and here it is: :hurray:

You know that nylon netting that you make puffy petticoats out of? Not bridal veil but the stiffer stuff.

Well I was thinking that you could cut a hunk, I'll figure out exactly how much after I get home from church, and doubled up, poke it in the finger holes

It will turn your swiffer (the dry sweeper one) into a floor scrubbing MACHINE!

I just love the light weight of my swiffer. It's surface area is smaller than my Shmop but after my surgery, it's been so much easier to handle due to it's light weight sooooo

for anyone with surgery, bad back, sore knees, exhaustion, fibromayalgia this could be something very helpful.

METHOD:
take doubled nylon net, poke in finger holes.

Spray floor using a hand held spray bottle (recycled or new) filled with a dilute solution of your favourite floor cleaner. (basically dilute 1 to 10 or the same amount of dilution you would mix in a bucket)

ONLY THIS TIME YOU WILL SPRAY IT ON YOUR FLOORS

and take the nylon net enhanced swiffer and start a scrubbin'!

NOW RIP THAT NET OUTTA THE HOLES (easy), set it aside to rinse clean later
and:

POP an OLD TERRY FACECLOTH in the finger holes and wipe up all that goo!

RIP it out! set aside AND:

Put a fresh wet terry cloth in and rinse.

YOU ARE DONE BABY!!!!! :hurray:

You never got up close and personal with the floor surface, you were able to really scrub without scratching and VOILA the floor is clean and you are still in possession of most of your energy and strength!

You rock! Wow, how you think all these great ideas!!! You really should write a book!!

Fantastic idea. I agree that you need to write a book. Your invention ability and imagination are superb.

thanks ladies. I may, I've been thinking of putting it all together as a system. Margery's approach to lazy luxurious living on lower limits of money and energy and time. :hurray: Housework systems, gardening, cooking, shopping. Basic life stuff that all of us, whether SAHM's or work outside the home, or working for hire, inside the home could use.

I was thinking about how many of my friends have fibromyalgia or similar related conditions. I was trying to figure out how to get the full floor scrubbing potential of on the knees with a scrub brush kind of job--

which for any of us with arthritis, fibro or exhaustion or bad knees is next to impossible. Those of us running after toddlers or with a busy day and no time to breathe could also use this.

It occurred to me that the nylon net could work, and if it was 2 layers thick it would hold onto a web of cleaning fluid by fluid tension between the net holes,

and then the nylon wouldn't harm the surface (you can use it on teflon) but scrub off any crud. Especially for stripping wax or dried pancake batter or globs of dried fruit and veggie matter.

I've had some more ideas on that too.

OK have you got a fiberglas tub or wall surround or shower stall that is disgustingly covered in soap scum etc?

Why not grab the nylon net, doubled as above, poke into finger holes and

dip in VINEGAR or your favourite LimeAway or "scum be gone" product, and use it to first apply the acid to the walls and tub

WAIT for the chemical action to occur (vinegar is a chemical acid)

then SCRUB OFF.

The same method can be used to clean WINDOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! from hard water drops.

NOW FOR OUR SECOND THOUGHT OF THE DAY!

What about maintaining the tub and surround once a week by squirting a little liquid dish detergent (I've used Sunlight for years to scrub fiberglas tubs and surrounds) on your nylon net covered Swiffer head and

Using it to scrub off the weeks accumulations so that you never have to scrub down to bedrock.

AND WAIT THAT IS NOT ALL (I feel like a Tv commercial)

You could do that with your windows, outside by:
Dipping the net covered swiffer into hot water with a strong solution of dish detergent, scrub and rinse with the hose.

Another variation would be to use DISHWASHER detergent! For that "sheeting action" that leaves no water spots behind after the rinse cycle with the hose.

Last but not least, washing walls. You could use the terry towel facecloths, wrung out in warm water, pop in finger holes.

Proceed to wall with your trusty spray bottle in which you mix your favourite cleaning solution about 1 to 10 same as you would mix up a big bucket only

you spray the solution onto the walls and rinse wipe it clean and semi dry with the swiffer. Pausing only to rinse the head with the terry cloth under the bathroom tap when it gets all sudsy and dirty or just needs freshening up.

I've done walls for years like this with my Shmop but the swiffer is so much lighter :hurray:

Margery, How on earth did I ever make it without your tips before. I believe you were sent here to make my life easier. Now do you have any tips on how I can keep the rest of my family and pets outside so that I can enjoy my clean house. You know they mess it up quicker than I can clean it.

I have used dishwashing soap - mostly Dawn, to clean the tub many times and think that it does great.

Keep up the good tips. By the way, if you ever want to escape to VA, I've got a guest room just for you. Come on down. :hurray:

Oh Pat, you are a sweetie! :hug:

How clever you are!!! Thank you for these tips. I knew I came here for a reason.