Mops

[james_davis_nicoll]

I have become disenchanted with my usual brand of mop (sponge, with a replacable sponge) because for some reason the sponges have begun to wear out at an insane pace.

What sort of mops do you people use? Why that kind in particular?

Comments

[gjules.livejournal.com]

String mops. They hold up better and, as people said above, they're washable. To use, simply draw the mop towards you, pulling it in a figure-eight pattern at the same time so as to cover a wider swath of floor. (Most of the people I trained on how to use the string mop assumed the proper mopping technique was to aimlessly push it back and forth, with is sub-optimal.)

I also find string mops more effective than sponge mops. The only drawback is that they work better with a bucket with a water-squeezing attachment, which probably costs more than the mop.