Not all floors are created equally.
Some floors require different tools or techniques for upkeep. Specifically, to clean textured flooring, there are some need-to-know tactics to be more effective and efficient with your cleaning approach.
Dirt, debris, and soap scum can easily build up on the inside of the small crevices of textured flooring without regular maintenance.
You’ll notice that the floors will have a general overall dirty look (and feel!) to them. Now, this is an occasional deep cleaning task. Add this into your rotating cleaning routine as you notice buildup.
How do I know if I have textured flooring?
Textured flooring will have little caverns or crevices, making it a non-flat surface. You’ll notice this when you run your hand across the floor. Textured flooring is usually noticeable to the visible eye as well.
You may also have tile floors in which there’s a buildup of dirt and debris in the grout. This technique that's used for cleaning textured flooring can also be applied to cleaning tile grout.
What products & tools do I need to clean a textured floor?
As we dive in to the process on how to clean textured flooring, keep in mind that effective cleaning has less the do with the actual product and more to do with the tools and techniques that you use.
Yes, a good floor cleaner that’s safe for your floor type is important. However, it can be easy to get swept away by the idea that there’s a cleaning product out there that will just “melt away” the dirt.
Most of the products available that have these claims, have toxic chemicals and many don’t actually work in the way they say it does…there’s still scrubbing involved.
Here you’ll find a step by step how-to guide on how to deep clean all types of textured flooring: textured tile floors, textured wood floors, textured stone floors, textured vinyl floors, grout, and more. You’ll find the best products and tools to scrub and mop your textured flooring in detail.
#1 Make Your Mop Water Solution
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Start with a good floor cleaner concentrate...
To clean textured flooring, you’ll need a good amount of mopping solution to saturate the surface.
Opt for an eco friendly floor cleaner that’s super concentrated, such as The Tidy People Floor Cleaner. This gets diluted with water and can make up to 16 gallons of mopping solution.
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Choose your vessel...
🪣 Option 1: use a bucket and dilute 1oz of the floor cleaner concentrate with 1 gallon of water.
💦 Option 2: use a spray bottle and dilute 3 pumps of floor cleaner concentrate with 15oz of water.
The difference between these two options is quantity.
The bucket is going to get you more surface area when cleaning textured flooring. A bucket will also give you more easy access to saturate the surface of your textured flooring.
The spray bottle is going to be more targeted and ergonomically friendly — you can spray and saturate surfaces as you go. You may however need to reload your spray bottle multiple times throughout your floor cleaning session, which might slow things down.
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#2 Gather Your Scrub Brushes
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This step is important! Don't skip the scrub brushes.
In tandem with saturating textured flooring with a mopping solution, you’ll want to use a tool to agitate each surface to help lift dirt + debris out of textured flooring crevices.
The BEST tool that you can use is a brush.
Since you’re scrubbing a rather large surface area, there are a number of larger brushes that we can recommend to get the textured flooring cleaning job done.
There are some brushes that come with a long handle, which can save you the effort of getting on your hands and knees.
Then there are some that are motorized. We’ll break this down for you here, with the benefits of each. Depending on your needs, you may choose to get one or more brushes to clean your textured flooring with.
⚡️ Small grout brush — a grout brush will get into the smallest of crevices such as the area where the floor meets the wall/baseboard. Or, as it’s self descriptive: grout.
⭐️ Hand brush — this is a powerful brush that can utilize a mix of ‘elbow grease’ and body weight. This is a great brush for small spaces (or textured flooring in this case) and for those who are on-the-go.
✨ Long armed electric spin brush — it’s electric and it has a long arm, making the whole process a little bit easier.
This grout brush is small but mighty!
#3 Gather a Mop & Towels
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The mop and towels will help with final cleanup.
After you’re done scrubbing your textured flooring, you’ll need to fully remove the dirt + debris with towels.
You can either use terry cloth cleaning towels, which we recommend for basically everything in cleaning. OR you can use any absorbent towels that you have on hand. If possible, use small to medium sized towels as you’ll be able to better detail the textured flooring as you go.
You can also use a spray mop with a mop pad, such as this one, to give your textured flooring a final sparkle and shine.
#4 Follow This Step-By-Step Process
A) Make a bucket of mop water
Make a bucket of mop water (or a mop spray bottle) and saturate an area of the textured flooring in front of you that you’ll be scrubbing. Work from the corner of the room, backwards to limit cross-tracking of dirt and debris.
B) Scrub saturated area with your scrub brush
Using your brush of choice, scrub the saturated area until you noticed the dirt and debris lifting from the textured flooring. Depending on the level of buildup, you might use a little baking soda on the surface to help provide extra scrubbing power.
C) Final cleanup
After you pour and scrub the textured flooring, mop up the floor cleaning solution along with the dirt and debris that you’ve lifted out of the textured flooring. Do this by using super dry terry cloth towels (throw in the laundry bin as each towel gets saturated). Finish off with a quick spray mop of the floors to make them sparkle!
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