After hearing that you do not just mop laminate floors like you do linoleum, I asked a couple friends how they do it. It quickly became apparent that I *needed* to buy a Swiffer Wet Jet. How excited was I when the silly things were *only* $19.99, I was prepared for more!
My Dutch side was busy rejoicing when I noticed the *disposable* pads,..hmmmm…an extra cost. THEN the wet jet solution bottle….hmmmm…maybe I can just refill it?
We got home and unwrapped my new toy, I haven’t had a new toy in a while! It is pretty and purple, I liked it. After a close examination it became apparent I was duped. I just bought a simple machine that was painstakingly designed to cost me money on a regular basis. $4.50 for ONE small bottle of solution and $7 for 12 pads according to my calculations, that would be a grand total of $1.33 per mopping..at best.
My hackles were raised and I became intent on never buying another Swiffer Wet Jet product again for this thing. As smart as those Swiffer designers are, I found us mothers are smarter. Check out the links below. I had a pack of microfiber clothes Paul had bought me, but after a use I couldn’t staaand the way they stuck to my hands..ewe..ewe…ewe. So I pulled them out of the closet and in ten minutes had sewn up new pads that stick like velcro to my Swiffer and clean like the dickens, if I may add.
If you have this fabulous Mop-of-Bondage, you may want to check out the links below ;)
How hijack the Swiffer Wet Jet solution bottle
How to make your own wet jet pads here, here and here.
My new pads, with the *real* one on the far left
3 comments:
I agree with you about the swiffer, it's a trap! I also used reusable pads with mine (I got them at the dollar store) and for the cleaning solution I cut a hole in the bottom of the bottle that came with it, filled it with my regular cheapo cleaner and covered the hole with a rubber stopper that came from one of the kids' old bubble blower toys. I felt like I really got one over one the company trying to rip me off;) I noticed that now another brand has a similiar mop that is refillable. On a side note, did you have to wait before you could walk on your new floor? I am seriously going to redo our floors now, I hate the vinyl in my dining room, it's really starting to bubble up all over and it looks terrible.
CSmith, Your way sounds a lot easier. I can probably pick up a rubber stopper from the hardware store, huh?
And no, we didn't have to wait to walk on the floor. It is a floating floor, no adhesive was used, no chemical smell in the house for days like linoleum and if we ever want to replace a damaged board, it comes right up to replace a chunk.
Is sits sound on the floor, too. I was thinking there may be air pockets where you could feel the floor lift and fall under your feet, but we do not have that. My only complaint so far is that it shows footprints, dog prints and schmootch. Even after I clean it, there are streaks I just can not get off. I am hoping it is a topcoat of some sort the manufacturer put on and it will wear off.
I could have installed this floor if my hubby wasn't willing...really.
I too was trapped by swiffer...LOL! I just have the sweeper one (not the wet jet) and I knitted a washable cover for it that works just as well as their disposable pads. =D
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