How to Use Your Cleanmatic Self-Wringing Mop

How to use

This is how to use a self-wringing mop like the Cleanmatic: push the flat mop into the bucket, pull it back through the double scrapers, and the microfibre pad comes out damp without your hands touching the water.

1

Before the first use

  • Rinse the cloth in warm water. Microfibre picks up more once the fibres have been wet.
  • Fit the cloth to the mop head and check it is sitting flat and even.
2

Getting set up

  • Sweep or vacuum first. Mopping over loose grit just drags it across the floor.
  • Fill the bucket with warm water. Warm lifts more than cold, and boiling is not needed.
  • If you are using a floor cleaner, add it at the dose on its own label.
3

Mopping

  1. Dip the cloth, then wring it out in the bucket until it is damp rather than dripping.
  2. Start at the far corner of the room and work backwards towards the door, so you are not walking over what you have just done.
  3. Move in overlapping S-shapes instead of pushing back and forth along the same line. The swivel head follows the turns.
  4. Rinse and wring again whenever the cloth stops gliding easily.
  5. Change the water once it looks dirty. Dirty water puts dirt back down.
4

Edges, corners and stubborn marks

  • Turn the head on its side to run along skirting boards and into corners.
  • For a dried-on spot, rest the damp cloth over it for a minute before working at it.
5

Finishing up

  • Empty and rinse the bucket.
  • Take the cloth off to wash it, or rinse it out and hang it to dry.
  • Let everything dry before it goes back in the cupboard.

Washing and care instructions are on the Cleaning & Care Guide.