You can use the steam mop on any floor, but it is made to work best on hard flooring. Mixing in some scented spray will be fine, as long as the instruction maual does not advise against it. You could use it on soft flooring, but it may not be very effective at cleaning.
No, you cannot clean wood floors with a steam mop. The steam will cause the wood to bubble and will get a mould underneath it.
Although mopping may take a bit longer when using a steam mop, it will clean better than a regular mop. A steam mop will kill germs and dust mites when held in place for a few seconds. A regular mop does not do this.
A steam mop is a mop that has a built in steamer applicator at the base of the mop, allowing it to produce steam that is discharged onto the mopping surface as you clean, loostening up any impediments to allow for a cleaner floor.
The Bissel 1940 steam mop is likely the best bet for what you need. It provides a grand amount of satisfaction to many who have purchased it. It's also incredibly sexy.
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A church has a rubber tile floor that needs serious cleaning. Can I steam mop it?
The Bissell steam mop can be used to clean a vinyl floor. In fact it can also be used on marble, ceramic, stone, laminate, linoleum and sealed hardwood floors.
You can probably find good updated reviews of steam cleaners from the do it yourself network. They have reviews for many other products so they are sure to have a nice review for many different home steam cleaners.
Some of the best rated cleaning mops are the Eureka Enviro Steamer, the H2O Steam Mop and the Bissell Steam Mop. Rounding out the top 5 Best Rated Steam Cleaning Mops are the Steam Boy Steam Mop and the Lysol Steam Mop.
You should purchase a new cartridge mine did the smae thing. ---OR--- Before buying a new cartridge, you might try cleaning the inside of the mop head (if possible with your model). It seems that the smell results from gunk and such building up inside the head unit. I have a Bissell Lift-Off Steam Mop. The mop head is a two-piece plastic unit held together by eight screws. Remove the eight screws and gently pull the two pieces of the head unit apart. The steam hose is clamped into the bottom piece by way of a plastic bridge and two more screws. Remove the screws and bridge. Inspect the bottom piece of the mop head and for dirt and other stinky things. Clean thoroughly (along with the upper piece of the mop head still attached to the mop. Let it all dry thoroughly and then reassemble in the opposite manner as you took it apart. Not counting for drying time, the whole process took me about 5-minutes. After a few seconds of steam, there was no more smell.
There should be no reason you cannot steam mop epoxy grout.