{"id":865,"date":"2006-02-16T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-16T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justinfoell.wordpress.com\/2006\/02\/16\/hot-tip-4-cleaning-products"},"modified":"2006-02-16T16:26:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-16T16:26:00","slug":"hot-tip-4-cleaning-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/2006\/02\/hot-tip-4-cleaning-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Tip #4: Cleaning Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1212\/1386\/1600\/cartmanauthority.5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1212\/1386\/320\/cartmanauthority.4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>Over the past few years, the whole cleaning process has been redefined to make it easier and somewhat enjoyable. With products like &#8220;Swiffer&#8221; and the &#8220;Clorax Ready Mop,&#8221; taking care of the floors is simple, easy and not an all day process. Newly designed sponges and wipes make cleaning the counters a snap. And they are disinfected at the same time. Toilet brushes have changed too, but I don&#8217;t want to talk about those. That&#8217;s personal. <\/p>\n<p>Commercials have gone from a satisfied house mom with a huge smile on her face when her floors are clean or when her counters are germ free. To womem <em>and<\/em> (shockingly) men having fun cleaning with things like the swiffer duster. I <em>never<\/em> thought cleaning was fun. I hated doing it, but I wanted that satisfied smile on my face. Sadly, I&#8217;d settle for a half smile. &#8220;Ehh, it&#8217;s good enough.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>However, I have found 2 products that made me smile bigger than any of those moms on tv. <\/p>\n<p>First off my stove top. We have all gas appliances including the stove. I really love it, but I hate how dirty it gets. Sometimes the stove gets so hot that it bakes whatever spilled to a crispy lump. At that point, it becomes extremely difficult to remove. But Mr. Clean came to my rescue (as he does in his commercials) with his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homemadesimple.com\/sites\/en_US\/mrclean\/index.shtml\">magic eraser<\/a>. This thing rocks my socks off. It&#8217;s like a sponge and all you do is get it wet, squeeze and scrub. But amazingly you don&#8217;t have to scrub hard. It&#8217;s like you are wiping up something you just spilled. Something that&#8217;s not baked on. It really <em>is<\/em> magic. <\/p>\n<p>I take a lot of baths. So the ring around the bathtub is frequent. I hate scrubbing it. It has to be the hardest thing to clean. Reaching over with a scrub brush and in the most difficult position, try to clean your bathtub. It&#8217;s not possible. I actually considered getting the Mr. Clean bathroom thingy. It&#8217;s like a swiffer, but for bathtubs, sinks, floors and the shower wall. I didn&#8217;t and I&#8217;m glad I didn&#8217;t. <\/p>\n<p>Instead I bought some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jelmar.com\/CLRbath.asp\">Bathroom &amp; Kitchen CLR spray<\/a>. I actually bought it for my toilets (we have hard water here, it&#8217;s annoying). Worked great for that so I read some more about it. &#8220;Good for soapscum&#8221; Sweet. I started to spray it in one spot in the tub. This time I used a sponge instead of a brush. Holy Cow&#8230;it was like wiping up dirt. CLR made it so easy! I was amazed! I think I cleaned the bathtub twice last night because it was so much fun! It didn&#8217;t need it the second time, I just want to see it sparkle and it did. <\/p>\n<p>So I ended the night with a huge smile, knowing that I&#8217;ve conquered 2 of the most annoying problems in cleaning. And so effortlessly. Now if only getting Justin to put his clothes in the basket could be effortlessly, I&#8217;d be set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years, the whole cleaning process has been redefined to make it easier and somewhat enjoyable. With products like &#8220;Swiffer&#8221; and the &#8220;Clorax Ready Mop,&#8221; taking care of the floors is simple, easy and not an all day process. Newly designed sponges and wipes make cleaning the counters a snap. 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