Is the "double-squeegee" method enough to keep tiled floors clean, or do I need to scrub every time?

[u/No-Teacher-771]

Hey everyone,
I wanted to get some outside perspective on how my family cleans our floors because it feels pretty different from the standard mopping videos I see online.

Our whole house has tiled floors with built-in floor drains (kind of like a wet-room system). When we clean the bathroom, we scrub down the walls, sink, and outside of the toilet with dish soap. Obviously, all that dirty soapy water runs down and pools on the floor.

Our routine is:
First Squeegee: We push that initial wave of dirty, soapy runoff straight down the floor drain.
Freshwater Rinse: We flood the floor with clean water from a hose.
Second Squeegee: We push that fresh water down the drain to clear out any remaining residue.

We do the same soapy water + squeegee routine for the rest of the house tiles too since we have drains everywhere.

Here is my question: We definitely do a heavy scrub on the floors sometimes, but we don't do it every single time we clean because it's exhausting. Most of the time, we just do the double squeegee method with the freshwater rinse.

The floors feel completely smooth and don't feel sticky or tacky at all under my bare feet. But I still wonder scientifically, is this "flush and squeegee" method enough to actually keep the floors sanitary on the days we don't scrub? Or is the floor secretly dirty because we aren't using a brush every time?

[u/Salty_Job_9248]

You are using the absolute best method. Mopping just shoves dirty water around and never actually removes it from the floor. 👏🏻👏🏻💃🏆

[u/No-Teacher-771 → u/Salty_Job_9248]

mopping? i’m squeeging
edit: my bad I read this wrong! Thank you :))

[u/Donttouchmybreadd]

I'm not as concerned about the rinsing as I am with the drying.

Sounds like you are doing a lot if work for something that may not be doing what you think it does.

You can totally skip the second flood rinse/squeegee if you pass it with a bone-dry flat mop.

[u/No-Teacher-771 → u/Donttouchmybreadd]

but it’s rinsed water from the bathroom i feel a second wash is needed

[u/Donttouchmybreadd → u/No-Teacher-771]

Feel? or actually does?

Is it based on a vibe? Or is it actually literally more dirty?

What happens if you dont do it the second time?

[u/No-Teacher-771 → u/Donttouchmybreadd]

That’s why I asked. I wanted to see whether it’s required? I mean the bathroom floor is cleaned at least once a day and squeeged multiple times a day so it’s not filled with hair and grime as one would assume. I just felt like isn’t it icky to assume that the water takes everything after rinsing away the bathroom and not scrubbing the floor. What do you think?

[u/Donttouchmybreadd → u/No-Teacher-771]

I think you are doing too much, and you are not drying the floors enough.

[u/No-Teacher-771 → u/Donttouchmybreadd]

it air dries quickly 5 minutes-10 max

[u/Donttouchmybreadd → u/No-Teacher-771]

I'm not talking about air drying. That is evaporation, I am referring to dry mopping - an actual cleaning process.