Tuesday, May 10, 2011

An Outstanding Cleaning Help

I just commented on a blog post at The Happiest Mom the other day that I agreed with her that the Magic Eraser was a great thing, that I had already been thinking the day before about blogging on that subject. Blog about one little cleaning help? Yes, indeedy, this one is outstanding and I love using it as much as I can love anything involved with cleaning.
I walk with my friend Robin three times a week, and one morning I was telling her about them, because at the time she was working cleaning out RVs at a dealership. I believe the next time I saw her I gave her one. She tried it...and also loved it.
They do still require a bit of elbow grease wherever there's some deep scrubbing, but that's nothing new; lots of cleansers and rags and such still take elbow grease and reward us with a still-stained, still-dull and grimy surface. But the Magic Eraser (and all its cheap imitations) will work not only to get the surface dirt but to pull that seemingly permanent layer of grime off and get back down to the original surface. It might not be able to restore the surface to new condition, but at least to really clean. I've used it in my fiberglass shower and bathtub stall; on painted walls; on shoes; and on my kitchen floor. I didn't even really realize how ugly my kitchen floor had gotten until I used it! It's about 18 years old, definitely worn, has some gouges, but at least it is back to its original creamy white instead of the dull brownish-gray-covered white that it had been before. Then I used acrylic floor cleaning & coating stuff and caught the clean surface as it was, before any dirty footprints scampered over it.
In my shower stall, it had never (since we'd moved in as the second owners) been shiny; I'd scrubbed and scrubbed and tried various cleaners, none of which really got it down to the original surface, but when I used the Magic Eraser (or actually the cheaper store-brand version), it was suddenly beautiful, without all that much work.
I can't think of any cleaning supply that I would speak so glowingly about. There are some I like a lot, but this one is an outstanding sanity saver and I will try to keep them on hand at all times.