Whats the best way to pick up glass from a hardwood floor?

Question

I use a broom and a swiffer, but I always end up finding some weeks later.

Answer 1

Strong vacuum like a shop vac. For some reason bare feet seem to work better though :)

Answer 2

Hardwood flooring would give you the best resale for the money, but is expensive. Hardwood could run anywhere from 3 to 10 dollars per square foot. If it is scratched, it can be sanded and redone later on. Engineered is a hardwood floor, but cannot be refinished in case something happens. Also costs around 2.5 to 4 dollars square foot. Laminate looks a little cheaper, but will hold up better than hardwood or Engineered in the long run. I would suggest the Pergo 30 year warranty. Hardwood has to be nailed down to the floor, Engineered has to be tacked or glued down and laminate is free floating. In the case of the hardwood and engineered, you would have to pull up the ceramic tile. With laminate, you MAY not have to do that. Laminate in stock should cost around 2 to 4 dollars a square foot. A lot of laminate floors now look like the real thing. I suggest you do some window shopping to find out for yourself.

Answer 3

Take a wet paper towel--which a Swiffer sort of is, in a much more expensive version-- get on the floor, and wipe the hardwood very, very carefully. You can apply more weight with your hand than the Swiffer does and therefore will get up all the bits of glass that will stick to the wet paper towel. (Maybe I should have said "damp"; it doesn't want to be dripping and sopping, just damp.")

Answer 4

I use the vacuum cleaner when ever I break a glass on my laminate floor, it removes the glass without moving it around and so it is less likely to leave any behind. But, you must sweep aroung the base of the cabinets if you break a glass in the kitchen, because even if you use a crevice tool attachment a vacuum can miss a few shards down in the very corner.

Answer 5

I use a vaccuum.

Bypass the swiffer and broom. All they do is push around the little pieces. Vaccuum the area before slivers can be transported to an even bigger area.

Answer 6

Use a vacume cleaner and do all the floor as glass goes everywhere when it brakes or you can be more carefull and take the head off and just use the hose when you see the glass always make sure that you do the edges of cupboards as thats where they end up

Answer 7

Duct tape wrapped around your hand so that the sticky side is facing out. I've had hardwood floors in my house all my life and this has always worked best for me.

Answer 8

Dry paper towels. I don't know how it absorbs all the glass, but it does. I've broken a glass in the bathtub before and thought I'd never be able to bathe again. Trust me, it works...

Answer 9

After broom and dustpan use shopvac with the brush attachment.
Then remove the brush tool and vacuum it off to remove the slivers.

Answer 10

Roll around the floor naked. Not only will this cause the jagged pieces of glass to stick to you, it might also teach you to be more careful with glassware or switch to paper cups.