[Blindtlk] Sweeping and Mopping floors

[David Evans]

Dear Humberto,

In my independent living classes, we take 50 pieces of popcorn and throw it 
on the floor in a room with furniture in it.
I generally select a corner of the room and begine sweeping the area, using 
overlapping strokes, and hearl the popcorn toward that corner.  I then pick 
it up using a dust pan and count the pieces of popcorn.
If the numbers are short, we throw it on the loor and do it again until the 
person learns how to sweep up all of the popcore.
The idea of walking around the floor bare foot is great as long as we are 
not dealing with broken glass.
You can feel little bits of trash with your feet and then use this to find 
and sweep it in to a corner or a dust pan.
Mopping a floor works the same but getting down on your hands and knees 
works even better.
You can feel when it is clean.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)" <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Sweeping and Mopping floors


> You have gotten some good ideas as I look at the replies. Barefooted is 
> the best way to do mopping. The grid pattern for most thing is the best 
> way to make sure you have full coverage. You may find a push broom or dust 
> mop or something similar will work better for you. There is no alternative 
> to down on your knees to get everything in a dust pan. Mike's hands and 
> knees mopping is a technique we learned back when we were young. I think 
> that they had just invented the bucket then. It insures that you get 
> anything that might be stuck on the floor. It is also the best way, with 
> gloves, to get up something like glass. Try everything, and see what works 
> best for you in which situation.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Humberto Avila
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 3:51 PM
> To: blindTlk at nfbNet.org
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Sweeping and Mopping floors
>
> Hello everybody:
>
> I want to learn how to mop up and sweep the floor of my house correctly 
> and without sighted help. Last night I was watching some videos off the 
> www.blindhow.com website on daily living, and for cleaning, mopping, 
> dusting, ETC. they say I need to use overlapping strokes. So, what are 
> overlapping strokes? Do you know?
>
>
>
> Also, do you all have any tips and tricks, for mopping, sweeping, and 
> cleaning as a blind person doing it alone? Is it possible that, when I'm 
> sweeping up the floor, to not leave any debris anywhere at all, just like 
> sighted people can do it? If so, how do you do this? Any suggestions are 
> welcome.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Humberto
>
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