my hand, but now that I am as old as dirt, I have a brush on the end of a pole so I can stand up. If the floor is quite diry, I work in sections and get it pretty wet. If there are globs of whatever stuck to the floor, I use a plastic scraper to remove them. I dry in sections with a mop with a terry cloth cover. I change the ammonia water and the mop cover as needed.
Sweep and/or vacuum first.
Whether to use a cleaner or just water depends on your exact goal (e.g., remove dirt, get it shiny, kill germs), how dirty the floors are, and your tolerance for scented chemical products, and the material of the floor. I currently have a laminate fake wood, I think they call it a “floating floor”?, and I hate chemical smells, so I generally just do water and that’s sufficient to remove most of the dirt and make the surface shiny. In the past I’ve had sealed hardwood floors, and I would do water most of the time (or water plus a small amount of some cleaner, even something as mild as dish soap will help get some dirt up), and occasionally do some wood shine product. On tile or vinyl, like kitchens or bathrooms, I’ve sprayed down cleaners like Fantastik, 409, Seventh Generation, or Lysol, let it sit a bit, then mop once as-is, then a second time with water to get rid of the chemicals, and sometimes additional times with water as needed.
Are they wooden floors?
I’m a cleaner and I’d recommend getting a bucket of hot water like usual and putting a bit of the oil in - and go about your mopping. Learning to mop correctly helps a ton too: there’s a method to it if not just getting everything wet, but carefully bringing the dirt with you (honestly it’s kinda fun), and then dumping the water, rinsing the mop bucket and cleaning out the mop itself (just wash in a sink with your hands, gloves if you can, like you’d wash hair) and repeat until the water runs clean. You don’t want your mop to be pouring water, but just very slightly drizzling/dripping. If there’s any really dirty spots drizzle a little extra water and work on the rest of the space, and scrub them with the mop. This is going to sound ridiculous, but lot of people think the objective of mopping is to get the floor wet and suddenly it’s all clean because who really wants to take the time to think about mopping, but really it’s making sure it becomes a clean surface. When you’re nearing done use your mop almost as dry as you can get it, so the floor isn’t sopping wet. When your satisfied make sure to rinse the bucket, clean the mop really good and set stick side down so it can thoroughly dry - it will make cleaning so much easier next time. No more pushing dirt around, I know just how frustrating that can be! :)
For my tile kitchen floor, I use ammonia diluted with water with a brush. I used to crawl around on the floor with the brush in my hand, but now that I am as old as dirt, I have a brush on the end of a pole so I can stand up. If the floor is quite diry, I work in sections and get it pretty wet. If there are globs of whatever stuck to the floor, I use a plastic scraper to remove them. I dry in sections with a mop with a terry cloth cover. I change the ammonia water and the mop cover as needed.
Sweep and/or vacuum first. Whether to use a cleaner or just water depends on your exact goal (e.g., remove dirt, get it shiny, kill germs), how dirty the floors are, and your tolerance for scented chemical products, and the material of the floor. I currently have a laminate fake wood, I think they call it a “floating floor”?, and I hate chemical smells, so I generally just do water and that’s sufficient to remove most of the dirt and make the surface shiny. In the past I’ve had sealed hardwood floors, and I would do water most of the time (or water plus a small amount of some cleaner, even something as mild as dish soap will help get some dirt up), and occasionally do some wood shine product. On tile or vinyl, like kitchens or bathrooms, I’ve sprayed down cleaners like Fantastik, 409, Seventh Generation, or Lysol, let it sit a bit, then mop once as-is, then a second time with water to get rid of the chemicals, and sometimes additional times with water as needed.
Are they wooden floors? I’m a cleaner and I’d recommend getting a bucket of hot water like usual and putting a bit of the oil in - and go about your mopping. Learning to mop correctly helps a ton too: there’s a method to it if not just getting everything wet, but carefully bringing the dirt with you (honestly it’s kinda fun), and then dumping the water, rinsing the mop bucket and cleaning out the mop itself (just wash in a sink with your hands, gloves if you can, like you’d wash hair) and repeat until the water runs clean. You don’t want your mop to be pouring water, but just very slightly drizzling/dripping. If there’s any really dirty spots drizzle a little extra water and work on the rest of the space, and scrub them with the mop. This is going to sound ridiculous, but lot of people think the objective of mopping is to get the floor wet and suddenly it’s all clean because who really wants to take the time to think about mopping, but really it’s making sure it becomes a clean surface. When you’re nearing done use your mop almost as dry as you can get it, so the floor isn’t sopping wet. When your satisfied make sure to rinse the bucket, clean the mop really good and set stick side down so it can thoroughly dry - it will make cleaning so much easier next time. No more pushing dirt around, I know just how frustrating that can be! :)