Happy Saturday!! I hope your weekend is off to a great start!
We were supposed to be heading down to the tulip festival in La Conner today but I haven’t been feeling too well and need to spend some time getting things organized around here. Looks like it will be a morning of T-ball and skating lessons for us followed by a fun-filled afternoon of cleaning. EXCITING!!!
So since I am trying to get myself psyched up for some serious cleaning, I thought I would share my favorite cleaning product right now – these Norwex hand pads {the equivalent of the Mr. Clean magic erase pads}
Last year, we purchased a glass top stove and I have been searching ever since for something that cleans it quickly and easily. Although I have found a few things that work okay, they either require soaking time, some serious scrubbing, or leave a film that takes forever to remove.
Now I have been using these hand pads on our walls for a while now to remove marks and whatever else happens to make it onto our walls. Other than that, they have pretty much remained under the sink with the rest of the cleaning supplies. BUT, last week, as I was trying to scrub some baked on, boiled over rice from the stove top, I decided to give one of my hand pads a try on the stove top. I squirted on a little water, gave it a really quick scrub, and it came RIGHT off!!
This was after about 10 seconds of cleaning. Please excuse all of the scratches. They are courtesy of our house sitter from when we were away in Hawaii. They actually show up much more on the camera than they do in real life but still not good. 🙁
Anyways, I was pretty excited for the new discovery – the glass top has been so much easier to clean! Has anyone else tried this? I am assuming the Mr. Clean magic erase would be the same?
Now I also have to tell you the story of my new table runner.
Well, the table runner lasted about 10 minutes before Connor spilled an entire glass of milk on it {of course!} So into the washing machine it went. The next day was my birthday and the boys got a little carried away with helping me blow out the candles {maybe there were a few too many candles on the cake??}. Connor pulled a big candle out to lick it off and dumped the RED wax all over the runner. Well I got the wax part off, but was left with a big, red stain. I washed it and used every stain remover I had. And I was still left with a big, red stain.
Since the glass top was so successful and I had no other options, I decided to try the hand pads on the cloth. And the whole stain actually came out! There was a very slight amount of color fading that also went with it, but it was MUCH better than the red alternative.
So there you have it! Hopefully that wasn’t too much excitement for you to handle. Anyone else have any fabulous cleaning tricks to share? I would love to hear them!
Hope your Saturday is a little more inspiring than mine!!
I linked up with Whipperberry, The Shabby Creek Cottage, Somewhat Simple, Delightful Order, Home Stories A to Z, A Bowl Full of Lemons, Under the Table and Dreaming, CRAFT, Simply Klassic Home and I Heart Naptime.
Well I hope you and little man get to feeling better soon! I always love some good cleaning tips! THANK YOU! And I no way jose was there too many candles on the cake ;)…. someone must have added some on there for just fun! 🙂 Try to relax and enjoy your day, feel better! -Jen
I’ll have to try that! I have found that the Norwex carpet cleaner works really well to get stains out of clothes! 🙂
Oh I love tulips so that festival sounds awesome!
My mom swears by Mr. Clean magic erasers. I’ll recommend this brand to her!! She was able to erase black permanent marker that my daughter scribbled onto an heirloom desk. She’s used it to get scuff marks off vehicles from kids’ handle bars, getting too close to the mailbox or garage entrance!! She even used it on her van’s headlights that get a cloudiness look over time and it made them look tons better!! Headlights aren’t cheap!!
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