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Mr. Clean
Would you consider the mr. clean magic erasers environmentally friendly? they're made of melamine (but don't contain formaldehyde, that's a myth) and don't contain any additional chemicals/cleaners...I would figure that they would still beat the heck out of the kind of chemical warfare people sometimes get into trying to get things off of walls and tubs and so on.
What do you think?
Re: Mr. Clean
Ditto
I agree. I would only consider them disposable in a VERY broad sense. I guess those dual-sided ones would be, but obviously you don't have that extra sponge the originals.
Hmmm... I haven't used them since they took the paint off my living room wall (it was flat paint- does that make a difference?).
I would consider them semi-reusable. It isn't like a one-use kind of thing. And even rags fall apart and have to be replaced periodically (says the lady who is about to have to replace all the kitchen rags AGAIN bc our tile countertops have rough edges and rip holes in them).
SG I am impressed that you clean enough to go through 2 of them a month. I am also curious what else you tried to get the soap scum off. Did vinegar not work? It seems like people always recc. that, but personally I have to use some nasty chemicals to get soap scum off bc vinegar doesn't touch it.
I used to work in the chemical industry and we supplied the products for this product (and helped to make it). So there are chemicals in them. But the question would be if you look at the entire lifecycle of the eraser vs what you would use to get something off a wall/tub I am not sure what would come out ahead.
Snarky comment: EVERYTHING has chemicals in it! Sorry that is just my personal pet peeve as a chemical engineer. Natural crap is still full of chemicals, they are just (hopefully) less harmful chemicals.
I know you know that Jen and I know I am being anal, but seriously once on a different Nest board a whole list of people were shocked that OMG SPLENDA IS A CHEMICAL!
::headdesk::
lol, I feel you on this one. organic chem will leave you no delusions. at any rate melamine is made from cyanamide, I think ... then again I'm not in the habit of eating my cleaning products either, so I'm ok with that.
do YOU think you would come out ahead using a magic eraser vs. like...scrubbing bubbles or easy off or comet?
Honestly, I clean our bathrooms once a month and go through 2 erasers when I do it
. 1 eraser for the shower, and 1 for everything else (tub, sink, toilet, and floor). Our shower has those little nubs on the floor to keep you from slipping, and they dissentegrate (sp) the Eraser hardcore.
Yes, I tried all my green cleaning products including vinegar. Soap scum doesn't budge. I'm sure it's a combo of (a) I don't clean the door often enough; (b) the door is 15 years old; and (c) it's a builder's grade crap door that's 15 years old.