I’m so excited today to share one of my newest favorite ways to clean my floors, but especially my laminate flooring. With two dogs and two small children I feel like the floors are never clean enough for the girls to actually sit or eat off the floor (well, they do that anyway).
My main floor cleaner used to be the Swiffer Mop Pads, but since the new year I’ve been trying to buy either natural cleaners or making them myself. My excuse has been that I just don’t have time to make my own, but the truth is that it only takes a few extra minutes to mix all your ingredients together. I have tried a few other natural cleaners on my laminate flooring, but for some reason they leave a thin layer on and the floor honestly doesn’t look clean.
Ingredients Needed: Equal Parts about 5-6 oz.
- Water
- Distilled White Vinegar
- Rubbing Alcohol
- Up to 10 drops of your favorite Essential Oil (Peppermint worked wonderful on laminate flooring)
- Floor Mop (I use the Rubbermaid Reveal and it works great)
When I mix my ingredients I usually make about 6 ounces, just because I like to make a little extra to have just in case. I like to mix 2 ounces of each – water, white vinegar, and rubbing alcohol. Then I add 10 drops of Young Living’s Peppermint Essential Oil. Even the hubby said how good the house smelled afterwards. I was a little worried about the vinegar smell, but the peppermint overpowered that and it did smell very nice.
One of the things that I am loving about my Rubbermaid Reveal mop is that I can take off the microfiber pad and easily throw it in the washer. I hated throwing away so many pads when I mopped with my Swiffer, it just seemed like a waste to me. Now I just use two different pads when I mop my home. I use one pad for livingroom area and bedrooms, then I use another pad for kitchen and bathrooms. My home is not very big, so this works perfectly.
I really could tell a difference in my floors and it didn’t leave a residual film. I definitely feel more at ease when the girls are playing or eating food off the floor 😉 now that I’m using a non chemical cleaner.
Some of my favorite items to clean my floors:
- Rubbermaid Reveal Mop
- Organic Distilled Vinegar
- Peppermint Essential Oils
- Lemon Essential Oils
- Thieves Essential Oils
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Disclaimer: I only recommend using high quality therapeutic-grade Young Living Essential Oils for ingestion. These are not everyday oils that you can find at the store. This is also what has worked for me and my family, this is in no way to take away from what is suggested from your doctor. I am not a doctor and I am not promising any healing or medicinal advice. I just love therapeutic oils and love sharing how we use them at home. These statements have not been evaluated by the food and drug administration. Contains Affiliate links.
I have all the ingredients at home! I also struggle with keeping the floors clean – we live in Hawaii without air conditioning so we have to keep the windows open all the time. The floor is always dirty! I’ll definitely be trying this soon.
We use a steam cleaner most of the times for our floor but until recently I had no need for a real mop then I seen the spill of a life time and I need a mop but I don’t like using chemicals on my floors seeing how i have a toddler around. This would have been the perfect solution for me. Wish I had it two days ago. Thanks this is recorded in my memory bank for the next time
A very timely post for me. I ran out of chemical stuff the other day and ended up using 1/2 cup white vinegar in a full kitchen sink of hot water. It worked a treat. A tiny smell of vinegar initially but it went away. I will definitely use this method again with lavender oil. I love lavender…Good for the floors and much better for the environment. A winner!
The essential oil really does help with the vinegar smell Elisha! Which is what I was worried about, LOL!
I’m going to have to try this! Our new house is all laminate wood flooring or plain ol’ laminate! Thanks for sharing this tip!
I am definitely trying this. Not only is it better for the environment, but it would be a lot less expensive than what is available in the stores.
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I LOVE the smell of Peppermint it leaves at the end! So clean 🙂 Thanks for stopping by Jill!!
thanks for the tip. I’m going have to try this ! Coming from Mummy Mondays!
Thank you for stopping by Charlotte 🙂
Hmmm…does the rubbing alcohol hurt your floors? We have laminate wood too, and the company said only yo use dilute vinegar, but they never stay shiny! Maybe I’ll try this!
It doesn’t Ashley 🙂 I’ve been using this mixture now for about 3 months or so and I LOVE it! I also finds that it keeps the floors cleaners longer if that is even possible! LOL!
Does this mixture work on sealed wood flooring?
Hi Sandy! We have laminate flooring, but I have read that this mixture does work on sealed wood flooring. I would probably try it on a small area of your home and see how it turns out.
Why is the alcohol part of this solution? What does it do? Is it really necessary?
Hi Laura! Not necessary at all. Most days I don’t add the alcohol in it. I add it on days my girls have had a busy day of coloring and markers on the floor 🙂 It cleans up crayons and markers really well.
Vinegar is a solvent. Our will probably eventually destroy your mop. It destroyed our Hoover hard floor clear. It ate the seals and destroyed the machine.
Yes, that is true. I always make sure to clean out my mop after every use. That’s a great point Jess. Thanks for stopping by!