Let’s be honest, cleaning and sweeping may not be your favourite household activities and you are probably tired of doing it yourself right? But I must tell you that cleaning can be absolutely fun time if you only arm yourself with the arsenal of the right cleaning supplies ready to conquer those dirty floors. Plus when making those “cleaning” moves you can burn calories faster and meanwhile, you can listen to your favourite songs.
Now, if you want to know which supplies are the most useful ones when it comes to cleaning and sweeping the floors, then I must tell you that nothing is so necessary as dust mops and brooms. These essential supplies can be purchased in different sizes, styles, materials and colours. But while doing your purchase you have to keep in mind that some types are best suited for indoor spaces like kitchens, entryways and rooms that contain hard floors, and others, like outdoor brooms are specially designed to pick up large debris and dirt off the sidewalks and porches, and they also come in a range of sizes, styles and with different bristle textures.
If you keep reading the following tips, you will not only ease your purchase but also, you will find what is the best option for your needs.
Brooms are considered to be the basic tools that every housewife should keep in her cleaning arsenal. They come in a large number of types and styles and there is a big difference between the ones made for indoor or outdoor cleaning. For example, there are poly-vinyl and push brooms that feature bristles made from synthetic materials which are flexible, larger broom heads that usually have a rectangular shape or an angular cut (to get even into the most problematic corners), and are a great solution when sweeping larger indoor areas like the floors in the hallways, kitchens, workshops, or garage floors. When talking about this essential tool then it is unavoidable to say that the spectrum of outdoor brooms is enriched with straw or better known as corn brooms that have thick and rigid bristles specially designed to sweep up large bits of dirt and debris accumulated in the porch area or other outdoor spaces. And as a last option, wet/dry brooms that are designed for indoor as well as for outdoor use that come with thicker bristles made of natural materials (like synthetics or palmyra fibers), that are an ideal solution if you want to remove large debris from your garage or basement floors or larger workshop place.
Because brooms are designed to push dirt around, dust mops are designed to collect dirt on their surface. There is a variety of dust mops as well, but the best solutions are the ones that have a cover made from cotton or microfiber. So what are the advantages if you decide to buy one of them. Well, cotton dust mops have replaceable pads that fit around the frame and usually come with a swiveling handle which makes then easy to maneuver with. You can treat them with different cleaning solutions to attract more dirt while you mop the hardwood floors and other types of surfaces that are susceptible to dull and stains. But which dust mops have shown the most amazing results are the ones with a microfiber pad. This material has the power to attract a larger number of dust particles and dirt, plus you can wash the microfiber clothes as many times as you want and reuse them all over again.
One last thing that is worth mentioning is that you can find brooms that come together with a dust pan ( either made from plastic or metal) or separately. And the size of the handle to both types can be either medium or long size if you have back problems that get worse when bending over.