I crochet mine too. I designed my own, and used a deep rib stitch and a double yarn combo of cotton and acrylic yarns for each pad. The cotton yarn is there for saturation and absorption and the acrylic is there for better scrubbing abilities. I used coordinating colors just for fun but it doesn’t really matter…no one sees them but me. But, being anal about colors, I was lucky and found both types of yarn in a variegated purple and turquoise color way that looks really cool on the mop head, lol! I made a set of three and rotate them in the laundry so that I always have a clean one ready. Crocheted them years ago and they’re still going.
Greetings From Montréal, Québec, Canada !!! I work in the cleaning business and altough these ideas are FANTASTIC on HOW TO ' Not fall into the OVER/Consumming Trick, instead of buying the 'Swiffer WET JET', do has I do; Just buy the Microfiber Stick/Pad, (and a few EXTRA pads when the 1st one is being washed) and I keep a spray bottle to your belt/pocket, spray the flloor and just sweep normally !!! Another way/trick to save money !!!
There is a warning to be added here. Detaching and reattaching the cleaning solution will only work for a short while until the motor gets rusted and freezes. Each time you reattach the cleaning bottle, small needles poke through the rubber cover so that the solution can be pumped to the floor. However the second time you refill your container, new holes are punched. As a result, the motor will eventually freeze due to the solution running down into the mechanism. I've ruined two Swifters this way. A better solution would be to never remove the cleaning solution container and cut a hole in the top to refill it and tape it shut so it won't splash out. However you will always have to keep your mop upright forever and ever.
I just crochet/knit these using cotton yarn only if I use these. I steam mop my floors. You have beautiful wood floors too. I like your washer too, agitator’s are the only one’s that thoroughly clean your laundry. Great idea though.
I love the OG, Lavender, and Sparkling Wave. Don't like the lemon. Can't say anything about the orange, pink, or green Pine Sol yet. I love the Citrus Mr. Clean (haven't tried the others yet).
I hate pine sol. The lady that babysat me when I was young (a long time ago) she had a cat that peed all over the place and she used pine sol to clean it. Anytime I smell pine sol it's like I smell that nasty cat pee smell too. That cat ruined pine sol for me dang it.
Quick tip for the microfiber cloths: do not use fabric softener on them. They will loose that trait to be able to pick things up like hair easily. You want them rough and not soft!
Love your sarcastic sense of humor - mine is very much the same. :) I was already using those same pads on my wet jet, but I hadn’t figured out the hack for how to refill the fluid. I am so happy to be able to refill those things now - thank you!!
Be sure to take as much dog hair off of the pad before you wash cause your washing machine hose can stop up. Happened to me! I LOVE your hacks! Have used them already.
That's the comment I was looking for. I saw that too. First thing she threw a hairy cleaning pad in the wash with other things, icky. Just clean off the debri first, huh?
Thanks for the hack. Just ordered a set for my wet jet. I like how you showed how to open the cleaning solution bottle. I love pine sol also as I have all wood floors in a 2100 sq. foot home. I retired a few months ago and have become the house husband. Yes I cook and clean. Thanks Jen.
Jim, get a fake Sham Wow from the Dollar store and they work better than microfiber. And you can cut 3 from one cloth. This video is a commercial for those overpriced microfiber cloths that is sponsoring her. The Sham Wow's work better for about one - fifteenth the price. And a pair of pliers, used fairly gently, will pop that top in 2 seconds.
your a mean cynical person. She is offering people a great idea and you interpret it as a "commercial for the microfiber clothes." what a .......@@mrequi1
Thank you so much for this hack! My husband always jokes about me watching so many you tube videos but i came upon this one and told him about it.. Lets just say he bought the washable pads and got the swifer container open and filled it with what we like! So thank you again for sharing ☺
The Turbo microfiber pad works really well... I will definitely be adding that to my shopping list and I never thought about making my own cleaning solution... Thanks Jen!
When I used to use a Swifter, I made my own pads for dirt cheap. Cheap towels amd velcro for the wet and cheap microfiber cloths with velcro for dry. But I use the O'Cedar Spin Mop now. My Swifter never really cleaned my floors.
When we had our lab, (had to say goodbye 3 weeks ago), we called them Hondo-bunnies... yes, her name was Hondo. We also asked her sweetly during the summer to hold her pores tight. 😂 … dogs shed girl don’t be embarrassed .... the cleaning is never ending anywhere we all live!!! Thank you for the video and thoughts on the products. Omg... the bloopers..... lmbo!!!!!! Y’all are freaking awesome!!!!!
When I used to use a Swifter, I made my own pads for a very low price. Cheap towels with velcro for wet and inexpensive microfiber cloths with velcro for drying. But now I use the O'Cedar Spin Mop. My Swifter never really cleaned my floors, the truth is, thank you very much for this video and for the good content, the truth will serve me a lot and it will also help me a lot to clean faster and I owe everything to you the truth, thank you very much
Thanks little lady for showing this hack... I hate cleaning so anything that helps HELPS,,,, i will be ordering the microfiber i found some for 7.99......... the regular cloths make my fingers hurt pushing into the little cloth holders in the corners on the swiffer mop thing... the velcro will make me sooooooooo happy... thanks kiddo
I think they make a lemon pinesol now too and it's a bit lighter in scent for those who might find the original pinesol a bit strong. Another hint that may not safe a lot of money but may be worth it is to use distilled water or demineralized water at about 80 cents to a dollar twenty per gallon. I've learned over the years when a product needing dilution requests or suggests you use distilled water to choose that option if you can. It once took me 9 days to strip a vinyl floor of old wax so I could switch to poly acrylic style shine products but wax has to go because it will cloud otherwise. I ignored the use distilled water option in the commercial concentrated stripper. Until about day 7 I was so tired of going over and over and much on my hand and knees and making a mess and not getting all the streaks out. I added distilled water and omgosh that was the trick. Two days later I had a stripped clean beautiful floor in both utilty and kitchen and two bloody knees that ended up scarring and have never fully recovered in 8 years since. So when a concentrated window cleaner said Distilled water works best I experiemented and sure enough distilled water did not streak while our extra Hard Well Water does. Also no worries bout chlorine if you are on city water too. I've been using pinesol for over 50 years including in my profession and was once challenged by another pathologist who insisted he would prove my lab was full of contaminated molds and bacteria. He was so upset his lab was and MINE was NOT to his amazement. To be fair his lab actually grew on purpose several types of molds for industrial field work and control in plant work while my lab in same company was about growing seeds for various testing and we didn't want to control what the plant material might bring into the lab so we cleaned everything with Pinesol and Lysol combinations thereof and no doubt in my mind these are what made his results of testing with agar plates in both labs with the superior idea he would prove how bad my lab was compared to HIS backfired. Ahh the male competitiveness sometimes us gals need to remind ourselves to remain humble as not to upset the fragile balance between the genders. Anyway Great demonstration of thinking outside the box with the Hack for removing the caps on the Swiffer Jet bottles. And another cool thing is you can now use any product that you favor from vinegar water or premade dilutions of your favorite cleaner to concentrated professional fomulas with your own dilutions. Merry Maids or something like that cleaned my lab years ago and used a cinnamon scented additive to the mop solution I've learned to make my own and now also use lemon and perppermint too. Of course cinnamon and peppermint might get lost in a pinesol or strong scented product but it's lovely in many options out there including vinegar. Or just the plain rinse water if you need to rinse. (Think essential oils and a drop or two will do it and not usually effect the floor or the cleaning products. These scents don't linger long but love it for the first day or two.)
The Dollar Tree has had a "build your own broom" kinda setup for a few years now. They sell the metal handle and several different compatible attachments that you can swap out as needed. There's a broom head, mop head, sponge mop head, wet jet style head, and dry duster style head if I remember correctly. It's saved me soooooo much money and storage space!
I can’t believe it was that easy to get that cap off!!!! Lol omg. I tried for so long and so many different things. I finally gave up years ago. Never touched the thing after one bottle. BUT NOW I CAN! Thank you so much for this video.
@@LegoThe4biddnOne oh I have no idea I just tried turning and popping and things like that. It was back in 2015 when I got it and stopped using it. I still have it. Lol so now I have to clean the battery area and hopefully it’ll work again.
@@1Life2Live007 shoot I'm just glad to hear a response from you 2 weeks in waiting lol but thank you from your response. I had bought the pinesole and now hoping this cap thing comes off.
This has saved me from having to buy a bona mop and takes you use the reusable cloth pad. My hand scraped wood floors have build up from using the swiffer products and were told by everyone to switch to bona hardwood floor cleaner. We’re also potty training a puppy and are mopping multiple times a day (unfortunately). So washing pads over and over would have been a real pain! Plus who wants to buy a second mop that already sprays cleaner?... so being able to open the swiffer bottle to put bona cleaner in it and use the mop I already have AND use the disposable pads because of the puppy accidents is WONDERFUL!!!!
Thanks! I'm about to get the WetJet for wood floors today but I still have so much Bona floor cleaner. This mop will be so much easier to use, but I'm really glad I can choose what floor cleaner to use when its empty and thanks too for the link to the washable mop pads!
I had no idea that that could be done! you are amazing! thanks to you I can save money! your tips for hacking swiffer wet jet parts are very useful and accurate, you explain everything very well! thanks for sharing
This SWIFFER HACKS is incredible, it also helps me a lot to save a lot of money, I have followed the steps at the bottom of the letters and the revision and well, the result is surprising. thanks for sharing
Hi Jen. Love your hacks. I use the micro fiber cloths. You may have done it but I wet my microfiber cloth under the faucet. Wring it out then mop. It glides really easily over your floors. I use Pine Sol as well. I have the bona and the cleaner is really pricey. So I just refill my bona with what I want to use. But I too love the clean pine smell. Have a great evening Jen. Happy 4th. Be safe.💙🎉🎊
Thx so much for this video! I have a vacation rental that I clean myself, and this saves me tons!!!! Both the pads and the cleaning solution. Thank you so much!!
I love Pine Sol too not just for the smell but because i remember my mom using it when i was just a child. (Im 64!) I didnt know it would be ok for wood floors.? Thank you Jen for sharing tips Jen…what a beautiful home, those floors! Best of all is the lab, i love labs❤️
I dont have a swiffet yet but am buying one today.Can someone explain to me about the cap? Dont you have to remove the entire bottle with the cap on it anyway in order to replace with a new swiffer bottle? So whats the difference if you take it off and remove the cap and use your own solution and then reattach it to the swiffer? Thx
@@babybear4524 the refill comes as one unit. Its nearly impossible to remove the cap. The container goes in cap facing down. Once the container is empty, take it out, puncture a hole in it and refill it with your cleaning solution. I cut the hole in the bottom of the container as that becomes the top once it's in the swiffer. The hole has to be big enough to allow another fluid to be put in it. I use a small funnel. It's confusing to read but you'll understand when you get one.
Hi Jen. You're too funny! I thought my phone did something weird when the bloopers came up! I thought it skipped a bunch of stuff! Loved the bloopers, lmao😂
No detriment to trying to save money but I was raised by a Scottish immigrant. I told her later when I was older that if I looked up the meaning of recycle I'd see a picture of her face. I drew the line as a kid using my dads old tightie whities for dusting! We have an entire house of vynl planks so I looked to find washable solutions. Plus moved to an area with like 4 kinds of dust, cotton wood trees, key word being cotton! I found auto static cloths in Harbor freight. White fluffy, not just microiber, they keep static. I only ever use these dry. The size allows me to cut 3 from one and the 3 pack was about $4. it does make them a bit skinny. If I buy mmore I may just cut two and hem elastic around as I sew. We also have rocks on our floor from high desert sand which is very difficult to get up. Have to be careful not to grind into floor in the cleaning process or even walking. I push to side and go back to sweep up the piles. We both got hurt this last month so when floor is really bad I use the shop vac. No vaccum we have picks up the rocks and not much of the light dust, hence using the static cloths. For mopping I just cut old towels or juse shop rags. We first tired the more washcloth looking ones at Walmart but too loopy, catch on corners and shred a bit. Bought the blue ones. Much better and a bit of cling. I had been given packs of the regular microfiber cloths but not enough actual "pick up" of dirt in the cloth to mop. I then mix whatever cleaner I need in a spray bottle. You are not to get vinyl plank floors too wet. I also realized that the recommended natrual solution of Pine Sol and dawn and water didnt work. One of the known home remodel guys recommened it? It seemed like I was putting dirt back on. Then read a blog by a guy saying why. Pine Sol is the wrong PH for these floors. I was magnetizing dirt back on! He recommended just a normal ph cleaner like Fabuloso and dawn and hot water. You only need like a teaspon or less in a large spray bottle. It totally worked. I checked with my home made swiffer and nothing left on the floor. Which by the way, the same thing happened with store bought swiffers. I used liek 10 each time mopping as it was just magnetizing the dirt back on! The floors are much easier to mop using those static cloths. As noted Im not undermining alternate solutions. Our house is odd. Oh the planks are that Life Proof from Home Depot. Maybe it just gets more static? Our house odd too. Artist built it. We have a 20 foot peaked house with a 64 foot long skylight. The spider webs got away from us this year and the cold and extra long winter has had them come in too! We bought a long extensio pole and I saw a lady take the end of the handle version swiffer duster and use the screw cap end of poles to stick it in. Lucky I had that type of cap on a shorter pole. We then bought the generic brand of 360 swiffer dusters as its spiders and their caught prey! Not gonna use anything washable. Going into a trash bag!
Just found your channel. Thanks for the tips. I'm planning to purchase a Swiffer wet jet but hated the thought of buying pads. Your kitchen is very pretty!
Excellent video friend I was looking for content on the subject and none of them served me except for your video I am really grateful, keep it up friend
There's also a 3 pk in a pkg w purple on it at dollar tree fir $1.25. They can be rinsed n wrung out over n over and clean like a magic eraser w no cleaning solution just water. But I add a lil anyways. . I use them for my walks n occasionally on floors if they're too bad for the thinner ones in a 10pk.
Thank you sooooo sooo much for this hack! I love using pinesole as well as fabuloso, and I love the fact that I get to switch between the two with this method!
I was looking for a tutorial on this topic and this video really helped me to clarify several doubts I had about SWIFFER. Thank you ! I will be aware of the new videos of your channel!
I loved those microfiber pads, the truth is that they are unique and very useful and thus be able to use reusable things I loved this video a lot, thank you for sharing it
I’ve tried some hacks in the past for these too. Love my swifter vac. And please Jen keep the bloopers in for every video!!! Loved that! Lol And the make it so I seem happy even though my soul is dead inside!! 😂 💜💜💜
While I'm a fan of Pine Sol, I really prefer the lemon Pine Sol. Overall, they both work great for most household cleaning. I just recently bought a wall mop for cleaning walls, and lemon Pine Sol worked beautifully.
I love hacks like this. I had a Swiffer mop before and ended up getting rid of it because of the cost of buying the pads and they didn’t work as well as I had hoped. I’ve never had the wet jet but I do have the O-Cedar mop that has the bottle for cleaning solution and microfiber cloth. I love that it saves money and reduces waste.
I stopped using the cloths designed for the sweeper a long time ago. Instead, I used microfiber cloths from Dollar Tree and rewash them over and over. I also use floor cleaner to wet mop my floors too. I don't need to mix anything and my floors are very clean.
Thank you for providing useful information on how you could save $ 100. Thank you very much, I am sure this video will be of great help to many people.
So for your mop replacement pads the dollar tree mop pads assembly kits fits like a glove. I already have about 30 of them in all three materials and throw them in the wash I have a month of pads again. Thank you for the tip on the bottle
Thanks for the hack Jen! That will definitely save money! Your floors look just like mine. I’m glad to know that you can get that top off! Have a wonderful day!
I use different brands of microfiber cloths Mr. Clean, Norwex or eCloth for wet and dry mopping. To wet mop I wet the cloth and spray the floor with Windex and mop.
I used to do the Pinesol bottle hack, but I started using an extra Wyndex bottle I had lying around. It's good enough to get by in my apartment. I going to try the pads...good idea.
Thank you for doing such a well made video - You didn't edit to the point of cutting out the pauses. The pacing, editing, music, and your voice are all great. You didn't stress me out and now I want to check out more of your videos. I subscribed!
I just bought O Cedar’s spray mop. It comes with a washable pad and you can buy extra. Also the mop solution bottle is meant to be refilled
That is what I have, too. Has already lasted 7-8 years. I like the tip about crocheting mop heads, though!
If you crochet, there’s a pattern for a homemade cover…
Me too.
I crochet mine too. I designed my own, and used a deep rib stitch and a double yarn combo of cotton and acrylic yarns for each pad. The cotton yarn is there for saturation and absorption and the acrylic is there for better scrubbing abilities.
I used coordinating colors just for fun but it doesn’t really matter…no one sees them but me. But, being anal about colors, I was lucky and found both types of yarn in a variegated purple and turquoise color way that looks really cool on the mop head, lol!
I made a set of three and rotate them in the laundry so that I always have a clean one ready. Crocheted them years ago and they’re still going.
@@nataliejones6626 I was wondering about this option.
Greetings From Montréal, Québec, Canada !!! I work in the cleaning business and altough these ideas are FANTASTIC on HOW TO ' Not fall into the OVER/Consumming Trick, instead of buying the 'Swiffer WET JET', do has I do; Just buy the Microfiber Stick/Pad, (and a few EXTRA pads when the 1st one is being washed) and I keep a spray bottle to your belt/pocket, spray the flloor and just sweep normally !!! Another way/trick to save money !!!
@@padrejuan7763 nice tip. I always thought Québécois don’t tip. 😂
I buy heavy Maxi Pads with wings ...Saves so much money!!
@@angelawaller924 But you still have the waste in the landfills when you use maxi pads with wings. Microfiber pads can be washed over and over.
There is a warning to be added here. Detaching and reattaching the cleaning solution will only work for a short while until the motor gets rusted and freezes. Each time you reattach the cleaning bottle, small needles poke through the rubber cover so that the solution can be pumped to the floor. However the second time you refill your container, new holes are punched. As a result, the motor will eventually freeze due to the solution running down into the mechanism. I've ruined two Swifters this way. A better solution would be to never remove the cleaning solution container and cut a hole in the top to refill it and tape it shut so it won't splash out. However you will always have to keep your mop upright forever and ever.
yuppp learned this the hard way
Whaaaaaat ?? Oh wait … I get it now. !!
@@Heartfelt-zv7wh🙏
Or you could 3D print a sealable lid. One would have to attach it with a cutter and then use heat to melt it ... Or leak repair putty.
I just crochet/knit these using cotton yarn only if I use these. I steam mop my floors. You have beautiful wood floors too. I like your washer too, agitator’s are the only one’s that thoroughly clean your laundry. Great idea though.
Pine sol is my go to as well! For me, it’s nostalgic because it reminds me of when my mom cleaned the house when I was little...
I love the OG, Lavender, and Sparkling Wave. Don't like the lemon. Can't say anything about the orange, pink, or green Pine Sol yet. I love the Citrus Mr. Clean (haven't tried the others yet).
memories I got from my mom ❤
Me too!
I do not use pine sol because I have allergies and it seems to be too strong for me but I do agree it cleans really well.
I hate pine sol. The lady that babysat me when I was young (a long time ago) she had a cat that peed all over the place and she used pine sol to clean it. Anytime I smell pine sol it's like I smell that nasty cat pee smell too. That cat ruined pine sol for me dang it.
Quick tip for the microfiber cloths: do not use fabric softener on them. They will loose that trait to be able to pick things up like hair easily. You want them rough and not soft!
Love your sarcastic sense of humor - mine is very much the same. :) I was already using those same pads on my wet jet, but I hadn’t figured out the hack for how to refill the fluid. I am so happy to be able to refill those things now - thank you!!
Be sure to take as much dog hair off of the pad before you wash cause your washing machine hose can stop up. Happened to me! I LOVE your hacks! Have used them already.
That's the comment I was looking for. I saw that too. First thing she threw a hairy cleaning pad in the wash with other things, icky. Just clean off the debri first, huh?
Thanks for the hack. Just ordered a set for my wet jet. I like how you showed how to open the cleaning solution bottle. I love pine sol also as I have all wood floors in a 2100 sq. foot home. I retired a few months ago and have become the house husband. Yes I cook and clean. Thanks Jen.
Jim, get a fake Sham Wow from the Dollar store and they work better than microfiber. And you can cut 3 from one cloth. This video is a commercial for those overpriced microfiber cloths that is sponsoring her. The Sham Wow's work better for about one - fifteenth the price.
And a pair of pliers, used fairly gently, will pop that top in 2 seconds.
Hi Jim, looks like you’ve picked up a fun job after retirement 😅 Welcome to the club!
your a mean cynical person. She is offering people a great idea and you interpret it as a "commercial for the microfiber clothes." what a .......@@mrequi1
Thank you so much for this hack! My husband always jokes about me watching so many you tube videos but i came upon this one and told him about it.. Lets just say he bought the washable pads and got the swifer container open and filled it with what we like! So thank you again for sharing ☺
The Turbo microfiber pad works really well... I will definitely be adding that to my shopping list and I never thought about making my own cleaning solution... Thanks Jen!
It seems like a dirty pad would be gross to throw in the washer with my laundry and I wouldn’t do a load just for a pad or two.
I put a hole at the top of the refill bottle, use the pads from Dollar Tree. It works fine.
Me either, especially with my towels! I always wash my pets items separately then I run a clean load afterwards before doing our laundry again.
When I used to use a Swifter, I made my own pads for dirt cheap. Cheap towels amd velcro for the wet and cheap microfiber cloths with velcro for dry. But I use the O'Cedar Spin Mop now. My Swifter never really cleaned my floors.
This Swiffer review is the best, and I totally agree with you, the Swiffer pads save us a ton of money by being reusable!
Agreed, reusables also save the planet :)
The best sponsored video ever! You always make me smile, Jen! Thanks for sharing.
excellent review you can appreciate excellent producer for cleanings where you can save money and leave the perfect house spotless
When we had our lab, (had to say goodbye 3 weeks ago), we called them Hondo-bunnies... yes, her name was Hondo. We also asked her sweetly during the summer to hold her pores tight. 😂 … dogs shed girl don’t be embarrassed .... the cleaning is never ending anywhere we all live!!! Thank you for the video and thoughts on the products. Omg... the bloopers..... lmbo!!!!!! Y’all are freaking awesome!!!!!
When I used to use a Swifter, I made my own pads for a very low price. Cheap towels with velcro for wet and inexpensive microfiber cloths with velcro for drying. But now I use the O'Cedar Spin Mop. My Swifter never really cleaned my floors, the truth is, thank you very much for this video and for the good content, the truth will serve me a lot and it will also help me a lot to clean faster and I owe everything to you the truth, thank you very much
Thanks to you and your video I was able to save almost $ 100 on my SWIFFER WET JET & SWEEPER. Thank you
Thanks little lady for showing this hack... I hate cleaning so anything that helps HELPS,,,, i will be ordering the microfiber i found some for 7.99......... the regular cloths make my fingers hurt pushing into the little cloth holders in the corners on the swiffer mop thing... the velcro will make me sooooooooo happy... thanks kiddo
I think they make a lemon pinesol now too and it's a bit lighter in scent for those who might find the original pinesol a bit strong. Another hint that may not safe a lot of money but may be worth it is to use distilled water or demineralized water at about 80 cents to a dollar twenty per gallon. I've learned over the years when a product needing dilution requests or suggests you use distilled water to choose that option if you can. It once took me 9 days to strip a vinyl floor of old wax so I could switch to poly acrylic style shine products but wax has to go because it will cloud otherwise. I ignored the use distilled water option in the commercial concentrated stripper. Until about day 7 I was so tired of going over and over and much on my hand and knees and making a mess and not getting all the streaks out. I added distilled water and omgosh that was the trick. Two days later I had a stripped clean beautiful floor in both utilty and kitchen and two bloody knees that ended up scarring and have never fully recovered in 8 years since. So when a concentrated window cleaner said Distilled water works best I experiemented and sure enough distilled water did not streak while our extra Hard Well Water does. Also no worries bout chlorine if you are on city water too. I've been using pinesol for over 50 years including in my profession and was once challenged by another pathologist who insisted he would prove my lab was full of contaminated molds and bacteria. He was so upset his lab was and MINE was NOT to his amazement. To be fair his lab actually grew on purpose several types of molds for industrial field work and control in plant work while my lab in same company was about growing seeds for various testing and we didn't want to control what the plant material might bring into the lab so we cleaned everything with Pinesol and Lysol combinations thereof and no doubt in my mind these are what made his results of testing with agar plates in both labs with the superior idea he would prove how bad my lab was compared to HIS backfired. Ahh the male competitiveness sometimes us gals need to remind ourselves to remain humble as not to upset the fragile balance between the genders. Anyway Great demonstration of thinking outside the box with the Hack for removing the caps on the Swiffer Jet bottles. And another cool thing is you can now use any product that you favor from vinegar water or premade dilutions of your favorite cleaner to concentrated professional fomulas with your own dilutions. Merry Maids or something like that cleaned my lab years ago and used a cinnamon scented additive to the mop solution I've learned to make my own and now also use lemon and perppermint too. Of course cinnamon and peppermint might get lost in a pinesol or strong scented product but it's lovely in many options out there including vinegar. Or just the plain rinse water if you need to rinse. (Think essential oils and a drop or two will do it and not usually effect the floor or the cleaning products. These scents don't linger long but love it for the first day or two.)
The Dollar Tree has had a "build your own broom" kinda setup for a few years now. They sell the metal handle and several different compatible attachments that you can swap out as needed. There's a broom head, mop head, sponge mop head, wet jet style head, and dry duster style head if I remember correctly. It's saved me soooooo much money and storage space!
They are such a great dup for the swiffer products and SOOO adorable
The Dollar Tree versions are great!
I wish my Dollar Tree had this. I have never seen them at any Dollar Tree near me.
Dollar tree works great….
@@tmc4609 Ask an employee they should be able to tell you if they have them. They go pretty quickly at my store.
I can’t believe it was that easy to get that cap off!!!! Lol omg. I tried for so long and so many different things. I finally gave up years ago. Never touched the thing after one bottle. BUT NOW I CAN! Thank you so much for this video.
Having trouble actually getting the cap off. What is the actual process you went through to get it off?
@@LegoThe4biddnOne oh I have no idea I just tried turning and popping and things like that. It was back in 2015 when I got it and stopped using it. I still have it. Lol so now I have to clean the battery area and hopefully it’ll work again.
@@1Life2Live007 shoot I'm just glad to hear a response from you 2 weeks in waiting lol but thank you from your response. I had bought the pinesole and now hoping this cap thing comes off.
This has saved me from having to buy a bona mop and takes you use the reusable cloth pad. My hand scraped wood floors have build up from using the swiffer products and were told by everyone to switch to bona hardwood floor cleaner. We’re also potty training a puppy and are mopping multiple times a day (unfortunately). So washing pads over and over would have been a real pain! Plus who wants to buy a second mop that already sprays cleaner?... so being able to open the swiffer bottle to put bona cleaner in it and use the mop I already have AND use the disposable pads because of the puppy accidents is WONDERFUL!!!!
Thank you Jen! I just discovered how easy using the swiffer is, I'm so excited to use your hacks!
Thanks! I'm about to get the WetJet for wood floors today but I still have so much Bona floor cleaner. This mop will be so much easier to use, but I'm really glad I can choose what floor cleaner to use when its empty and thanks too for the link to the washable mop pads!
you encouraged me to steam mop kitchen and bathrooms. I've been retired for 7 yrs and struggle to get up and do anything. Thank you
Just bought the mop pads! I've been looking for something like this.
I had no idea that that could be done! you are amazing! thanks to you I can save money! your tips for hacking swiffer wet jet parts are very useful and accurate, you explain everything very well! thanks for sharing
Well done!! i was waiting for this incredible Swifer hacks video!! so i am going to share it
Another great video. The bloopers were the best. I love and enjoy watching you.
thanks girl, saved ky life. im a broke college drop out that wants to go back to school. hope you keep saving and sharing 😁🤗
OMG thank you so much. Those tricks are going to save me so much money. I have been trying to figure out how to open that bottle for years!
Thank you for this. I was on the fence about getting one of these again and feel great not being limited now.
This SWIFFER HACKS is incredible, it also helps me a lot to save a lot of money, I have followed the steps at the bottom of the letters and the revision and well, the result is surprising. thanks for sharing
Hi Jen. Love your hacks. I use the micro fiber cloths. You may have done it but I wet my microfiber cloth under the faucet. Wring it out then mop. It glides really easily over your floors. I use Pine Sol as well. I have the bona and the cleaner is really pricey. So I just refill my bona with what I want to use. But I too love the clean pine smell. Have a great evening Jen. Happy 4th. Be safe.💙🎉🎊
These SWIFFER HACKS TO SAVE YOU MONEY really helped me to save a lot of my money, I highly recommend them, thank you very much for sharing!
Thx so much for this video! I have a vacation rental that I clean myself, and this saves me tons!!!! Both the pads and the cleaning solution. Thank you so much!!
Microfiber is really good to pick up pet hair. I sewed my own pads for my swiffer, but I will definitely look for these when those wear out.
I love Pine Sol too not just for the smell but because i remember my mom using it when i was just a child. (Im 64!) I didnt know it would be ok for wood floors.?
Thank you Jen for sharing tips Jen…what a beautiful home, those floors! Best of all is the lab, i love labs❤️
I love the refill hack. I've been cutting a small hole in the top of my bottle and refilling that way. I can't wait to try your hack!
Boiling water hack did not work
I drilled a hole as well I was wondering if anyone one did the same
@@fpark101 try it again, but leave the bottle in for a longer period of time. :)
I dont have a swiffet yet but am buying one today.Can someone explain to me about the cap? Dont you have to remove the entire bottle with the cap on it anyway in order to replace with a new swiffer bottle? So whats the difference if you take it off and remove the cap and use your own solution and then reattach it to the swiffer? Thx
@@babybear4524 the refill comes as one unit. Its nearly impossible to remove the cap. The container goes in cap facing down. Once the container is empty, take it out, puncture a hole in it and refill it with your cleaning solution. I cut the hole in the bottom of the container as that becomes the top once it's in the swiffer. The hole has to be big enough to allow another fluid to be put in it. I use a small funnel.
It's confusing to read but you'll understand when you get one.
Hi Jen. You're too funny! I thought my phone did something weird when the bloopers came up! I thought it skipped a bunch of stuff! Loved the bloopers, lmao😂
No detriment to trying to save money but I was raised by a Scottish immigrant. I told her later when I was older that if I looked up the meaning of recycle I'd see a picture of her face. I drew the line as a kid using my dads old tightie whities for dusting! We have an entire house of vynl planks so I looked to find washable solutions. Plus moved to an area with like 4 kinds of dust, cotton wood trees, key word being cotton! I found auto static cloths in Harbor freight. White fluffy, not just microiber, they keep static. I only ever use these dry. The size allows me to cut 3 from one and the 3 pack was about $4. it does make them a bit skinny. If I buy mmore I may just cut two and hem elastic around as I sew. We also have rocks on our floor from high desert sand which is very difficult to get up. Have to be careful not to grind into floor in the cleaning process or even walking. I push to side and go back to sweep up the piles. We both got hurt this last month so when floor is really bad I use the shop vac. No vaccum we have picks up the rocks and not much of the light dust, hence using the static cloths. For mopping I just cut old towels or juse shop rags. We first tired the more washcloth looking ones at Walmart but too loopy, catch on corners and shred a bit. Bought the blue ones. Much better and a bit of cling. I had been given packs of the regular microfiber cloths but not enough actual "pick up" of dirt in the cloth to mop. I then mix whatever cleaner I need in a spray bottle. You are not to get vinyl plank floors too wet. I also realized that the recommended natrual solution of Pine Sol and dawn and water didnt work. One of the known home remodel guys recommened it? It seemed like I was putting dirt back on. Then read a blog by a guy saying why. Pine Sol is the wrong PH for these floors. I was magnetizing dirt back on! He recommended just a normal ph cleaner like Fabuloso and dawn and hot water. You only need like a teaspon or less in a large spray bottle. It totally worked. I checked with my home made swiffer and nothing left on the floor. Which by the way, the same thing happened with store bought swiffers. I used liek 10 each time mopping as it was just magnetizing the dirt back on! The floors are much easier to mop using those static cloths. As noted Im not undermining alternate solutions. Our house is odd. Oh the planks are that Life Proof from Home Depot. Maybe it just gets more static? Our house odd too. Artist built it. We have a 20 foot peaked house with a 64 foot long skylight. The spider webs got away from us this year and the cold and extra long winter has had them come in too! We bought a long extensio pole and I saw a lady take the end of the handle version swiffer duster and use the screw cap end of poles to stick it in. Lucky I had that type of cap on a shorter pole. We then bought the generic brand of 360 swiffer dusters as its spiders and their caught prey! Not gonna use anything washable. Going into a trash bag!
Thanks for the tip I just got a Swiffer sweeper for $2 at a goodwill and I ordered the reusable pads off Amazon!!
I get the fuzzy socks for a dollar at the dollar tree and slide them over the mop end of my stiffer works great
Just found your channel. Thanks for the tips. I'm planning to purchase a Swiffer wet jet but hated the thought of buying pads.
Your kitchen is very pretty!
This SWIFFER HACKS is really great, I really liked it because it covers a lot of interesting topics.
I love the bloopers!!
I appreciate your information for those of us who want to decide knowing the product information well, nothing tedious
Excellent video friend I was looking for content on the subject and none of them served me except for your video I am really grateful, keep it up friend
I don’t understand how these types of mops work without rinsing the pads. Aren’t you eventually just pushing the dirt around your floor?
Great tips I’ll be using pinesol from now on and also I found reusable pads at the dollar store. Now for a $1.25 😜. I got 10 of them.
I picked up a couple of those pads too. They work well
There's also a 3 pk in a pkg w purple on it at dollar tree fir $1.25. They can be rinsed n wrung out over n over and clean like a magic eraser w no cleaning solution just water. But I add a lil anyways. . I use them for my walks n occasionally on floors if they're too bad for the thinner ones in a 10pk.
Thank you sooooo sooo much for this hack! I love using pinesole as well as fabuloso, and I love the fact that I get to switch between the two with this method!
Happy to help!
I have 4 dogs, have Swiffers all, and say Thank you hugely! 🎉
I was looking for a tutorial on this topic and this video really helped me to clarify several doubts I had about SWIFFER. Thank you ! I will be aware of the new videos of your channel!
Omg the outtakes! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 you're so fun Jen!
Thanks a lot for this wonderful money saving hack. Swiffer pads are really helpful to clean easily. Interesting video. Thanks.
I just did the hot water hack and it worked perfectly!! Thanks!!!
I loved those microfiber pads, the truth is that they are unique and very useful and thus be able to use reusable things I loved this video a lot, thank you for sharing it
This hacks are so incredible!! My wife love this kind of products and she´s gonna be happy with these tips, thanks.
I see that lovely Lab watching you work. ‘Oh man, she cleaned up all the fur. Now I gotta lay down some more, make the den nice & cosy again’ 😆
I love dollar tree flat mop and use microfiber rags on mine love them
Never thought about money saving opportunities with swiffer wet jet, Thanks for sharing this information.
very good advice friend, without a doubt this hack is one of the best I have obtained to save money on my swiffer. I will recommend it to my friends!
Not sure how I missed this back in July but hello! Definitely need these! I've been using washcloths but the velcro will work so much better.
I did not believe it but this SWIFFER HACKS has really helped me I have been able to save money thanks to this video, very well explained
Thanks Jen. Great information ! Will be using this hack for sure!
This hack works perfectly, I definitely recommend it 100%. Thumbs up to the video as it is perfectly understood
Love the bloopers at the end of this video and the end of the thrive video! 🤣
This is really an amazing cleaning option., Very easy and money saving sweeper. Thanks for this helpful video.
I’ve tried some hacks in the past for these too. Love my swifter vac. And please Jen keep the bloopers in for every video!!! Loved that! Lol And the make it so I seem happy even though my soul is dead inside!! 😂 💜💜💜
While I'm a fan of Pine Sol, I really prefer the lemon Pine Sol. Overall, they both work great for most household cleaning. I just recently bought a wall mop for cleaning walls, and lemon Pine Sol worked beautifully.
Thank you so,so,so much for all the tips, especially how to refill the bottle with pinesole, I have both of the. Swifters . Yeah 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
This is a really very interesting topic, it talks about many points that I like and they solve my doubts about swiffer
I definitely need those microfiber pads!
Also I love your leggings 😍
Omg I love the bloopers 😂☠️
I love the purple Pine-sol! Makes the whole house smell very nice but not at all over powering like the original.
Lol looooove the bloopers keep it up it shows how real you are!!!
Great overview! I purchased a few of them on Amazon. Such a saver. Thank you for sharing!
VERY GOOD THE INFORMATION OF SWIFFER HACKS TO SAVE YOU MONEY, IT REALLY HELPED ME A LOT
I love hacks like this. I had a Swiffer mop before and ended up getting rid of it because of the cost of buying the pads and they didn’t work as well as I had hoped. I’ve never had the wet jet but I do have the O-Cedar mop that has the bottle for cleaning solution and microfiber cloth. I love that it saves money and reduces waste.
Excellent video that explains in detail about swiffer hacks. You provide quality information with us.
I stopped using the cloths designed for the sweeper a long time ago. Instead, I used microfiber cloths from Dollar Tree and rewash them over and over. I also use floor cleaner to wet mop my floors too. I don't need to mix anything and my floors are very clean.
Thank you for providing useful information on how you could save $ 100. Thank you very much, I am sure this video will be of great help to many people.
I like this... lol I have just been using a damp paper towel on the swiffer HA but then I go thru like 4 paper towels a day. This is neat!
The extra fluffy swifer cloths work better than the regular ones.
So for your mop replacement pads the dollar tree mop pads assembly kits fits like a glove. I already have about 30 of them in all three materials and throw them in the wash I have a month of pads again. Thank you for the tip on the bottle
Thanks for the hack Jen! That will definitely save money! Your floors look just like mine. I’m glad to know that you can get that top off! Have a wonderful day!
I really like this content I hope you keep uploading more, you are good at what you do for me you are one of the
Murphy is watching you mop like he wants his hair back. LOL! He's so adorable!
I use different brands of microfiber cloths Mr. Clean, Norwex or eCloth for wet and dry mopping. To wet mop I wet the cloth and spray the floor with Windex and mop.
I used to do the Pinesol bottle hack, but I started using an extra Wyndex bottle I had lying around. It's good enough to get by in my apartment. I going to try the pads...good idea.
I have the regular swiffer and use rags for the mopping. I use my rumba for my sweeping. I will check the microfiber cloths out....Thank You :)
ORANGE PINE-SOL TRULY SMELLS SO GOOD !!!
I ALSO USE THE PLEDGE ORANGE OIL FURNITURE POLISH ON MY KITCHEN CABINETS AND WOOD PANELING ***
Thank you for the hack on the wet jet bottle. That’s amazing!
The microfiber pads can be used as a wet mop with any spray cleaner. Great for spot cleaning and above floor jobs like windows.
What a good method to save $ 100, I really like using products that save me money.
Thank you for doing such a well made video - You didn't edit to the point of cutting out the pauses. The pacing, editing, music, and your voice are all great. You didn't stress me out and now I want to check out more of your videos. I subscribed!
Thank you! Just ordered the wet jet cloths!
Thanks for posting. This was very helpful.
You go, girl! Get yo coin! Also, LOVED the bloopers!🤣🤣
This video is fantastic! I was looking for this kind of product to clean my floor. I prepared everything according this video and it really works.