Tap water vs. distilled water in a steam mop?

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Tap water vs. distilled water in a steam mop?

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I owned a shark steam mop and did NOT purchase the special distilled water required (nor the filter) and my mop exploded exactly three days after the end of the year warranty. Blew apart in the kitchen. I purchased a Bissell and now it’s making a funny, grinding noise as well. I don’t know if I can bring myself to purchase the bottled water to clean my floors. Any experiences? I don’t have hard water problems in my home.

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You don’t need distilled water to clean the floor. Tap water is fine.

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... @ 2011-12-25 23:10

any flash heater will clog if used too long with hard water … i don’t know about the steam mops, but coffee pots need cleaning by running vinegar through them to get the minerals out
Racine @ 2011-12-25 23:39

You can use tap water, but the higher the mineral content, the sooner they clog up. Vinegar does dissolve the minerals, but that’s a maintenance job. If it’s tap water just once in a blue moon because you ran out of distilled, it won’t harm anything.

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