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Household Hints & Help

Lars39

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2. Ace Hardware has a scrub brush with a broom handle that is specifically for linoleum.

Reply to Flaxbee (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 10:24 PM

Aug 2012

I couldn't afford the shark steam thing so that was my solution. I used an ammonia solution, scrubbed, then mopped, doing small sections at a time. Not the easiest, but it got that &*#%^%# off-white linoleum clean.

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Best way to (easily) clean light-colored kitchen linoleum? [View all] Flaxbee Aug 2012 OP

This is not the greenest product, Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #1

Huh. Interesting. Will keep that in mind. I don't think these floors have heavy wax, but Flaxbee Aug 2012 #3

Ace Hardware has a scrub brush with a broom handle that is specifically for linoleum. Lars39 Aug 2012 #2

OK, I'll look for that - we have an Ace nearby. Flaxbee Aug 2012 #4

It got the grime in the those itty bitty crevices, too. Lars39 Aug 2012 #5

I always get down of the floor to scrub it Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #6

I just resent having to spend the time to sit on the damn floor and scrub it. Flaxbee Aug 2012 #8

Hey, I'm not saying I like it. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #9

About the knees... haikugal Dec 2012 #14

That is a good idea. Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #15

I'm going to try it tomorrow... haikugal Dec 2012 #16

Good to know. I really don't understand why builders use linoleum - it's cheap, but really Flaxbee Aug 2012 #7

I would dearly love the original linoleum that looked like rugs and had pretty patterns. Lars39 Aug 2012 #10

They still make it TexasBushwhacker Aug 2013 #18

Surely the main issue dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #11

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