One of the things people say about cleaning is to rinse, rinse, rinse. Floors are the number one item for that. I’m going to say that there is a difference between damp mopping, and wet mopping the floors. We try to avoid over wetting wood floors, but especially in high traffic areas it has to be done. In kitchens for sure you would wet mop in front of the stove, refrigerators, and sink be fore you damp mop the entire floor.

In the bathroom also, around the toilet needs to have more water before a disinfectant is used. When possible, if time allows, it is easier to go over a floor more than a couple of times. In most cases the attention you spend to the traffic areas will be enough, but if you are only cleaning the floor two or four times a year it’s worth it to do the whole floor more than twice.

For touching up the floor, which is what most people do, a flat surface mop that you use with a terry cloth cover works best. The days of the sponge on a mop handle are over. Those deposit more dirt than they pick up. O’Cedar makes the best system for this.