Just the Kitchen Sink

I have one of those CORAIN sinks. When we remodeled our kitchen every one told us not to get one but I just would not listen. I could not imagine that a surface would really be that hard to clean. Seriously, I'm the lady that wrote a 20 page paper on how to clean your carpet in college. Surly, I can clean a silly sink...right?
Wrong!
At first, I thought we would just use Mr. Clean's magic erasers but that only gets you so far. And evidently you cannot use the old cleaning methods of BLEACH since it is too abrasive. Any way, my sink ended up looking like this...

Can you hear Earnest "Ew-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w!"? Gross. Right? I read online that you could use Bar Keeper's Friend to clean your sink up to twice a week. That is a WHOLE-LOTTA scrubbing going on and not really anything I want to have time for!! But I tried it and it worked okay. It did make my sinks yellowish though and it they had to be elbow greased daily. There are so many other things I would rather be doing than cleaning.  So, one day when I had run out of Bar Keeper's Friend I got an idea...OXY CLEAN. I have no idea why I decided it would be a good idea to use it but I figured it surely wouldn't hurt anything. I was working on the theory that if it is safe for my clothes it should be safe for the Corian (as far as I can tell there is no damage to the surface, it is still smooth and white). So, here is how I cleaned my sink now... 

Scrub Daily and BRIEFLY with a little blue scrubby.  (It really did nothing for this DIRTY sink but I wanted you to see how well the OXY Clean works!)

I am only cleaning half in this picture, but sprinkle your OXY Clean on a damp sink 

Scrub in a circular motion to create a PASTE add water as need but do not rinse yet!  

Look at how clean that is! If your sink is as nasty as mine go ahead and repeat (believe me you will be glad you did!).

Everything came really clean! And after I repeated the process you could not see any of the stain anymore. Is it the PERFECT method...well no but it works wonder and if you already have OXY Clean for your laundry, well, that is one less thing to buy!

AND here is why I am sharing this with you...I took the pictures for this "tutorial" two week ago (say that 5 times fast). Here is my kitchen sink 2 weeks and 3 days later. I have NOT used any chemicals (well, my liquid dish soap sometimes) to clean this surface!

Before VS After (plus 2 weeks & 3 days)

It must repel stains or something. Again, it is not perfect but it works for me. After looking all over the web for ideas I think this is a pretty good method. Would love to know if it works for you too!!

HUGS~

Jenni

Magic Trick (Cleaning your shower)

I have been dying to show you all this and cannot ever seem to find the time to add it to the blog. SO, I am FINALLY bringing MAMA Monday back and in honor of MAMA Monday we will be celebrating MAMAs all week with whatever I think is MAMA related! HA! I am one silly MAMA, huh!
OKAY, so this post may not be for all MAMAs but if you have a SHOWER or TUB then this post is for you! (So hopefully that is EVERYONE)!
I have a TEENY TINY shower with CLEAR NON-TEXTURED glass (I thought it would be sexy or something) which a MAJOR pain in the arse to clean. You know what I am saying?? Okay so here are some pics of my shower...

See all that disgusting soap scummy water spotty mess?!? Don't you judge me! I am a busy lady! Just kidding, I purposely let it get this way so that I could show you this magic trick. Here is another picture for your vomiting pleasure...

OKAY NOW LOOK AT THIS!!!! 

CAN YOU SAY CRYSTAL CLEAR???? 

HERE ARE A FEW MORE PICTURES FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT...

YOU WANNA KNOW THE BEST PART OF THE SET OF SHOWER PICTURES?? I have NOT cleaned those glass door in over a month and they are still CRYSTAL CLEAR!!

Do I squeegee them daily? NOPE!

Do I spray nasty cleaner on them and rinse it daily? NOPE!

Did I have to use some sort of toxic cleaner? NOPE!

Do I bleach them? NOPE!

Do I even use a bathroom cleaner on them? HECK NO!

So who wants to know the MAGIC behind this cleaning trick???

Well, okay and maybe you have heard this before but I use

LEMON DUSTING SPRAY

and a little green or blue scrubby!

Okay so here is what you have to do...

1) Spray your TILE & Glass door with LEMON (or citrus based dusting aerosol spray)

2) Let is sit for about 15-20 minutes (grab a drink and catch up on your DVR or read a book)

3) After you have waited for the spray to works it's MAGIC come back and scrub just like you would if you were cleaning your shower normally but with out all the elbow grease (sometimes, but not always, I use a magic eraser)

4) RINSE WELL (it is fine if the water beads up still...YOU WANT THAT)

5) Do not clean again until you want to!

SO WHY DOES IT WORK AND LAST SO LONG???

Well, let me tell you! Citrus juices is a known cleaner and we all know that! So, the acid in the critrus eats through all of your GUNK & GRIM so you do not have to work so hard to get it off! AND it last so long because the oils used in the clean repell the water and soap scum making it take longer for your shower to ICKY!

PLUS, IT MAKES YOUR BATHROOM SMELL DELICIOUSLY CLEAN!

Some important issues to note:

DO NOT SPRAY DUST CLEANER ON THE FLOOR OF THE TUB/SHOWER! YOU WILL SLIP AND FALL!

DO NOT USE THE ORANGE KIND OF DUSTING SPRAY...FOR WHATEVER REASON IT IS A HUGE PAIN IN THE REAR TO GET OFF!!

YOU CAN USE THIS METHOD ON ANY TYPE OF SHOWER/TUB!

I STILL SPRAY AND SCRUB MY SHOWER BASE ON CLEANING DAY.

Okay, so are you going to try it?

I SWEAR BY THIS CLEANING METHOD. Go ahead and think I am lazy for not cleaning those doors or tile more than once a month! I will be laughing to myself while you are cleaning yours!

Seriously, if can save myself even 60 seconds on cleaning...well that is just heaven and this saves a TON of time!

So go try it. Tell me what you think.

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