Comments on: Ivy Takes The Mr. Clean Challenge

By: back scrubber

back scrubber — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:25:18 +0000

Magic erasers didn’t seem to work for me, but maybe I was using them wrong. They sort of shriveled up.

By: Brent Patton

Brent Patton — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:04:12 +0000

Wow, I’m surprised they didn’t try harder.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:38:45 +0000

Rubbing alcohol on a cotton bud works really well to remove sharpies too! Counters, steel doors, walls…I know from experience

By: Crochetmama

Crochetmama — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:28:12 +0000

I just found this website. I L-O-V-E it! And Ivy, I really loved your Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Cleaning Challenge journal. It was quite informative but also entertaining and written in such a delightful way that I will eagerly look for your other articles.

I’m a 50+ year-old housewife, and I’m hard to impress, but I have to admit that those Mr. Clean Magic Erasers have just fascinated me to no end. How do they work so well when nothing else does? And why do they disintegrate in such a peculiar fashion? (Just curious…not complaining).

We fry alot using our stove (yes…yes…yes…I know….that’s another topic for another time) and I’m always battling the brown grease residue on the stovetop–even though I clean it all the time. I don’t let it build up; I clean it either the day it happens or else the next day. But in all these years of cleaning the stovetop, the Mr Clean Magic Erasers work better than anything else I’ve tried. It still takes elbow grease yes, but at least when you’re done, that stove top is really clean and you haven’t scratched away the enamel. Does anyone else have any suggestions or similar stories? (Or, I guess this new generation of healthier moms/wives doesn’t fry foods with oil any more! Well I guess that’s one way to eliminate that stovetop cleaning challenge, but in our house, some things just have to be fried!)

Okay, enough talk. Thanks again, Ivy, for a great article. I look forward to reading more from you and exploring this website some more and reading what the rest of you have to say.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:20:32 +0000

For school desks: awesome awesome awesome. The magic eraser removed ink and grime that was ground into scratches and flaws with very little elbow grease. And pencil? The eraser laughed at it. TOO easy. My only complaint is that it left the desks looking quite streaky.

If you have teacher on your list, these would make a nice stocking stuffer. If s/he balks, tell him or her that, of course, these are to help the _students_ clean the desks better.

By: LoriW

LoriW — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:27:02 +0000

Hey, y’all! Where do you buy lemon or lavender or “pretty smelling” oil in Nashville?

By: Diaper Cake Becca

Diaper Cake Becca — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:16:04 +0000

I use the Magic Erasers and they are pretty decent…for what they are. My daughters KEPT going back to the same wall with their crayons, though, and I finally figured out that the eraser was erasing the PAINT off the wall. It cleans….but it also has a sanding kind of thing going on too. Great for hitting a spot once or twice but it will wreck your walls beyond that. (And it is NOT RECOMMENDED for wallpaper).

By: Judith

Judith — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:05:21 +0000

I’m a vinegar and water and baking soda convert — but I do so love bleachy things that will kill the mold that hides under the clear caulking in my shower! And I’ve been smitten with lemony cleaners for my toilets……. and I adore Bar Keeper’s Friend for my pots and pans and stainless steel sink …… and I love Magic Erasers (minus flowers and unicorns) to get those black marks off my kitchen floor.

I used to try all kinds of cleansers and, being disappointed in them, leave them to languish under my sink because I felt guilty about spending good money on not-so-good cleaners … now I’ll try fewer new things, but if disappointed will toss them. And feel virtuous about having my vinegar and water spray bottle front and center

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:16:42 +0000

I will have to try the vinegar and lemon oil trick for my soap scum. We have a blue tub so needless to say, soap scum shows up very quickly. So far the magic erasers have worked the best, but I think I will be doing my own test to see what works the best.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:03:30 +0000

We love some Mrs. Meyers Lavender for cleaning the kitchen counters and mopping the floors. By love I mean that my kids are motivated to do it so I don’t have to. Works for me.