What's Your Favorite Cleaning Agent?

[Fern]

Do you have a favorite brand cleaner, dishwasher soap, polish, stain remover, or other cleaning supplies that you swear by, eihter store bought or homemade remedy?

Share with us!

[boefixepa]

On this same note.....I hate arm pit stains and since I wear undershirt so there's no "plumber seam" and hip huggers (now that I'm skinny again...woohoo) I find these cute under shirts I wear to that I don't "expose" my great abs... (ahh modesty a lost art). The down side is those cute undershirts are getting pit stains and nothing I've tried works well. Ideas?

I've tried....Shout pretreat, detergent pre-treat

PS I hang these to dry so no problem there....unless I mess up and miss one

[PRICEPLUS]

I am awful fondof SIMPLE GREEN for cleaning greasy messes. I am told it environmentally friendly as well!

[PrincessPerky]

elbow grease...

[shelbylovesmelby]

409, simple green, spray'n wash, generic windex & or just palin old dish soap & water.

[djaco]

Mr Clean Magic Eraser! It's absolutely amazing - wipes off soap scum effortlessly, and also does an awesome job on car wheels!

[zakity]

shampoo (kinds I don't like or cheap or free)
vinegar

[markio26]

i use simple green.. i have a europro steam cleaner... i use alot of water in it.... btw.
my friend just had her carpet professionally cleaned, and they cleaned it with water... no products.. she had cleaner still in her carpet, from a previous cleaning and it made her carpet look dirty... so, i am gonna steam my carpet with water first.. and see how it looks... no products.. can you imagine??

[debtdude]

my wife.

[Ima saver]

My husband!![Automated by GetSmile]

[PrincessPerky]

Ima you beat me to the punch, I was going to say that!

[sweeps]

For carpet stains, Folex.

[katwoman]

Tech

You can find it at Ace Hardware or Menards. PHENOMENAL STUFF!

[NoWayNovember]

I have to second the poster who said the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser! That thing is a LIFESAVER!

Case in point: My husband tried to 'help' me get some laundry done by doing a load of his work clothes. He had a blue pen in one of his shirt pockets and didn't remove it. It washed fine but exploded in the dryer. 1 Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, a bit of elbow grease and 45 minutes later, my dryer was spotless!

I also really like the Clorox Bleach Pen.

[veronak]

Pinesol and Grease lighting both are my favorite

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

My most used cleaning agent is dish detergent.

I use it for washing the car (just rinse well), cleaning the tile and linoleum floors, cleaning the greasy vent-ahood over the stove (full strength), washing the throw rugs outside with the garden hose, scrubbing out garden pots and cell packs for reuse (if I use anything more than water), washing the windows (yep, works just fine), scrubbing the limestone porch, rinsing out the dirt collected on black nylon window screens, cleaning the handthrown ceramic bird bath, wiping down the scrubbable paint walls, and scrubbing the concrete basement floors. I use it diluted in my car's windshield cleaner reservoir, sometimes with a bit of isopropyl alcohol added. I keep a similar solution in a spray bottle in the shower as one of those quick, each-time-shower, spray cleaners. Heck I even wash dishes with it.

There are other cleaners I really like that have all been mentioned here, but dish detergent is #1.

[Fern]

Originally Posted by Joan.of.the.Arch

My most used cleaning agent is dish detergent.

I use it for washing the car (just rinse well),

I've heard you should never use it to wash your car, it can damage the finish.

[flash]

DeSolv-it by OrangeSol (enviro friendly and works WOW)

Corelle cleaner. Doesn't scratch anything, and I've even used it to get an exploded ball point ink pen out of a dryer (DH ran it through and it soaked through the paint).

Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. Too expensive, but it works SO well.