Comments on: Cleaning without Chemicals – Microfiber Products

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:34:09 +0000

I am always trying something out of the box. I consume and store lots of fresh vegetables. I like everything as natural as possible with no chemicals. I do not trust plastic bags or tupperware, especially the new plastic that is supposed to be antibacterial. I use glass bowls with lids. I used to use paper towel in the bottom of my bowls to absorb moisture – this keeps prolongs your vegetables shelf life. Then I found out paper towels have bleach in them that can leach into your food. Now, I use microfiber clothes. They work great. Try them and you will be suprised to see how much longer your vegetables last. You can also the cloths to line your refrigerator drawers.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:45:52 +0000

Ok I just came up with another one. I just went down to my 16 yr olds room and guess what he was doing with the Cleaning Paste? Using it on his stone to sharpen his knives….. said it works great!

Life with boys!

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:16:59 +0000

Dry microfiber cloths will clean off any greasy film on kitchen things. I bake bread and the scale, timer and mixer I use had a greasy film on them. It wouldn’t wash off, so I tried a dry microfiber cloth and it came right off.

By: JalyG

JalyG — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:19:28 +0000

I am a homeschooling Mom of 2 busy little boys. They went to Grandma’s for the weekend and all I did was clean. Here are the ways I used my microfiber cloths this weekend:

• Cleaned light switches and switch plates: it even got the grime out of the letters in the words ON/OFF!
• Cleaned eyeglasses.
• Shined stainless steel, chrome, mirrors, candle holders(you know the soot that gets inside), everything is shiny! NO WATER SPOTS!
• Cleaned the white, top part of my dishwasher that is textured and white and NOTHING gets it clean – but my cloth did!
• Shined the fronts of all my bathroom cabinets- they were yucky! It took no time, just a little water on a cloth and a little elbow grease (very little). Soap drips, toothpaste, finger smudges, everything 2 little boys can leave behind – all gone! Got the walls too.
• Dusted the globes to my light fixtures in the bathroom, for maybe the first time since I have lived here. Again, I little spritz and the cloth just easily wiped away all the grime, it just clings to it like a magnet!
• My 6 panel doors to all the rooms and closets in my house are painted white, I thought they all needed to be re-painted. No, they just needed a good wipe down with a microfiber cloth! Way cheaper and easier and faster than paint!
• This is the best: My husband is doing finishing work in the basement and has been cutting stones for the fireplace facing. Therefore the whole house has this really fine dust everywhere, some places a lot more than others. Therfore I have been dusting everything in sight with my microfiber cloths. SO I got to my foyer and on the console table is this really pretty fabric runner made out of different fabrics that I really fear will be ruined if it goes in the washer. So I pick up the candle sticks to dust them and there are circles where they had been on the fabric. Its really dusty. I am bummed that I have no choice but to wash it. So, then I thought, try the microfiber, it might work on fabric. And of course, IT DID. No more circles – it looks good as new!
• Cleaned the dust out of the baskets that sit on the bottom shelf of the console. Unbelievable how it gets into those crevices.
• Dried my dishes.
• Cleaned my telephones and remotes.
• Cleaned residue left from a sticky price tag.
• Cleaned the tv screen.
• Shined my shoes!
• Cleaned the chalk board and white board.
• I think my house will be a lot cleaner now that I have microfiber in my life. Everything is so shiny and I cleaned things I never clean. Its just so quick and easy, its actually fun! When the kids got home I let them use them too, they had a great time helping me! Can’t wait to try it on the car!

By: Melody

Melody — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:01:53 +0000

Although our baby raising days are over, I’ve always thought it would be such a good idea to use a lot of sewing scraps to make up diapers. If you could use your pretty scraps for the outer surface, you could use the microfiber materials for the absorbent inside layers. I’ve even seen free diaper patterns on the internet. Today’s diapering mama’s maybe not like the idea so well, but some of those new patterns are so easy there is no folding involved to apply them and they can be so cute, coordinated to outfits even. I know I would have used them had I known of any such fabric as this. Just a thought!

By: HeatherJ

HeatherJ — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:52:50 +0000

I like the way they clean fan blades without leaving spots on the cheap laminate wood! I also rubber banded one to my broom and slid it, cloth side up, under my furniture where my hand cannot go. I brought it out to find a “hair-net” of cobwebs from under there. NO WAY would I ever just stick my hand under there in case the spiders are still at home.

They also worked great on electronics and computer screens. Also, on the rungs of my staircase… there’s a tedious job that, when done with spray cleaner, is impossible to get all the cleaner wiped off effectively. Too many nooks and crannies.

My cat loved the way they felt and would pick one out of the clean laundry and start kneading it with his claws. Bad cat! Now I don’t have any more of them since the last one I had was used to check the oil in the van. Bad Dad! but quickly forgiven )

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:44:48 +0000

I have the best idea! I have five boys and we have five rooms in our home…each boy gets a room and a cloth each morning. We alternate rooms each weeks. This way mom gets much needed help without worrying about all those chemicals…and they can’t say it didn’t get clean:)

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:27:00 +0000

How about a teaching prompt! My son thought it was very fun to use the car cloth and then the window cloth to wash the car windows. So he came up with the idea of starting a car wash business.

He made up flyers with a sales slogan. Something about no soap needed and he could use the customers own water! He did up flyers with different prices incuding washing windows outside or inside the car.

We have not followed throught on the idea but you know… If he could be washing cars and windows…. I could be selling car cloths and window cloths on the side….. Hey maybe this IS a good idea!

I’ss see if I can get time to post on my blog about his idea and include a picture of the flyer he made up. Not sure I’ll have time today.

By: Janet Duff

Janet Duff — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:47:09 +0000

A few years ago, I was having severe headaches. I began using microfiber cloths in place of chemicals. Even though I later found out that I had a pituitary tumor, chemicals still trigger headaches for me. That is why I have continued to use them. We have wood heat, so I use them most often for dust on everything, mostly electronics. I have also found them to be the Best way to clean the film that accumulates on the inside of car windshields. They completely eliminate streaks and glare, making driving much safer. My kitchen cabinets are painted an off white and the cloths clean them right up. The best thing is that I can get so much more done because I feel so much better (no headache) than when I use chemicals.

By: Keri

Keri — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:44:27 +0000

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