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Post by maryland on May 5, 2020 20:21:57 GMT
I got a Shark Steam mop a couple months ago and like it. I have a question. I can see "steam" coming out and hear it "working" but when I step on the floor that I just mopped it's "warm" but not to warm. I would have thought it would have to be hot to sanitize. Maybe I am doing something wrong or something is wrong with the mop? I wait a minute until I start to use it after turning it on.
Also, I hear that some steam mops come with attachments so you can use a hand held steamer to clean other areas of your house. My mop didn't come with one, so I am looking for hand held steamers to try. Does anyone have a hand held steamer that works well?
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Post by dewryce on May 5, 2020 20:26:23 GMT
Do you directions say how long you have to let it sit in place for disinfecting? Under mine gets really hot once it gets going., I’ll try and find a link for you. This is the one we got ages ago, I would recommend it. Not sure if the newer versions have changed. |
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Post by Lexica on May 5, 2020 20:27:56 GMT
I have both a floor steamer and a hand held steamer. I love them both. The hand held has a number of attachments, my favorite being the little nozzle that narrows down the output for getting into small cracks and tile grout. I can blast stuff out from under where my stovetop attaches to the counter too. It is awesome on the interior of the microwave and window tracks too. You can also use a hand held to get wrinkles out of drapes and bedspreads. I will look up the make and post it in a bit.
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Post by maryland on May 5, 2020 20:49:18 GMT
Do you directions say how long you have to let it sit in place for disinfecting? Under mine gets really hot once it gets going., I’ll try and find a link for you. This is the one we got ages ago, I would recommend it. Not sure if the newer versions have changed. I may have to call Shark and ask. I always mop the floor first so I can get it clean with some lysol diluted in water, then steam mop it. I thought the floor would be too hot to walk on after I mopped a section, but it's not hot at all, just warm. It cost over $100, so I don't think I will be able to replace it soon. It had good reviews though. |
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Post by keithurbanlovinpea on May 5, 2020 21:06:12 GMT
I thought the floor would be too hot to walk on after I mopped a section, but it's not hot at all, just warm. That would be dangerous wouldn't it. You wouldn't want it so hot that you might burn yourself or ruin your floors. |
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Post by elaine on May 5, 2020 21:51:41 GMT
Water doesn’t become steam until 212 degrees Fahrenheit. If your mop is producing steam, it is heating to 212 degrees. You can’t make hotter steam - water turns to steam at 212 and that is it. The mop head doesn’t heat, it just has steam pushed through it. So, as long as your steam mop is producing steam, it is working correctly.
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Post by maryland on May 5, 2020 22:43:13 GMT
I thought the floor would be too hot to walk on after I mopped a section, but it's not hot at all, just warm. That would be dangerous wouldn't it. You wouldn't want it so hot that you might burn yourself or ruin your floors. Right! I just assumed that for it to sanitize, it would have to make the floor hot. But if warm is what it's supposed to do, then I feel much better! I never used a steam mop until a couple months ago, so I wasn't sure what to expect. |
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Post by maryland on May 5, 2020 22:44:08 GMT
Water doesn’t become steam until 212 degrees Fahrenheit. If your mop is producing steam, it is heating to 212 degrees. You can’t make hotter steam - water turns to steam at 212 and that is it. The mop head doesn’t heat, it just has steam pushed through it. So, as long as your steam mop is producing steam, it is working correctly. Great, it sounds like it's doing what it's supposed to. Thanks! |
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Post by Scrapper100 on May 5, 2020 22:45:22 GMT
Also in order to disinfect with the steam you have to actually hold it in place I can’t remember the time if it was 10 or 30 seconds. After reading that I decided it wouldn’t be used for disinfecting as it would take forever to clean my floors. I use it to clean my tile but not for disinfecting.
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Post by maryland on May 6, 2020 0:42:25 GMT
Also in order to disinfect with the steam you have to actually hold it in place I can’t remember the time if it was 10 or 30 seconds. After reading that I decided it wouldn’t be used for disinfecting as it would take forever to clean my floors. I use it to clean my tile but not for disinfecting. My kitchen isn't huge, but it would take too long to hold the mop for several seconds. But I mop with lysol first, then steam mop, so hopefully it's clean enough.  |
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Post by pjaye on May 6, 2020 4:59:59 GMT
Water doesn’t become steam until 212 degrees Fahrenheit. If your mop is producing steam, it is heating to 212 degrees. You can’t make hotter steam - water turns to steam at 212 and that is it. The mop head doesn’t heat, it just has steam pushed through it. So, as long as your steam mop is producing steam, it is working correctly. Correct. It's at that temperature when it hits your floor - but it's not going to heat the floor up to the same temperature - otherwise it would burn your feet when you walk on it. When the steam hits a hard floor it's going to cool down pretty rapidly. Also steam mops are for cleaning the floor, technically they mop up most of the germs, and they probably kill off same bacteria, but their main use isn't to "sanitize" I just googled it...in order to kill bacteria with steam it needs to be in contact for 3 minutes (based on info from several sites). So unless you place the mop in one section at a time for 3 minutes each time, you won't be "sanitizing" your floors anyway, you're simply cleaning them with steam...which in reality will be sufficient. |
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Post by maryland on May 6, 2020 14:33:08 GMT
Water doesn’t become steam until 212 degrees Fahrenheit. If your mop is producing steam, it is heating to 212 degrees. You can’t make hotter steam - water turns to steam at 212 and that is it. The mop head doesn’t heat, it just has steam pushed through it. So, as long as your steam mop is producing steam, it is working correctly. Correct. It's at that temperature when it hits your floor - but it's not going to heat the floor up to the same temperature - otherwise it would burn your feet when you walk on it. When the steam hits a hard floor it's going to cool down pretty rapidly. Also steam mops are for cleaning the floor, technically they mop up most of the germs, and they probably kill off same bacteria, but their main use isn't to "sanitize" I just googled it...in order to kill bacteria with steam it needs to be in contact for 3 minutes (based on info from several sites). So unless you place the mop in one section at a time for 3 minutes each time, you won't be "sanitizing" your floors anyway, you're simply cleaning them with steam...which in reality will be sufficient. Thanks! Makes sense! Yes, I really just need to clean the floors. |
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