Do you use the same mop for kitchen and bathroom floor...?

[Anonymous]

Just wondering.....
I have a special mop for the bathrooms but my cleaning lady keeps "forgetting" to use it. Now I'm wondering if I'm the crazy one here.

[Anonymous]

I have small bathrooms, so I just use swiffer wet pads and clean by hand. But if you're using disinfectant, the one mop should be fine.

[Anonymous]

I don't see the issue as long as she cleans the kitchen first. Besides doesn't the mop head get washed in the washing machine after everything?

That being said. I mop both on different days and scrub bathrooms by hand

[Anonymous]

How gross is your bathroom?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How gross is your bathroom?

Fecal material IS gross. Even yours.

[Anonymous]

No mop in bathroom. Rags/scrubbing brush only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How gross is your bathroom?

Fecal material IS gross. Even yours.

Why are you shitting on the floor?

[Anonymous]

Jeez, just when I thought I had heard the craziest anal stories on DCUM, this takes the cake. Even if there is fecal matter on your bathroom floor, and I cannot imagine why there would be, why would it matter if it got on your kitchen floor? Are you eating off of it? And wouldn't the cleaner you use for your mop (Mr. Clean or whatever) kill the bacteria? I'd be much more concerned about stuff from shoes or pets that get into the house from outside, but something tells me you are a no shoes in the house kind of person.

Are you also the person who freaked out about the relative with the dirty shoes in the shower?

[Anonymous]

I use different mops, not because I think one floor is grosser than the other, but because the string mop does a better job on the bathroom floor and the sponge mop works better on the kitchen floor. The string mop (rag mop, really) is great at getting in all the crevices in the bathroom and the sponge mop can scrub the filthy kitchen floor. Both mops are thoroughly cleaned and dried after they've done their jobs.

[Anonymous]

I hadn't heard of this until today. A friend's husband insists the bathroom has to have it's own broom and mop.

I use one mop. I'm cleaning with disinfectant. I can see it being more of an issue if you're using one of those "hot water only" mops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jeez, just when I thought I had heard the craziest anal stories on DCUM, this takes the cake. Even if there is fecal matter on your bathroom floor, and I cannot imagine why there would be, why would it matter if it got on your kitchen floor? Are you eating off of it? And wouldn't the cleaner you use for your mop (Mr. Clean or whatever) kill the bacteria? I'd be much more concerned about stuff from shoes or pets that get into the house from outside, but something tells me you are a no shoes in the house kind of person.

Are you also the person who freaked out about the relative with the dirty shoes in the shower?

Sorry but you're the one that sounds crazy right now. /OP

[Anonymous]

OP here, I have a bunch of kids and the bathroom gets filthy. No, they don't shit on the floor but still. I also have a baby that spends plenty of time on the floor. Just wondering how other people do this. If the mop gets sanitized after each use I guess it's fine. If not - different mops. Because I'm one of those crazy people who prefer not to have bathroom germs on my kitchen floor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, I have a bunch of kids and the bathroom gets filthy. No, they don't shit on the floor but still. I also have a baby that spends plenty of time on the floor. Just wondering how other people do this. If the mop gets sanitized after each use I guess it's fine. If not - different mops. Because I'm one of those crazy people who prefer not to have bathroom germs on my kitchen floor.

But people use the bathroom and then walk through the house. Whatever is on the bathroom floor is on the bottom of their feet and gets carried through the house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, I have a bunch of kids and the bathroom gets filthy. No, they don't shit on the floor but still. I also have a baby that spends plenty of time on the floor. Just wondering how other people do this. If the mop gets sanitized after each use I guess it's fine. If not - different mops. Because I'm one of those crazy people who prefer not to have bathroom germs on my kitchen floor.

But people use the bathroom and then walk through the house. Whatever is on the bathroom floor is on the bottom of their feet and gets carried through the house.

I think you just blew OPs mind...

[Anonymous]

God, this has never crossed my mind in my entire 40-year life.