Cat Hair and hard wood floors....

[Freedom]

You mean I am supposed to pick up all those dust bunnies of cat hair?

With 9 cats, no way I can keep up! I don't even try. I vacuum on routine and that's that.

Haven't had any problems with claw marks. Maybe it's the type of wood? The original house has the old oak floors. The new wing, when we bought 4 years ago we put in the new oak; not the laminate. We put in Bruce from Home Depot, if that helps. I do clip nails weekly.

[Medusa]

I have hardwood floors in every room exept two and I Swiffer every day, then Swiffer and vacuum once a week and mop if necessary. It's always necessary in the kitchen due to spills, etc. but I haven't had any problem or complaints. It's so much more convenient to have hardwood floors rather than carpet and I can't wait til I can get the other two rooms done. I will say, this, though: I vacuum my carpets and furniture every day and that really keeps the hardwood floors from gathering dust bunnies.

[catmandu]

I Find The Swiffer Is A God Send And The Wet Is Great For Removing Traces Where Someones Dinner Did Not Agree With Them.
And A Shop Vac Heavy Duty Does The Rest!!

[Catsnclay]

Yup, Swiffer is the best, along with the floors!


We now have ceramic tile throughout the house now and it is the best thing we ever did. Not only is it 'cleaner' but those dust bunnies, seem to group together and you can just walk around and pick them up! They no longer hide in the carpet!!

After a few days, you too will realize that hardwood floors are the best thing with kitties!

[pkohler01]

Roomba robotic vacuum!

[critter crazy]

I have Hardwood throughut the house, and tile in the one bathroom. I used to used a Swiffer, till i found out it scratched the floors. so I went and bought a Rainbow Vaccum. Which works great for Hardwood,a nd tile. It has a huge ater filled tank, so when everything gets sucked up, it goes into the water filled tank. nO dust or anything. I love it! When I am feeling lazy, i just use a regular broom, but they just dont pick up everything like a vaccum!

[RICHARD]

Now for a man's point of view....


A spray bottle (the cat loves this...he runs like a mad man!) and I spritz the floor first - that keeps the airborne stuff to a minimum. Then I give it a pass with a damp mop,

A good swabbing every 1.5 weeks....