Abstract: In a procedure for cleaning floors by hand with the help of flat cleaning mops, mops provided with a certain quantity of cleaning solution are used. In this case, at least one mop is removed from a storage container (1), and saturated with solution before or during removal; the solution is applied onto the surface of the mop; the mops are stored as is after use in a holding container (2) up to their disposal for purposes of regeneration. A device for fitting and preparing a larger number of flat cleaning mops consists of a storage container, which has a removal opening (5) for removing mops, and is provided inside with a feeding device (11) for prior saturating the removed mops with cleaning solution.