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[Taya]

The final thing I need to be officially settled away in Korea is floor cleaner. I go to the "I think this is cleaning stuff" aisle and I can recognize dish liqiud, laundry detergent, kitchen cleaner, bathroom cleaner, drain cleaner and such but I'm not sure what floor cleaner looks like. I haven't seen anything that resembles a jug of Mr.Clean. What does it look like, generally?

My laundry balcony needs to be mopped really bad. Please help!

[Whitey Otez]

I got the real Mr. Clean in the grey market. 600 Won.

The other stuff the Koreans use seems to be multi-purpose, for sinks, toilets, floors, behind the ears, and range tops. You could give it a shot.

Far be it from me to discuss household cleaners. My eyes burn from the dust I've let gather.

[bassexpander]

If you have the typical vinyl flooring, get Pine Sol from the black market stores/western product stores in Itaewon. There are at least three of them selling it. I believe the red door has it. It's about 6,000 won a bottle (600 above was a typo).

For real wood flooring, Homestar makes a spray-on floor cleaner that you spray on your floors and wash off with a wet towel or mop. That's a Korean brand. Their floor product is the brown bottle (not the green one, which is a bathroom product).

[Taya]

Ah thank you very much. I'm going to Itaewon tomorrow anyway so I'll be sure to look around.

[Greekfreak]

A mix of bleach, hot water, and Pril (available at Home Plus) work wonders for us. I also found Palmolive in the black market, if you can't find the pril It's really only to get rid of the bleach smell.

[moosehead]

yeah, I use dw soap (liquid) and a hefty helping of bleach - works fine - just air out the place to kill the bleach smell - at least my mop doesn't turn gray

didn't ever see the pine sol before - would have liked to use it -

otherwise OP - there really isn't a floor cleaner detergent here - I've asked my share of anjummas - they laugh about that - say they just mop w/ water -