Steam Cleaners/Mops

[Jon]

Found this as I was wondering what this way of cleaning vinyl planks and tiles would do to them

http://www.karndean.co.uk/en-gb/floors/resources/faqs/cleaning-and-maintenance-faqs.aspx#Steam

I would also presume similar vinyl planks and tiles would also be effected

 

[Jon]

Another

http://www.moduleo.co.uk/information/maintenance
So it looks like these steam cleaners/mops are a no no

 

[noweare]

IMO, the steam cleaners are over rated. Hot water and good chemical with the correct agitation cleans. I don't know what type of surface you are cleaning though.

 

[Jon]

IMO, the steam cleaners are over rated. Hot water and good chemical with the correct agitation cleans. I don't know what type of surface you are cleaning though.

I aren't trying to clean anything even though I thought these steam mops might have been a good idea to clean the excess glue from the planks when one was laying them. After checking out these flooring manufacturer's sites I decided it wasn't one of my better ideas
I was just pointing out the damage steam mops could cause on different flooring products
The ads we get on TV here basically say you can clean anything

 

[noweare]

Exactly, they are trying to sell you something so basically they will say
anything to make the sale.

 

[Jon]

Our outfit deals with floating floors, not my side of it though, and I hear they are getting phone calls saying their floating floors are blowing. Our sales guy says go see the people who sold you the steam mop. Here is the price to replace it. End of story.

 

[Floorist]

Same thing here, Jon. They were advertising the Swiffer Wet Jet to clean laminate. Then the water caused them to swell.

 

[noweare]

I dont see why they would blame the flooring company for their bad choices

 

[Floorist]

I dont see why they would blame the flooring company for their bad choices

Customers never want to blame themselves. Besides they claim that if Swiffer says it's ok, it must be.

 

[noweare]

Yeah, I know first hand .....

 

[Nick]

They called me a few years back to go out and show the consumer how to steam clean their hardwood . They were getting a lot of complaints .

I told them if i went out i would have to put the blame on the cleaner .

We argued back and forth for 1/2 hr before i told them to go **** themselves .