Cleaning Products

[Marilyn]

Originally Posted by Gina

Marilyn, the reservoir holder is kind of small, but to be honest I do my kitchen floor , my foyer which is a pretty big area. I also brought it in Bed and Bath, make sure you have your 20 percent coupon lol. It cleans pretty nicely but I have grooves in my ceramic tiles where dirt gets embedded and the shark does not lift it out, I get down on my hands and knees to do that. But in between its pretty good, works great on the wooden floors to. You would be surprised how much dirt accumulates on the mop. The only thing Shark does not do is rugs there are other brands that clean rugs. I have a area rug in my living room and some scattered around the house. I mostly have ceramic and wooden floors throughout. It is lightweight and I find I wash my floors more often now being there is no hassle lugging the mop , and bucket. lol


Marilyn, buy it and don't throw the box or receipt away, if you don't care for it bed and bath takes everything back.

I will buy the Black Diamond for my countertops do you have to buy it online only or do supermarkets carry it?

Gina, thank you so much for the information. I may do as you suggest and try it. My steamer does floors and carpets, but it's a boiler with hoses you have to drag around and I need to order a new cap for it since the one I have is leaking and blowing steam. Not sure what to do. Will think about it. I do have a coupon and gift card to BB&B.

I haven't found Black Diamond in any stores. Some stone countertop suppliers probably carry it, but haven't found any around here. I just buy it online from here: http://www.bdstoneworks.com/specs.htm

I just googled it, and here are the results: http://www.google.com/search?q=Black...e7&rlz=1I7GGIC

Looks like lots more people are carrying it now. It mentions Ace True Value Hardware stores. There's one in the town where I work, I may have to see of they are carrying it. Years ago, when we had our first granite and marble counters, I did lots of research and decided that the Black Diamond was what I wanted to try, and like it so much I stayed with it. I even use it to clean up messes on my ceramic tile floors. I buy it by the gallon and refill my spray bottle.

[judy]

I find the hard floors don't keep the house as warm as the carpet, but I also do not like pee on my rugs.

I really want a pellet stove. Maybe next winter. Right now I'm using the kerosene Monitor, and it does a very good job. The electric heat didn't warm the house up as well.

I got a roomba for the laminate floors. It does a good job of vacuuming. I let it loose in the great room and it does it's thing and then I put it away. I still have to wash the floors, and I must dry them or they streak. I think it will be much easier when they finish working on the house. I'll give the floors a really thorough cleaning and then I don't think I'll have to wash them more them once or twice a week.

I don't recommend dark, glossy laminate though. They're too much work because they streak.