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Spic and Span powder, Ajax cleanser, Ammonia, Totally Awesome, Concentrated bleach (store brand), Lysol, Bar Keepers Friend, Tarnex, Brasso, Old English, Murphys Soap, 409, Brillo, Easy Off, Mr Clean liquid Bissell upholstery cleaner.
My husband like to clean and I don't.....
<span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;">I am Very, Very lucky to be married to someone who loves to clean. I told him years ago it's either him or we hire someone because I won't do it. I hate to clean. I do however clean in the kitchen because I spend a lot of time there. I use very few products. I use the dishmaster soap (in the faucet) to clean many items that don't go in the dishwasher. I use Bar Keepers friend on my cookware to keep it looking like new. I use a Boos oil on our cutting boards and a Boos stainless cleaner to clean the appliances. It is the best stainless cleaner I have found and I think I have tried most of them. I use a normal liquid dish soap for most other things. </span>
<span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;">The first picture is under the kitchen sink and the products I use. The foil is to keep the hose from the dishmaster from getting caught on the pipes below. The second picture is what he uses to clean the house. As you can see "he loves him" some Pine-Sol!! He really doesn't use that many products and the house always smells clean.</span>
<span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;">I am Very, Very lucky to be married to someone who loves to clean. I told him years ago it's either him or we hire someone because I won't do it. I hate to clean. I do however clean in the kitchen because I spend a lot of time there. I use very few products. I use the dishmaster soap (in the faucet) to clean many items that don't go in the dishwasher. I use Bar Keepers friend on my cookware to keep it looking like new. I use a Boos oil on our cutting boards and a Boos stainless cleaner to clean the appliances. It is the best stainless cleaner I have found and I think I have tried most of them. I use a normal liquid dish soap for most other things. </span>
<span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;">The first picture is under the kitchen sink and the products I use. The foil is to keep the hose from the dishmaster from getting caught on the pipes below. The second picture is what he uses to clean the house. As you can see "he loves him" some Pine-Sol!! He really doesn't use that many products and the house always smells clean.</span>
Products
Pine-Sol Lemon scent is our main concentrated all-purpose cleaner.
However, we do use quite a bit of Method's Honeycrisp Apple All-Purpose spray.
Name brand Windex only on glass surfaces.
Our sinks always have Clorox Clean-Up with Bleach spray.
Toilets we religiously use Clorox Toilet Bowl Cleaner with Bleach. Smells great.
Generally we use Pledge or Endust after we "dust" our surfaces that need it. We don't use Swiffer BS or rags to dust, but instead our Miele vacuum with the horsehair brush. This keeps the dust from spreading and works really well.
One secret I have is Bar Keepers Friend in powder form. It keeps our stainless steel pots looking like new. It is also useful on our electric stovetop. Works great on chrome exhaust tips too!
One new discovery is the Aldi steam cleaner. It works wonders on miscellaneous things like baseboards, bathroom floors, electric stovetops, cleaning around the base of the toilet, around the toilet seat, and faucets.
Pine-Sol Lemon scent is our main concentrated all-purpose cleaner.
However, we do use quite a bit of Method's Honeycrisp Apple All-Purpose spray.
Name brand Windex only on glass surfaces.
Our sinks always have Clorox Clean-Up with Bleach spray.
Toilets we religiously use Clorox Toilet Bowl Cleaner with Bleach. Smells great.
Generally we use Pledge or Endust after we "dust" our surfaces that need it. We don't use Swiffer BS or rags to dust, but instead our Miele vacuum with the horsehair brush. This keeps the dust from spreading and works really well.
One secret I have is Bar Keepers Friend in powder form. It keeps our stainless steel pots looking like new. It is also useful on our electric stovetop. Works great on chrome exhaust tips too!
One new discovery is the Aldi steam cleaner. It works wonders on miscellaneous things like baseboards, bathroom floors, electric stovetops, cleaning around the base of the toilet, around the toilet seat, and faucets.
Method
All-Purpose Spray cleaner in French Lavender
Heinz White Vinegar
Dawn-- whatever style is cheapest.
S.O.S. or Brillo.
Large box of sodium bicarb for scrubbing. Small box for baking.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
All-Purpose Spray cleaner in French Lavender
Heinz White Vinegar
Dawn-- whatever style is cheapest.
S.O.S. or Brillo.
Large box of sodium bicarb for scrubbing. Small box for baking.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Well my husband David is like Ralph’s husband from reply #2, he likes to do the cleaning, although I’m not adverse to doing it. I do the laundry, grocery shopping and all the cooking and baking.
For the laundry I use Gain Original scent liquid, Gain Dryers sheets and Oxi Clean White Revive. For the dishes I use Palmolive Original Ultra liquid and Barkeepers friend for the stainless steel pots and pans. I found these wonderful dish clothes at Walmart have a nylon net backing, and they are great for hand washing the dishes and scrub pans so well that I seldom need to us anything else to clean them. We keep a bar of plain old Ivory bar soap at each sink for hand washing.
David uses Lysol liquid cleaner for the floors and Windex Vinegar formula for the windows, Ajax scouring powder for the sinks and toilets. We also keep a box of SOS pads on hand for stubborn spots on pans, and to clean the oven, along with Barkeepers Friend, I only use Easy Off if the oven is really dirty, which reminds me, I need to give the oven a go over again soon. Oh, and lest I forget, David uses Swifters for dusting.
We are both very neat people, alway pick things up so there is no clutter and our house is spotlessly clean at all times, could be ready to show for sale any day of the week. When you’ve had to work hard to buy a home and everything that goes into it you appreciate it and want to keep it nice.
Eddie
For the laundry I use Gain Original scent liquid, Gain Dryers sheets and Oxi Clean White Revive. For the dishes I use Palmolive Original Ultra liquid and Barkeepers friend for the stainless steel pots and pans. I found these wonderful dish clothes at Walmart have a nylon net backing, and they are great for hand washing the dishes and scrub pans so well that I seldom need to us anything else to clean them. We keep a bar of plain old Ivory bar soap at each sink for hand washing.
David uses Lysol liquid cleaner for the floors and Windex Vinegar formula for the windows, Ajax scouring powder for the sinks and toilets. We also keep a box of SOS pads on hand for stubborn spots on pans, and to clean the oven, along with Barkeepers Friend, I only use Easy Off if the oven is really dirty, which reminds me, I need to give the oven a go over again soon. Oh, and lest I forget, David uses Swifters for dusting.
We are both very neat people, alway pick things up so there is no clutter and our house is spotlessly clean at all times, could be ready to show for sale any day of the week. When you’ve had to work hard to buy a home and everything that goes into it you appreciate it and want to keep it nice.
Eddie
I use the following-
Clorox or Lysol toilet bowl cleaner
Scrubbing Bubbles bath cleaner
Dawn Manual Pot & Pan detergent
Mr. Clean Professional floor cleaner
Clorox Bleach
Lestoil
Bar Keeper's Friend
Dawn Professional Heavy Duty Degreaser
Windex
3-M sponges & scrub pads
SOS
Clorox or Lysol toilet bowl cleaner
Scrubbing Bubbles bath cleaner
Dawn Manual Pot & Pan detergent
Mr. Clean Professional floor cleaner
Clorox Bleach
Lestoil
Bar Keeper's Friend
Dawn Professional Heavy Duty Degreaser
Windex
3-M sponges & scrub pads
SOS
Bar Keeper's Friend
<span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;">Sure seems to be a common thread around here. Has anyone tried the liquid version? I haven't. </span>
<span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;">Sure seems to be a common thread around here. Has anyone tried the liquid version? I haven't. </span>
Barkeepers Friend or Comet powder for the stainless kitchen sink
Lysol or Clorox toilet gel
TyDBowl blue bottle in the tank
Clorox cleanup or Lavender Lysol for the floors
Scrubbing Bubbles for the bathroom sink and tub/shower
Tide turbo botanical rain pods
Powder Ariel with Downy or Bold powder for whites
Real Windex or Invisible Glass
Mr Clean magic eraser for the micro/convect oven interior
Fume free Easy Off for the Frigidaire gas range oven...I never use the self-clean function.
Lysol or Clorox toilet gel
TyDBowl blue bottle in the tank
Clorox cleanup or Lavender Lysol for the floors
Scrubbing Bubbles for the bathroom sink and tub/shower
Tide turbo botanical rain pods
Powder Ariel with Downy or Bold powder for whites
Real Windex or Invisible Glass
Mr Clean magic eraser for the micro/convect oven interior
Fume free Easy Off for the Frigidaire gas range oven...I never use the self-clean function.
matthewza
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We have recently (about 6 months ago) discovered the Astonish range of cleaners at our UK shop, and we are totally hooked!
My fiance is also more of the cleaner than I am (I'm the laundry and dishwasher fanboy) but I do help out with the cleaning.
Our cleaning cupboard consists of:
- Handy Andy cream cleaner (unilever cream cleaner, best on the market, SA staple in any home. I think it goes as Cif in Europe) this is useful for the stove, and tough stains on counters or appliances or the bathroom.
- Astonish kitchen cleaner spray
- Astonish Multi surface spray (we alternate between the kitchen and the multi surface)
- Astonish anti bacterial cleaner. Odourless disinfectant that we use on our cutting boards
- Astonish Oven Spray. Great odourless gel spray that works wonders in the oven and on roasting trays with burnt on bits.
- Astonish Grease Lifter - my favourite product ever! Amazing at cleaning any oily or greasy mess, like splatter off the stove, pots and pans that have need extra TLC, and even oily stains on clothes. It has a clean citrus/bicarb scent which just smells so clean, and we use this quite a bit around the house, and its a great cleaner for any tough stain really.
- Astonish bathroom cleaner
- For the toilets, we just buy which ever toilet bowl cleaner is on sale when we need, although I do prefer the gels to the thick bleaches, and love anything with a citrus scent.
- We alternate between Pledge and Plush Supreme furniture polishes.
We have a steam mop for the floors, but if we do feel like we need to do a wet soapy mop, then I normally just use either Handy Andy or dishwashing liquid, or just washing powder in a bucket of hot water. But since getting the steam mop, we rarely wet mop unless we feel we really have to
My fiance is also more of the cleaner than I am (I'm the laundry and dishwasher fanboy) but I do help out with the cleaning.
Our cleaning cupboard consists of:
- Handy Andy cream cleaner (unilever cream cleaner, best on the market, SA staple in any home. I think it goes as Cif in Europe) this is useful for the stove, and tough stains on counters or appliances or the bathroom.
- Astonish kitchen cleaner spray
- Astonish Multi surface spray (we alternate between the kitchen and the multi surface)
- Astonish anti bacterial cleaner. Odourless disinfectant that we use on our cutting boards
- Astonish Oven Spray. Great odourless gel spray that works wonders in the oven and on roasting trays with burnt on bits.
- Astonish Grease Lifter - my favourite product ever! Amazing at cleaning any oily or greasy mess, like splatter off the stove, pots and pans that have need extra TLC, and even oily stains on clothes. It has a clean citrus/bicarb scent which just smells so clean, and we use this quite a bit around the house, and its a great cleaner for any tough stain really.
- Astonish bathroom cleaner
- For the toilets, we just buy which ever toilet bowl cleaner is on sale when we need, although I do prefer the gels to the thick bleaches, and love anything with a citrus scent.
- We alternate between Pledge and Plush Supreme furniture polishes.
We have a steam mop for the floors, but if we do feel like we need to do a wet soapy mop, then I normally just use either Handy Andy or dishwashing liquid, or just washing powder in a bucket of hot water. But since getting the steam mop, we rarely wet mop unless we feel we really have to
oliger
Well-known member
Sorry to mention laundry products.
Every single thing that I clean is as follows:
A pan of boiling hot water + a cupish of powdered tide + a couple shakes of borax. I use it to scrub rooms from top to bottom with a sponge. Mop the floor, everything. Afterwards I redo everything with just plain water. Then furniture, countertops, cabinets, appliances big and small, vinyl floors, and a lot of other things get a layer of carnuba car wax. It helps keep things nice and shiny, as well as making them last longer.
Every single thing that I clean is as follows:
A pan of boiling hot water + a cupish of powdered tide + a couple shakes of borax. I use it to scrub rooms from top to bottom with a sponge. Mop the floor, everything. Afterwards I redo everything with just plain water. Then furniture, countertops, cabinets, appliances big and small, vinyl floors, and a lot of other things get a layer of carnuba car wax. It helps keep things nice and shiny, as well as making them last longer.
Oliger, no need to apologise for mentioning Tide. It's not necessarily a laundry product. There is a version sold specifically as a floor and all-purpose cleaner. I keep intending to buy a box, but haven't yet.
Talking about Tide powder ......
try this on oily or greasy spots on the driveway. Take Tide powder and make a wet paste. Heavily cover the oily spot with the paste and then cover with plastic wrap or plastic bag so it won't dry out. Let it set for 24 hours and then hose down with a heavy stream of water. It may take a couple of treatments, but it really does a number lifting the oil from concrete. If the oil or grease is a really old spot on the driveway, take WD40 and saturate the spot. Let that work for an hour, then come back and use the paste as mentioned above. You'll be surprised just how well it works.
try this on oily or greasy spots on the driveway. Take Tide powder and make a wet paste. Heavily cover the oily spot with the paste and then cover with plastic wrap or plastic bag so it won't dry out. Let it set for 24 hours and then hose down with a heavy stream of water. It may take a couple of treatments, but it really does a number lifting the oil from concrete. If the oil or grease is a really old spot on the driveway, take WD40 and saturate the spot. Let that work for an hour, then come back and use the paste as mentioned above. You'll be surprised just how well it works.
Laundry: Miele Ultraphase 1 & 2
Dishes: Sun Expert (Unilever) or Fairy (same as Cascade) pods. Hand washing: Fairy (P&G)
Floors: Method Almond spray mop and Ecover floor soap. Love smell of both.
Kitchen surfaces: Ecover spray.
Hob (Cooktop): Punch (Henkel).
Toilets: Usually Domestos (Unilever)
Bathroom surfaces : Cif (Unilever) cream cleaner.
Polishes: Murphy’s floor wax lavender. Bees wax furniture polish.
Windows: Windowlene (R&B)
I don’t use air fresheners or fabric softener anymore.
Dishes: Sun Expert (Unilever) or Fairy (same as Cascade) pods. Hand washing: Fairy (P&G)
Floors: Method Almond spray mop and Ecover floor soap. Love smell of both.
Kitchen surfaces: Ecover spray.
Hob (Cooktop): Punch (Henkel).
Toilets: Usually Domestos (Unilever)
Bathroom surfaces : Cif (Unilever) cream cleaner.
Polishes: Murphy’s floor wax lavender. Bees wax furniture polish.
Windows: Windowlene (R&B)
I don’t use air fresheners or fabric softener anymore.
Forgot a few things
In laundry in add Ammonia to nearly every wash
For air freshener I use only Febreze Fabric in Downy AF scent, and Febreze Air in Downy AF as well.
For dishwashing soap I recently fell in love with Dawn Advanced (Costco exclusive).
In laundry in add Ammonia to nearly every wash
For air freshener I use only Febreze Fabric in Downy AF scent, and Febreze Air in Downy AF as well.
For dishwashing soap I recently fell in love with Dawn Advanced (Costco exclusive).
I like simplification, keep things simple, and try to stick with basics.
Bar Keepers Friend for some pots and pans (copper bottoms) and kitchen counters, sink. Clorox spray bleach for kitchen counters and bathrooms. Bon Ami powder for bathtubs, sink, & toilet. It gives a brighter shine to the porcelain.
Weiman Glass Cook Top cleaner & polish for smooth top surface stove.
409 and 409 Carpet Cleaner spray foam for tough stains (rarely use the stuff). [I also make my own stain remover for laundry and other uses, works better than just about anything I've bought. In a spray bottle: combine 1 part water, 1 part good dish soap and 1 part sudsing ammonia.]
Windex Glass Cleaner (mirrors & windows).
Favor furniture wax or Pledge (wipes). Scotts Liquid Gold to treat and clean dried out wood furniture.
The worst thing I have to use is DuraSeal floor cleaner wax to treat wood floor. Try to only have to use that once a year or so, extremely strong odor that makes me sick. We have the old style floors, teak parquet. When I ordered the last gallon of it, had to pay hazardous shipping....so that told me all I needed to know!!
Barry
Bar Keepers Friend for some pots and pans (copper bottoms) and kitchen counters, sink. Clorox spray bleach for kitchen counters and bathrooms. Bon Ami powder for bathtubs, sink, & toilet. It gives a brighter shine to the porcelain.
Weiman Glass Cook Top cleaner & polish for smooth top surface stove.
409 and 409 Carpet Cleaner spray foam for tough stains (rarely use the stuff). [I also make my own stain remover for laundry and other uses, works better than just about anything I've bought. In a spray bottle: combine 1 part water, 1 part good dish soap and 1 part sudsing ammonia.]
Windex Glass Cleaner (mirrors & windows).
Favor furniture wax or Pledge (wipes). Scotts Liquid Gold to treat and clean dried out wood furniture.
The worst thing I have to use is DuraSeal floor cleaner wax to treat wood floor. Try to only have to use that once a year or so, extremely strong odor that makes me sick. We have the old style floors, teak parquet. When I ordered the last gallon of it, had to pay hazardous shipping....so that told me all I needed to know!!
Barry
Does anyone use BIZ? I use it with my detergent for whites. I love Magic Erasers too.
xraytech
Well-known member
Pine-Sol
Lysol concentrate
Spic n Span
Comet or Old Dutch cleanser
Windex
Scrubbing Bubbles foam
Sno-Bol
Biz
Persil liquid
20 Mule Team Borax
Austin’s A-1 bleach
Hoover carpet shampoo
Dawn
Miele dishwasher tabs
Miele rinse aid
Easy-Off
Magic Eraser
Awesome
Jubilee wax
Lysol concentrate
Spic n Span
Comet or Old Dutch cleanser
Windex
Scrubbing Bubbles foam
Sno-Bol
Biz
Persil liquid
20 Mule Team Borax
Austin’s A-1 bleach
Hoover carpet shampoo
Dawn
Miele dishwasher tabs
Miele rinse aid
Easy-Off
Magic Eraser
Awesome
Jubilee wax
BIZ? I haven't see BIZ in years. I remember it was used when I was a kid though.
DOW Scrubbing Bubbles, I have tried it a few times, still not very impressed. Nothing beats a scrub sponge with Ajax or Comet.
