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[tobes]

My house has wood floors throughout the first floor level.  This includes the 1/2 bathroom.  What tool is best for daily or weekly cleaning of wood floors.  I have a dyson cannister vac purchased when I had carpet on the first floor  and have replaced the cleaer head of brushes with the soft head so as not to damage the floors.  The area, kitchen, dining room, living room, bedroom and sunroom are fairly open.

[Krimpette]

Not sure if it would work for you, but I use a robot cleaner.  Mine is a few years old now, but the current model is iRobot Braava.  This is a small version of the higher volume pricier robots.  Love mine.

[Lucky Charm]

For daily cleaning, my Roomba. 

Weekly--the *real* vacuum and I dust mop it (not Swiffers) with a fluffy microfiber million fingered fringed mop head.  Actually I have about 20 of these mop heads and I use one to two per room.  Shake them out and toss in the wash with bath mats once a week.

When I do a quarterly deep cleaning, I vacuum, dry mop and steam mop my hardwoods.  Yes, steam mop my hardwoods.  Never damaged my floors.  The water evaporates quickly.  

The Bona system is good, but I don't use their sprayer contraption as I feel their mop head is too *wimpy*.  I use the Bona spray bottle and my trusty dusting mop heads (with the million microfiber fingers).

ETA:  I don't use the beater bar/roller bar on my vacuum as I have no carpeting, just use the suction setting.

[Sooner]

Every hardwood floor expert I've ever talked to said vinegar and water and a VERY dry damp mop.  Don't leave water standing.

If it is even more than damp, towel dry it. 

[tiny 2]

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@Lucky Charm wrote:

For daily cleaning, my Roomba. 

Weekly--the *real* vacuum and I dust mop it (not Swiffers) with a fluffy microfiber million fingered fringed mop head.  Actually I have about 20 of these mop heads and I use one to two per room.  Shake them out and toss in the wash with bath mats once a week.

When I do a quarterly deep cleaning, I vacuum, dry mop and steam mop my hardwoods.  Yes, steam mop my hardwoods.  Never damaged my floors.  The water evaporates quickly.  

The Bona system is good, but I don't use their sprayer contraption as I feel their mop head is too *wimpy*.  I use the Bona spray bottle and my trusty dusting mop heads (with the million microfiber fingers).

ETA:  I don't use the beater bar/roller bar on my vacuum as I have no carpeting, just use the suction setting.

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@Lucky CharmCan the Roomba handle fringe on Persian rugs etc.

[LilLadyNJ]

I have hardwood floors throughout my home with area rugs in the living, dining and bedrooms. I use a Bona microfiber duster for hard surfaces, and I use a Dyson vacuum cleaner on the rugs. the microfiber pads are washable and it does a great job cleaning. 

[Drythe]

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@LilLadyNJ wrote:

I have hardwood floors throughout my home with area rugs in the living, dining and bedrooms. I use a Bona microfiber duster for hard surfaces, and I use a Dyson vacuum cleaner on the rugs. the microfiber pads are washable and it does a great job cleaning. 

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@LilLadyNJ 

Me too, hardwoods everywhere, except wet areas.  

[ScrapHappy]

I have a good ol' Libman duster mop that I use most of the time.  I also have a Shark robot vacuum.  But my go to is the Libman,

[qv4me]

Brand of mophead?

[NickNack]

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@Sooner wrote:

Every hardwood floor expert I've ever talked to said vinegar and water and a VERY dry damp mop.  Don't leave water standing.

If it is even more than damp, towel dry it. 

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This is what I do and also what my housekeepers do.  I use Don Aslett's microfiber mop.  It works very well.  M122312