As easy as shelling pears, or how to change the attachment on a mop with a spin

Wet cleaning must be done regularly. To make the process less of a burden, there are devices that are designed specifically for this purpose.

One of these is a mop with a push-up attachment. However, with frequent use, its cleaning surface becomes unusable.

Read the article about how to change the attachment on a wringer mop without breaking the device, as well as where and how much you can buy it for.

Changing the sponge on a squeegee mop in three steps

Step one: remove the old sponge. To get rid of the worn-out jaw or what is left of it, you need to unscrew the four screws that secure the part to the movable hinge. Here the first difficulty arises: those screws that are closer to the center of the spine are quite problematic to get to. Although the spine itself moves in the longitudinal direction, it will not be possible to hold it in place and unscrew the screw at the same time. A couple of extra hands wouldn't hurt here.

Action two: routine repairs. Since the mop is disassembled, why not check its technical condition? Using pliers, you need to tighten the nuts on the mounting bolts and studs, and check that the plastic coupling is securely attached to the mop handle. If this unit becomes loose, it is better to immediately make additional fixation with several self-tapping screws.

Step three: install a new sponge. Having removed the store film from the part, we install it in place. We must not forget that the sponge can be moved along the squeezing mechanism so that the hinge parts do not interfere with tightening all four screws. By the way, it is better to tighten the screws immediately until they stop, and not to tighten them first: this way the likelihood that the sponge will quickly become loose will be minimal.

*Review of the best according to the editors of expertology.ru. About the selection criteria. This material is subjective in nature, does not constitute advertising and does not serve as a purchase guide. Before purchasing, consultation with a specialist is required.

To simplify wet cleaning, progressive housewives and cleaning service professionals use mops. This seemingly simple tool today exists in various modifications:

1. With a bucket;
2. With classic or telescopic handle;
3. With water spray;
4. With rag wringer;
5. With a rag or viscose nozzle.

Mops and cleaning kits make cleaning work as easy as possible; now they are able to wipe the floor even in hard-to-reach places. The EXPERTOLOGY team has identified the most popular models of this cleaning equipment. We present you several popular modifications.

How to choose the right spare sponge?

The first step is to visit a hardware store or a store with household chemicals.
If the mop is inexpensive, most common types of replacement sponges will do. If this household item has a higher than average price, be prepared for a longer search. In any case, it’s a good idea to take an old sponge with you to the store, having first disconnected it from the mop. You will learn how to do this a little later. The main criterion when choosing a new spare part is the size of the sponge spine. It is a metal clip with four holes. It is worth starting from the size of this clip and the location of the mounting holes on it: they must match completely.

Rating of the best mops for washing floors

Vileda “Easy Wring”, 2 items

The Vileda “Easy Wring” set is a mop with a round head and a bucket with a pedal spin. Using it is extremely simple: just pour water into the container, dip the nozzle in it, press it in the centrifuge using the pedal, then start cleaning. Using the kit, you do not need to bend down or wet your hands - contact with dirty water is excluded. Depending on the force of pressing the pedal, spinning occurs to varying degrees, without splashing or leaving smudges.

Let's look at the mop separately. It has a telescopic handle that extends 55-130 cm with position fixation at two points - this is convenient for a person of any height. The microfiber in the triangular clamp provides a large coverage area of ​​​​the surface being cleaned, capturing the main dirt and wiping the floor in one pass. It penetrates into all corners, captures the space under furniture, then is easily cleaned of collected stripes, wool, dust, and can be machine washed at low temperatures without air conditioning.

The bucket is made of impact-resistant plastic, inside it there is a scale for collecting the required amount of water, which is necessary for preparing cleaning solutions. There is a spout on the side for easy draining of waste water. The microfiber wringing basket does not interfere with rinsing the nozzle, and the pedal does not require charging - it works mechanically. The bucket has a lock for storing the mop.

Using a York Salsa mop with a microfiber pad

This mop can successfully replace several cleaning devices. Using a cleaning mop, you can perform both dry and wet cleaning. The dry cleaning method does not use water or detergents. Due to the electrostatic effect, all dust and dirt are easily collected. During wet cleaning, microfiber has excellent absorbing and cleaning properties and does not leave streaks on the floor.

I'm not a neat freak. If I’m wearing street shoes and remember that my cell phone is in the room, I won’t take off my shoes. So I'll go get my cell phone. Because of this, I have to wash the floor frequently. And I don't like cleaning. But this is necessary for cleanliness, and in the kitchen sterility is absolutely necessary. I not only eat there and hunt mice, but also make soap, cream, and other things. I don’t do it now because of the mouse. Temporarily. But one way or another, I have to clean often and the floor must be very clean. So that there would be nothing for the mouse to eat, and it would be clean for me. I once wrote about what kind of mop I chose for myself: Now I’ll just repeat the picture. Some kind of mop like this.

I bought a pack of rags for this mop at the “everything for 38” (fix price) store. The fact is that in ordinary supermarkets such a cloth costs from 155 rubles. per piece By the way. I don’t recommend buying such a mop at a fix price store. Fragile! I managed to break an expensive one, but breaking this one is a piece of cake. And one more thing. I broke it, but we fixed it. That is, it is repairable! You can buy endlessly! The plastic breaks. Assembled on metal. Now this is an eternal mop. I had to tinker a bit with drilling out the hole and assembling the bolt and nuts. But if you have a drill, a screwdriver and a box of bolts in the house, you don’t even have to go to the store. Everything is selected and assembled on site. We needed 4 hands. Some hands hold, others collect. Everything took an hour, no more. But I had to tinker. Not the simplest design.

But I wasn’t talking about the mop. This is just a word. I bought a lot of mop cloths. I put this cloth on the mop and wipe the floor. I just throw the rag in the bucket and put on a clean one. If you are doing general cleaning, first use rags with detergent, then with water, then dry. They all fall and fall into a separate bucket/basin after use. And cleaning the entire apartment takes no more than 20 minutes. Because I don't rinse rags. I just put on clean ones as needed. The cleaning solution does not get dirty during general cleaning, since only a clean rag is always wet in it. At the end of cleaning, the cleaning solution is still clean! When the supply of clean rags comes to an end after another general cleaning, I don’t pour out the solution, but rinse the rags in it one by one. I just rinse it off a little from the sand. Since the operation is of the same type, it is done quickly. I dipped it in, rinsed it a little and set it aside. Next rag. Then water with the sand that has settled at the bottom into the pot, and the whole pile of rags into the washing machine. I can never wash them in my life like a washing machine can do. She's really cleaning it up! Then the rags dry and are stacked again. To take the top one. There is always a clean cloth on the mop. Always ready to wipe up where something has dripped or spilled. This cleaning method is for the lazy. For those who want to quickly clean up without overworking and without tiring their hands. People wash their sneakers in the washing machine. Why you can’t wash floor rags there personally is not very clear. Is it really possible to rinse and wring out rags with your hands? This is both time and work! Since we're talking about cleaning. I will share one more discovery. An elderly woman suffering from high blood pressure made it, and I licked it off. The easiest way to clean a bathtub is with a toilet brush. Of course, you can have a separate brush))) No need to bend low and rub with difficulty. The brush is convenient! I doused it with bath cleaner and a brush once, once! Really convenient way! More convenient than a bath brush. You don't have to bend over low. Just sharing my experience. If you have any secrets for quick and easy cleaning, please share with me.

If the mop is good and of high quality, has a reinforced frame and a handle made of thick-walled pipe, you can replace the sponges on it about ten times.

Description

Thanks to the microfiber cleaning surface, Smart mops under the White Cat brand do not require the use of detergents. To deal with dust and dirt, you only need a mop, replaceable heads and a bucket of clean, warm water, as well as a few minutes of free time. Despite the abundance of similar products from competing companies, few of them can compare with the products of the White Cat brand in terms of quality and service life.

For reference! The company's mops are guaranteed for a period of 5 years.

Clean cat mops from Smart are distinguished by the presence of a telescopic handle, which can be lengthened or shortened depending on the physical characteristics of the cleaner. The length of the product varies from 90 to 150 cm, so it will be just right for any height. The platform, equipped with a microfiber nozzle, is made of durable plastic and is also the most movable part of the mop. Therefore, obstacles in the form of table legs, chairs, sofas and beds will no longer bother you while cleaning the floors. Thanks to the small thickness of the platform with the nozzle and its mobility, the floor cleaning device from the White Cat brand will look into all the hard-to-reach corners and dirt will simply cease to exist.

For repairs we will need:

• one broken mop;
• two unnecessary CD/DVD drives;
• screwdriver;
• nail (or drill). And now a little creativity. To begin with, I unscrewed the old broken handle and measured the distances between the holes for the bolts in it. Then I measured similar distances on the covers of the CD drives and made the corresponding holes using the most ordinary nail heated on fire:

photo clickable Then I screwed everything to the mop. And this is what happened: the photo is clickable. Then there was a test drive in the apartment. The mop coped with the task. I washed the floors in the bathroom and on the loggia with it. The new mop handle from the old CD-rom drive works surprisingly well! Due to the fact that the new handle is longer than the original one, wringing out the mop sponge has become much easier! Continuation:
Of course, such a device is temporary and not very durable. About a month later, the plastic handles cracked and the mop again became unusable. That's it :)

So that housekeeping is not a burden, so that cleaning the house and maintaining cleanliness takes minimal time, it is important to use high-quality equipment and tools. I already wrote about what types of mops there are in the article. I recently bought a new York Salsa mop, made in Poland, with a replaceable microfiber mop. Mops are available in several colors - blue, green, orange and pink.

This comfortable mop with a microfiber head consists of a handle, a platform and a replaceable head.

Types of products

The list of products that can be purchased may be as follows:

• Rectangular floor mops. They are divided according to the quality of the coating for which they were invented (mops for washing parquet, laminate or universal), as well as by the number of attachments and the method of squeezing them. For example, 3-in-1 mops, without attachments, with one, two or three, floor mops with a spin.
• Professional cleaning equipment. They have an increased platform size for washing the surface of the floor, ceiling and walls, as well as a telescopic handle that extends up to 180 cm.
• Brooms, brushes and dustpan sets.
• Glass cleaning kits.
• Triangular mops and rope mops with a bucket that absorb a lot of liquid.
• Mops with a foam platform with a mechanism for squeezing the nozzle.
• A household spray mop with a reservoir and a sprayer for spraying water or detergent compositions.
• Mops for cleaning windows.
• Chister is a system for washing floors, glass and other surfaces.
• Rubber scrapers for glass, mirrors, tiles or floor surfaces.
• Special rubberized slippers, wipes for cleaning glass, mirror and varnished surfaces, and attachments for all types of mops.

As you can see, the list of related products for the cleanliness of the interior of apartments, offices, houses, shops, schools, kindergartens, and so on is quite extensive and selected to meet the most demanding needs of customers.

Smart mop service life: real reviews

Search the entire Internet: you will not find real reviews in the style of “I’ve been using it for 5 years and not a single breakdown.” Even paid commentators (yes, there are some), who write for the money of the owners of the trademark or distributor, do not raise their hand to write about at least 2 years of uninterrupted operation of a smart mop with a spinner. In the English-speaking segment, the situation is a little better, but we are talking about expensive toys with a price tag of 40 €.

As for Russian sites... Dear reader, we have done this hard, painstaking work for you and, having analyzed opinions about the miracle mop, we have identified three groups according to the main types of opinions:

• Group #1: “Cursed be the day I bought that damn clunker” – 10%.
• Group No. 2, in which they praise their recently purchased product with cautious optimism and hope for the best – 40%.
• And the 50% missing in our formula, included in group No. 3, are the same ones that were paid for.

Popular lines and models

The advantages of each type of product.

• Rectangular mops for washing floors, walls, and ceilings are produced as follows: “Professional” (small and large), “Household” (3-in-1, without attachments, with one, two or three attachments at the same time), “Gift” ( are additionally equipped with special napkins for washing various surfaces), Eco-mop (the production of which required 32% less plastic than all others). All these mops have telescopic handles from 80-90 cm to 140-150 (180) cm long, a movable profile for cleaning floors, and the ability to purchase additional attachments made of ultra-thin microfiber. Moreover, for “Household” devices for washing surfaces they are different.

Wet (blue). Suitable for washing floors covered with parquet, linoleum, laminate, marble, and tiles. To clean, you should moisten it in warm water, and it will collect dust and absorb all the dirt without leaving streaks.

As a result of surface treatment, pellets are formed on the nozzles, which worsen the appearance of the products, but do not affect the quality of cleaning.

Dry (white). Thanks to its white fluffy surface, which has an electrostatic effect, the dry cleaning nozzle is ideal for wiping dust from various surfaces, as well as for daily polishing of laminate and parquet floors. Many hygienists prefer them because moisture has a beneficial effect on the development of pathogens, while dry cleaning does not.

Model selection criteria

When choosing from the catalog of available floor cleaning devices, you should remember that a comfortable mop should have:

1. An aluminum or metal adjustable handle that will last a long time and allow you to clean in hard-to-reach places without straining the cleaner’s muscles and spine.
2. A handle for squeezing the nozzle or a reservoir for spraying the floor with water or detergent. These devices in mops allow you to get rid of back pain after cleaning the room.
3. Correctly selected nozzles. Namely, consisting of cotton ropes 30-40 cm long (it should be remembered that rope mops are unsuitable for washing marble and wooden floors, as they leave stains on them) and microfiber attachments. The most convenient and most functional mops, since they are used for wet, dry or mixed cleaning for washing floors, walls, ceilings covered with marble, wood, linoleum, tiles or parquet.

Important! Laminate flooring can be easily scratched by a rope mop, so when cleaning it, you should choose a mop equipped with a microfiber pad.

Microfiber nozzle (mop)

The main advantage of this attachment is that it is made of microfiber. You can read about all the advantages of this material in the article.

The villi (“worms”) of the mop are very soft to the touch. Thanks to these “worms” the floor will always be clean, whether it’s parquet, tiles, laminate or linoleum or a simple wooden floor.

You need to care for a microfiber nozzle in the same way as any microfiber cloth (read the article).

If one mop is not enough for cleaning, then you can buy a spare one or make a nozzle yourself.

Features of use

Since almost all mop handles for cleaning floors of this brand are equipped with a telescopic device, it would be useful to learn how to use them.

In the initial position, the handle of the best-selling “Household” mop is fixed. If there is a need to change the length of the handle, you should take the blue part of the handle with your right hand, and the inner white part with your left hand and turn the blue part towards you several times in relation to the white one. When ease of rotation is achieved, it becomes clear that the fixation has been successfully overcome. Next, with your left hand you should extend the white inner part to the required length and, rotating the blue part of the handle away from you, fix the mop in this position.

How to change a mop head

To connect the telescopic handle and the platform, you need to extend and fix the inner part of the platform at a distance of 20 cm, and, holding this part, screw it to the platform. To remove the platform, hold the inside of the handle and unscrew it from the platform.

How to remove a cloth from a flat mop

Microfiber or cloth attachments are attached to the platform with strong Velcro, and the attachments have corners into which the platform fits. Therefore, in order to remove the attachment (rag) from the mop, you need to remove it from these corner pockets and forcefully detach it from the sticky platform.

About spin

The spin works great, it is enough to do it 1-2 times so that the water does not flow from the nozzle.

The humidity can be adjusted - you squeeze it up and down several times and then the rag will be almost dry. There are no splashes or drops during the spin cycle.

A special plastic comb is also placed on the bucket; it removes hair and debris from the nozzle.

The cloth attachment itself is firmly attached with Velcro. During use, nothing ever flew off. I think that four attachments are quite enough; if necessary, you can buy additional cloths; they are sold separately on Ali.

Frequent types of breakdowns

The “White Cat” mop has only positive reviews, however, if the product is used and stored incorrectly, damage may occur. To reduce the number of calls to the repair shop or avoid them completely, you should store the device in a suspended state, put it on the platform and secure it tightly with a clean garbage bag (the stickiness of the Velcro lasts longer) and clean the surface of the attachment with a cat scratcher. And also wash the attachment only with soap, do not use washing powders with chlorine and do not dry it on hot radiators.

If a breakdown of the product does occur, you should contact the support service on the official website of the White Cat Trade House (https://www.chistokot.ru) or the service center, they will give advice or carry out troubleshooting work.

Platform (mop holder)

The nozzle platform is made of high quality plastic. Thanks to the special design of the platform, it is very mobile and maneuverable. It can penetrate into the most inaccessible corners of the apartment, easily maneuver among things and clean under low-lying furniture.

To make the attachments easy to remove and put on, there is a button on the platform. By pressing it, the platform will fold almost in half.

For ease of storage, the platform can be fixed pressed against the handle. In this form it takes up little space.