I would touch Mr. Clean inappropriately [kalpurna]

Okay no one wants to talk to me about cleaning products, but YOU CARE, DON'T YOU, FLIST? Even

strobelighted is sleeping through my cleaning product glee, and she wouldn't get up to see the toilet. :( :( In order for you to comprehend my joy you must understand how filthy the house is. We're not talking, like, mess. We're talking truly upsetting levels of gross. I will not go into detail. USE YOUR IMAGINATION.

Anyway I'm tackling things one at a time and now

strobelighted's room is clean enough for her to move in and the toilet ~*~sparkles~*~ and the sink would pass a white glove test. I am so happy about this, you have no idea. Now if only my roommate hadn't taken the bucket and broom when she moved out we would be in motherfucking business!

I don't know if I've ever talked about Mr. Clean Magic Eraser on LJ, but that shit is ridiculous. It's this, like, stiff white spongy thingy? And you get it wet, and you don't add anything else, and then you rub gently at those horrible smudges all over your walls and the stains on your old china and whatever else you have never in your life been able to clean and MAGICALLY IT IS ERASED. I have been known to go around my house magically erasing things just for fun, and I am not a clean person. I feel like I'm in an insane advertisement every time I use it.

HEY LET'S TALK ABOUT CLEANING PRODUCTS SOME MORE Y/Y/YOU CAN'T STOP ME

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...I think I need to go lie down.

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I LOVE SCRUBBING BUBBLES THE MOST, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY :( But man, I used some Comet that the previous tennent left here on my bathroom sink and was BAFFLED at how well it worked getting rid of like, four months+ of toothpaste gunk. and when avoiding my paper I attacked the bathtub and it was omg, so amazing.

I also like cleaning the stove, because it's really easy to clean and you can see how clean it's gotten.

things I need to clean: ALL OF MY CLOTHES IN THE WORLD. also sheets. I might just get new ones in a month or so when that shit goes on sale at Bed Bath & Beyond.

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Scrubbing Bubbles is making an EXCELLENT showing so far! But I have to admit that Comet is my go-to product when I am NOT DICKING AROUND, as with the accumulated oily horribleness that was my stove. D: You only think your stove is easy to clean because it is not covered in five-month-old vegetable oil.

oh shitttt I need sheets so bad. Mine are... I need new ones.

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I think I have a few 20% off coupons for BB&B (or my mail room will). I should really go there soon and get like sheets and mixing bowls. I WANT TO BAKE SOMETIMES (things that are not break and bake) AND I CAN'T BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING.

Ooooooh COUPONS. *____* We need a bunch of new stuff too. Unfortunately, I have no money. FORTUNATELY, I started my new job today.

I am a GIANT HIPPIE with small people and animals, so I totally make my own natural cleaning products. I used to *buy* natural cleaners, but holy fuck they are a total rip-off.

You are a huge hippie, ahahaha. Then again, I bet your house is much cleaner AND healthier than ours! The Magic Eraser doesn't actually have any chemicals/cleaners in it, it's just an incredibly fine mesh that catches particles, so it would be safe for children. On the other hand, making it might not be the most environmentally sound process. /o\

Oh,the Magic Eraser ROCKS. I love it! It's the only thing that cleans the scrunge behind my sink. Also? Does a number on crayon if, say, someone drew on your wall.

I used it to clean off the dirt that had imprinted on the non-shiny parts of our old handed-down dishes. My roommate was like "...I thought that was a pattern." I will keep the crayon thing in mind for the next time my baby niece shows up bringing chaos in her wake!

White vinegar is nature's natural amazing cleaner. Also, baking soda.

See, I have what is probably not the healthiest attitude about these things, and I tend to be like IF IT IS THAT MESSY, IT NEEDS ME TO THROW SOMETHING AT IT THAT CAUSES CANCER. Like, I take dangerousness to human health as a recommendation. :(

Seriously, I am not a very good cleaner? At all, I am horrible and don't do it nearly as often as I should. But vinegar and baking soda works, seriously. ...plus its a whole lot cheaper, which, okay, may be my guiding thing, here. (plus, if you have stuff caked on in your microwave? Bring a tiny bit of vinegar to a boil in it, and then you can just wipe it out with a wet rag, no scrubbing necessary! ...I am lazy.)

I do keep magic erasers around, though. Those things are amazing.

Hmmmm, I will have to try this out, because cheap is something I am a fan of! Also, laziness! You know how to sell a girl on a new idea.

Swiffer is not at all bathroom-cleaning related, but it is my very favorite cleaning product because apparently I am MADE OF DUST.

Also, yes, I just discovered Magic Eraser a few weeks ago, and ♥!

oooh, maybe I should get one of those instead of a new broom. Hmmm.

IT IS JUST SO UNREAL. Did

etben rec it to you? Because I'm the one who sold her on it!

Oh well I meant the Swiffer dusting things, not the mop thing...but I've heard that works well too!

Heeee, no, my mom did when we were graduation party cleaning. But I'm not surprised

etben got sold on it. *grins*

Oooh, I don't know if they have those at my CVS, but I will check! We are dusty as well. It was a sad moment today when I picked up the Spic 'n' Span to clean the floor and realized it was covered in dust. D:

Vinegar, baking soda, and ammonia too!

WHAT IS WITH ALL THESE HIPPIES UP IN MY LJ

AHAHAHA, IT'S NOT JUST ME. \O/

clearly you have never made a toilet volcano for the lulz.

i loled

That's all my grandma cleaned with, those and bleach. Never mixed together!

OMG! Let's talk about office supplies too because I love that as well. Don't put me anywhere near either a cleaning or office supply aisle/store.

DUDE. I DO NOT EVEN WORK IN AN OFFICE, AND YET I AM ENTRANCED BY OFFICE SUPPLIES.

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT THIS POST COULDN'T BE MORE AWESOME, YOU START TALKING ABOUT *OFFICE SUPPLIES*.

I honestly think that little sticky flags, if properly applied, can solve ANY ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEM. WHAT.

Omggg I love office supplies! I used to steal a ton of that stuff from my Dad's office when I visited haha. New notebooks are my very favourite, and new fancy pens! And sticky notes! And HIGHLIGHTERS OMG.

Also! CLR totally does work! I used it in my electric kettle and it got all the hard water buildup out! I was a little afraid to make tea with it afterward, but I'm still alive so.

/hijacking comments

You are perhaps my most whimsical f-listian.

I wish you would come over and clean this fuckign disgrace of a pig sty.

That Magic Eraser shit is incredible, yo. I'm a little scared of it tbqh.

Hahaha, that is a title I am proud to accept. :D But dude, do not overestimate my skills, I am pretty much just shouting to the internet about completing basic adult tasks, because what else is having an LJ for?

It's amaaaaazing.

Ugh, Scrubbing Bubbles is normally my faaaaavorite. However, at the end of last semester, the bathroom I share with 3 other girls (a dorm bathroom) was so stank-nasty I could barely bring myself to clean it. HOWEVER, the roomie and I (since the suitemates never lifted a goddamn finger to clean anything) used some crazy Clorox Bathroom Cleaner with Bleach or whatever it was called. That shit was amazing. Also, see if you can get your hands on some heavy-duty janitorial products. We did, and the results were fantastic.

The magic eraser really is magic, the first time I used one I couldn't stop cleaning random things in my friend's kitchen.

Blurting in because I am likewise crazy about magic erasers, and also because I need all of the magic cleaning help I can find!

I use a lot of PineSol - mix it up with a little dishsoap and a lot of water in a spray bottle, and I feel like surfaces are SAFE again. Oh, I also agree on the Swiffer products - I use their dusters but I also adore their Flik sweeper - I was very skeptical at first, but it works so bloody well. The last product I want to bring up is from "The Works" - toilet cleaner (http://www.theworkscleans.com/toilet.htm) - that works *almost* as magically as the magic eraser. We have hard water, toilets get lots of things in the bowl that look truly awful and don't come off, but use the works and zoom, it's gone.

No, no, I'm backing away from the office products... and do NOT talk about paper (!) I will never ever shut up!

our toilet is so beautiful ;___;

(Hi, you don't know me. I'm kind of... tentatively dipping a toe in the waters of bandom from due South and you seemed like fun. *waves*)

So I have horrible, HORRIBLE allergies (there are hives and swollen eyes and sinuses that get blocked for DAYS) to most of the cleaning products out on the market today, but I have found a mixture of white vinegar with a drop of eucalyptus and lavender oil cleans pretty much everything. And the rest can be cleaned with baking soda.

But the magic eraser is AWESOME. I moved in with my housemates and the first thing I did was take a horrified look at the walls (they have a kid) ad introduce them to the magic eraser.

i am judging this whole poll, wtf.

I WANT A FUCKING MAGIC ERASER.

I have been known to BEG my mom for one, but she totally does not understand how awesome it would be. I also keep asking for a Swiffer Wetjet, but she will not get me one of those either. I AM OFFERING TO CLEAN, MOTHER, HELP ME OUT HERE.

Actually unrelated to cleaning products, but your subject line made me think of Bob McLynn as Mr Clean, and yes, I'd probably touch him inappropriately.

I don't recognise any of these product names - ah, geography - but anyway I clean everything with like, vinegar and soda crystals and bicarbonate of soda and lemon juice and borax and salt, because of how I live in the fifties, apparently. /o\

I wish things that look like bottles of cleaning products, I stand in the supermarket and go .."is it dishwash? it has a dish on the front. It is either dishwash or milk."

THE MR CLEAN THINGS ARE AMAZING, YOU ARE TOTALLY NOT CRAZY. ♥