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Why Your Swiffer Is Leaving Your Kitchen Floors Sticky - And How To Fix It By Kat Olvera Oct. 23, 2025 5:20 pm EST

Procter & Gamble introduced the Swiffer to the world in 1999, and it's made cleaning more tolerable for millions of people in the decades since. However, if you're not careful, what seems like a kitchen cleaning magic trick to avoid hauling out the mop and bucket can actually prolong your nightly kitchen shutdown routine . If you've ever cleaned your floors with a Swiffer Wet Jet or wet cleaning pad, only to be left frustrated by a sticky film coating your floors when you're done, you're not alone.

The Swiffer cleaning solution is an alkaline cleaner with a higher pH balance. Alkaline cleaners dry quickly and can leave behind that film and stick

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