Swiffer cleaning fluids=toxic

[Eden]

How 'bout going with a PhD in Toxicology?
It's an urban legend. One of many (like Bisphenol A, fluoride...)
I could ramble on forever. But, basically it comes down to the quote by Paracelsus, the Godfather of Toxicology - to paraphrase "The dose makes the poison". The Chemist friend is correct, but almost everything is poisonous, at the right dose. There are even stories of water being poisonous to individuals who drink to much of it.
The dose isn't left on the floor. I wouldn't let my dogs eat the cloths, though.

I've seen an MSDS for coffee

and one that wasn't a joke.... an MSDS for Prismacolor markers.... it listed amount you would have to ingest to get sick... If you could sit down and eat 100 magic markers hats off to you...

One thing I have heard, I'm not sure if this is true either though- if you have sanded something to varnish it do not use a swiffer cloth to clean up the dust before sanding. The varnish won't stick and you'll have to do the sanding all over again.

[malkin]

Our laminate floors are fine with the steamer and we have not-very-nice-at-all wood floor in the kitchen and I use it there too. I have a couple of the cover cloths for the floor attachment thingy.

I use it on everything in the bathroom. They mfr. cautions about glass, but I just hold it a little further away so I don't crack the glass and haven't had a problem in 3 years. The little squeegee attachment was cute, but for glass or mirrors that matter, I wipe it with a cloth.

Sometimes I spray random rug spots and wipe at them with a cloth.

I like that it doesn't require any special chemicals or consumables.

It is so dry here that the humidity that it adds is welcome and the little film of wet dries in seconds. I'm not sure I'd like it so much if I lived in a humid place.

Oh- my husband also brews beer which we dispense out of taps on a chest freezer. Every now and then there is a dramatic event where a spray of beer flies majestically. Using the steamer after that happens is good too.

[badger]

what sort of steam cleaner do you guys have? there's no way I can clean stovetop/counters or anything that isn't on the ground. It's akin to taking a vacuum cleaner on the counter

[OakLeaf]

what sort of steam cleaner do you guys have? there's no way I can clean stovetop/counters or anything that isn't on the ground. It's akin to taking a vacuum cleaner on the counter

It's called "The Shark." The canister is maybe the size of a 1-1/2 gallon container. It has a shoulder strap, or it can sit on the counter while you do the stovetop. Mine looks a little different from the current model pictured in the link.

[badger]

It's called "The Shark." The canister is maybe the size of a 1-1/2 gallon container. It has a shoulder strap, or it can sit on the counter while you do the stovetop. Mine looks a little different from the current model pictured in the link.

Oh that's nice!! mine's like an upright vacuum cleaner and rather clunky.

[malkin]

Mine looks a lot like the one in Oakleaf's link except that it is blue and made (or labelled) Euro-Pro. I had a crumby little one before this, but it broke completely and utterly, so I got this one without my normal level of obsessive comparison because it was in stock at the store nearby.

[Andrea]

This makes me wonder if my Murphy's Oil Soap is harmful to the dogs (though I always lock them in the bedroom until it's totally dry)... I've just always used it because it's what my mom used on wood floors & what my horseback riding instructor told us to use to clean our tack. It works fabulously on both

[TsPoet]

Murphy's
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/saf...OIL%20SOAP.htm

Swiffer
http://www.pg.com/content/pdf/01_abo...se_Cleaner.pdf

Neither has anything of concern in it.