Kitchen Floor Types and the Best Way to Clean Them

The most difficult floors to clean are the ones that attract the most spills and mishaps. That would probably be the kitchen. Carpeting is a different animal, but the kitchen is where most of the food and drinks congregate along with the overwhelming majority of foot traffic, germs, and bacteria that can harm the family. The solution now is the robot vacuum cleaner that automatically vacuum or mop the floor regularly and when spills occur. The best robot vacuum amid the spectrum of robot vacuums may be the Rollibot BL800 that thoroughly sweeps, vacuums, mops, and sterilizes using UV light.

Yes, kitchens can be a messy place, with food and drinks flying and flashing through the air, spills splattering and all sorts of substances dripping inevitably down towards your poor floor. On top of this, you have extremes of heat, heavy appliances which stand in place for months and years, and sharp objects such as knives which can be dropped, causing puncture or cracks in the surface below.

That’s why you want to choose kitchen flooring material that is relatively easy not only to clean but also to maintain and keep sanitary over time. Let’s look at the vast array of kitchen floors to choose from and the one automatic product that can protect, clean, and sterilize them all. Choosing an automatic vacuum cleaner that offers a hardwood floor vacuum and/or tile floor cleaner depends on your ultimate selection of floor materials.

Ceramic Kitchen Floors

Ceramics are clay and sediments fired hard with a glass glaze. It is virtually impenetrable to water penetration, stains, mold, and mildew. It can also be printed to match a wide variety of colors and patterns – a lot of creative possibilities in the kitchen. Heavy-duty cleaners will not affect the ceramic, allowing you to get the kitchen thoroughly clean whenever you like. Make certain the grout  lines between the tiles are also sealed. It keeps them free of stain penetration.

Vinyl Kitchen Flooring

Vinyl kitchen floors are even easier to clean than ceramics. Similar to plastic, it is tough, durable, and completely immune to the effects of water penetration and staining. Vinyl is also resistant to heavy abrasive cleansers so here you can also get your kitchen as clean as you want.

Note: Vinyl kitchen flooring will eventually fade and wear out. It is a gradual process that can take decades. Until that happens, vinyl is very easy to keep clean and is a great choice in kitchens.

Linoleum – The Natural Kitchen Flooring Alternative

Linoleum is similar to vinyl. It can resist water, though not quite as well, and is relatively easy to clean and maintain with a surface that seems to repel stains and mold. It does suffer from curling and can be damaged by large amounts of standing water, but this is balanced by the fact that it is made from all natural, easily renewable resources making it eco-friendly and has almost no negative impact on the environment. It can even be recycled at the end of its life cycle into fuel for power generators. This is a very resilient kitchen flooring choice.

Natural Stone Kitchen Floor

Natural stone refers to a variety of materials which are extracted from the earth and then processed into architectural elements. This is important because different types of stone will have different properties. Marble and onyx, for instance, are very soft, easily scratched, and can be stained by liquid agents.

If you are looking for a good low maintenance stone kitchen floor, then you should probably look at materials such as slate and granite. These are very hard stones, that can be made nearly impervious to water with a proper sealing treatment. They are also resistant to scratches and divots, although chips and cracks can appear if a heavy enough object is dropped, or if the floor is improperly installed.

Multi-colored slate and granite can also save you time on cleaning because the mottled surface of these materials will tend to hide dirt and imperfections. That means that you will have to do less work to keep the kitchen looking spotless because all of the spots are camouflaged by colors.

One product cleans them all.