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Post by shellymay on Sept 9, 2015 13:53:44 GMT
Anyone ever use a backpack vacuum for cleaning hardwood floors? what do you recommend and why?
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Post by wolfmom on Sept 9, 2015 14:46:28 GMT
Dunno what a backpack vacuum is.
I use a regular vacuum, then if it's dirty, I go over it with spray of Murphy's Oil Soap & damp mop. When I first moved in, I used hot water, Murphy's Oil Soap with a brush on my knees, making sure to get as much of the water up as possible.
I picked up an inexpensive lightweight electric broom for daily use to pick up dog hair. Doesn't work on carpets, but my old house is almost all beautiful old oak flooring with scatter rugs.
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Post by okiemomof3 on Sept 9, 2015 15:35:59 GMT
in our old house that had hardwood throughout, i wasted so much money trying to make cleaning it easier....through it all i found out an old fashioned sweeping with a regular broom got it all up and then when needed i just used a old cotton rag mop with Murphy's oil soap. nothing made that floor shine like Murphy's did  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2015 17:46:39 GMT
Do you mean gas powered? Never liked a vacuum, noisy and just seems to blow the dust around. I just use a swiffer mop head with homemade pads. First one gets a spray of mix (below) to keep the dust down, second is wet pad. Once a week I use Murphy's oil soap and warm water, same pads....James happymoneysaver.com/make-swiffer-wet-pads/ |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2015 17:53:57 GMT
My boss has a backpack vac for his hardwood floors. Loves it!! No idea what brand.
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Post by shellymay on Sept 9, 2015 18:24:43 GMT
I think I might have found one.... www.mscdirect.com/product/details/46823241James, they are plug in electric, some of the head attachments have felt on them so they don't scratch hardwood floors, I have four inside little dogs but with the hair they shed you'd think there was 20 of them inside,  we have sandy and red clay soil here and I really need to get sand up and out of floors so it doesn't harm the hardwood, so a vacuum to me is a must have, but I like your idea for cleaning wood when washing floor down. |
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Post by Cabin Fever on Sept 10, 2015 20:32:55 GMT
We've been using a backpack vacuum on our wood floors for 13 years now. When she has it on, my wife looks like she just came off the set of "Ghostbusters!" It's very powerful and convenient. You're not dragging a big o' canister around that runs into walls and gets stuck around funiture. And, you don't have a huge powerhead that doesn't get underneath beds, tables, and furniture. And, you can wear it climbing a ladder or standing on a chair to get high places like the top of cupboards and celing fans. The model we have isn't made anymore, but it is a commercial model made by Pro-Team. Pro-Team makes about 10 different models of backpack vacuums ==> www.pro-team.com/vacuums/default.aspx?style=1 |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2015 21:21:23 GMT
HHMMMM learned something today, never seen one. Only "vacuum" I have ever had in the house was an old Bissell hand broom, no motor....and a shop vac.....James
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Post by shellymay on Sept 11, 2015 0:06:15 GMT
We've been using a backpack vacuum on our wood floors for 13 years now. When she has it on, my wife looks like she just came off the set of "Ghostbusters!" It's very powerful and convenient. You're not dragging a big o' canister around that runs into walls and gets stuck around funiture. And, you don't have a huge powerhead that doesn't get underneath beds, tables, and furniture. And, you can wear it climbing a ladder or standing on a chair to get high places like the top of cupboards and celing fans. The model we have isn't made anymore, but it is a commercial model made by Pro-Team. Pro-Team makes about 10 different models of backpack vacuums ==> www.pro-team.com/vacuums/default.aspx?style=1Thanks for the reassurance that they do work and work well, glad to hear that your wife is still using hers  I did order the one in the site I posted, it said two weeks for delivery from manufacture |
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Post by shellymay on Sept 12, 2015 2:58:26 GMT
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Post by shellymay on Sept 17, 2015 16:38:57 GMT
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Post by shellymay on Sept 17, 2015 23:30:39 GMT
 You know that commercial on t.v. let go of my eggo? don't tough my eggo? DON'T TOUCH MY VACUUM, it is built really comfortable, you really don't even notice that it is there (you might if you had a really bad back) but if your back is good or okay this is the sheeeeeeeeeeets vacuum, and what is so sweet is not getting vacuum out for carpet and not getting broom out for linoleum, no dust mop for hardwood......this thing does it ALL and in so few MINUTES, I went from throw rugs to hardwood and onto linoleum without switching TOOLS...suction on this model is really good as well. |
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Post by okiemomof3 on Sept 18, 2015 13:35:59 GMT
do you have a link to this vacuum?
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Post by shellymay on Sept 18, 2015 15:18:44 GMT
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we have sandy and red clay soil here and I really need to get sand up and out of floors so it doesn't
I did order the one in the site I posted,
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