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Has anyone used a steam mop on stone floors?

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I’m in a small guest house (2-car garage) with unfinished, black slate stone floors.
A rag mop and hot water pick up a lot of dirt, but I’m tired of having to keep all the electronic cables and wooden legs and things from being ruined by all the sloshing water. I’d like to find something that isn’t as "messy". There’s little open space, just a lot of nooks and crannies.
Just tried a sponge mop and it didn’t clean very well.
I want to try a steam mop/system–I can reach into tiny areas, and I guess you can use it other surfaces too; but it just doesn’t add up–How can that little pad pick up and hold onto as much dirt as I squeeze out of a rag mop?


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    4 Responses to "Has anyone used a steam mop on stone floors?"

    • A. Spruce says:
      January 19, 2011 at 4:16 pm

      I recommend bypassing the steam mop style steamers and go with a general purpose household steamer such as the SteamFast SF275. I’ve had this steamer for about a year now and love it! It gets used for all kinds of things, and at only about $100, it’s cheaper and more versatile than most steam mops. It’s got a floor head for steam mopping, as well as all kinds of smaller brushes and attachments for getting into nooks and crannies and cleaning any heat resistant surface in your home.
      http://www.bestvacuumreviews.com/steamfast-sf-275.html

    • Lorraine M says:
      January 19, 2011 at 4:16 pm

      I have stone floors and was in the same boat as you. While visiting my sister she was using her steam mop on her tile floor…I fell in love with it and got one for myself. I have three large dogs and lots of dirt, but my floors are squeaky clean. The little pad picks up everything, and then you throw it in the wash….its the best !

    • lindylou says:
      January 19, 2011 at 4:16 pm

      The church I clean for had me get a steam mop. I love it more then a regular mop. Stone floors come out shiny and feels so clean. They want me to use in especially in the stone tile bathrooms. Okay with me. It is easier then mop & water. Your not suppose to but sometimes I lightly spray a diluted cleaner or disinfectant for a nice clean smell. The steam cleaner does all the work. Cleaners not needed but I like the place to smell nice.

    • c c says:
      January 19, 2011 at 4:16 pm

      It is a special pad designed to hold onto the dirt. The dirt is released when you toss it in the wash. Most of what you squeeze out of the rag mop is the water you originally put the mop into. With the steam mop, you may use all of ONE CUP of water for the entire floor, and most of that evaporates very quickly. In other words, the dirt is concentrated into the pad with the steam mop.

      The steam mops really do work great but get the best you can afford. The cheap-o ones work great — for two or three uses, then they stop heating. You also need to be very sure to unplug and wait for the unit to cool before adding more water. You can seriously burn yourself when you take the ‘plug’ out plus you run the risk of shattering the interior chamber by adding cold water to the hot unit.

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