Is it possible to vacuum the floor before or instead of mopping?

Many housewives are interested in the question of what is better to do first - vacuuming or washing the floor. Or maybe you can do without a vacuum cleaner altogether? To prevent cleaning from taking up all your free time, it would be useful to learn some secrets used by cleaning service professionals.

Which is correct: vacuum or wash first?

The answer to this question is extremely simple. If the household has a vacuum cleaner, before you start washing the floor, it is better to clean it with this useful device: collect dust and small debris, walk along the baseboards, under the sofa, bed and bedside tables. This will make wet cleaning as easy as possible, since the main dirt will move into the dust collector.

You can do without a vacuum cleaner altogether. It’s just that in this case you will have to change the water more often, since due to the dust dissolved in it, after a couple of meters it will become dirty. Vacuuming after washing the floors is also possible - if you accidentally spilled something on clean, freshly dried linoleum, why not vacuum it? In addition, a modern vacuum cleaner is equipped with a HEPA filter that captures the smallest particles of dust at the outlet and does not contaminate the clean floor at all.

General rules for cleaning floor surfaces

Many of the following rules seem absolutely obvious, but they are the ones that will allow you to clean as best and quickly as possible - and this is exactly what every housewife strives for.

1. Before washing the floor, first of all, you need to free its surface as much as possible: lift small things and interior items up, hide shoes in a cabinet, put chairs on the table or take them out of the room, remove rugs and rugs.
2. Using a vacuum cleaner, you should collect dust from the floor and baseboards, looking into the most inaccessible corners. If you don’t have a vacuum cleaner, you can use a brush or broom, but you must collect debris and dust before starting work.
3. To clean the floor, it is better to use special detergents suitable for the specific floor covering. With the help of such compositions, you can achieve special cleanliness and shine and at the same time protect the coating from damage.
4. It is correct to start washing floors from the farthest corner, moving towards the exit. The work is done using a mop or manually. It should be borne in mind that only the first method is suitable for pregnant women.
5. You should not trample on wet floorboards, so as not to leave marks that will certainly appear after drying.
6. The water should be changed as often as possible to avoid spreading dirt and transferring bacteria from one room to another.

Cleaning depending on coverage

Each floor covering - and there are many of them today - has its own weaknesses. For this reason, the rules for cleaning linoleum differ from washing laminate or parquet. Detergents are also selected that are suitable for a specific coating.

• Tree. Wooden floors in a house or apartment are usually coated with paint or varnish. You can wash such surfaces in the usual way by dissolving liquid soap or a special product, such as Pronto, in water. At the end of the work, you need to wash off the soap traces with clean water.
• Parquet. Before washing, the parquet must be vacuumed.This will remove dust from the gaps between the coating boards and collect debris and sand that can damage the varnished surface. Parquet does not tolerate dampness, so you need to wipe it with a slightly damp cloth, dissolving a detergent in water, for example Pallmann Clean or Pallmann Finish Care.
• Linoleum. The practical floor covering is resistant to abrasive substances and chemical damage. Before wet cleaning, linoleum must be cleaned with a vacuum cleaner to remove small debris, grains of sand and pebbles that can spoil the surface. In addition, after such preliminary cleaning, dirty stains will not appear on the linoleum when washed. Special industrial compounds are used as detergents - Mr. Proper, Mr. Muscle, Glorix and others.
• Laminate. To clean the laminated board, first use a vacuum cleaner, and then wash the floor with a well-wrung out cloth soaked in a special detergent - Unicum, Ludwik, “Cinderella”, etc.

When is it better to vacuum the floors, before or after washing, and whether it is necessary at all, everyone decides for themselves. However, cleaning company professionals advise pre-cleaning the floor covering with a broom or vacuum cleaner and only then proceed with wet cleaning. For those who want to combine these two actions, there is only one way out - buy a washing vacuum cleaner.