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[enid]

That's a good tip - I use olive oil for stainless steel but I'll try the baby oil

[KathyG]

Don't think you can get it in France Enid, my cleaner asked me to bring some over for her to use on our SS hood.
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[enid]

Piffle

[HelenB]

I've used baby oil on my stainless steel for years. Stops the fingermarks. HG do a similar quickshine product, but it is much more expensive

[pambon]

[Nightowl]

I'm resurrecting this one because I have found a wonder product...

Even better than kittens....

After trying e-clothes, scrubbers, scourers etc, I have gone back to my favourite tried and tested method of

...old towels...

I just use towels from the rentals that are past their best and cut or tear them up to handy sized pieces.

They are just brilliant for anything.

I have always used them for cleaning and polishing the shower screens and wiping and shining baths

But they are brilliant on wall tiles and floor tiles, windows, glass panels etc, stainless steel bins and anything else that you want shiny. I just did my own tiled bathroom floor (which was very grubby in the corners) just got down on hands and knees with an old towel and a spray of bathroom cleaner - took about 3 mins (small bathroom!) and everything looking shiny and clean at the edges - better than my usual mop. )

They pick up dust on windowsills and skirtings really effectively and hold it (a lot of other clothes drop the bits elsewhere)

I find that if I wipe into the wall corners, where paintwork is dusty, with say, a sponge, it just seems to redistribute the dust over the rest of the surface, old towels lift it all off.

This is their main benefit as far as I'm concerned, lifting dust and dirt off and not redistributing it onto the next surface I wipe and their ability to clean things without smearing.

I just take them to the laundry with all the other stuff and we re-use them again and again.

I'll always still need sponge bath scourers etc but to be honest, sod the expensive e-cloths etc, I'm going back to old towels, and the great thing is, I have an endless supply of them.
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[enid]

I use the as covers for the steam cleaner head too.

[revdev]

[lorca]

[lv]

You can find lots of different types of baby oil in France, just not Johnson's.

[NeatandPicky]

Magic sponges (which we use for refreshing paintwork) are excellent for deep cleaning tiles. We regret selecting tiles that have indentations where dirt accumulates despite mopping and scrubbing (we were afraid of people slipping on smooth tiles). A circular motion with the sponge brings them up like new without too much elbow grease.

[Montana]

The Magic Sponges ARE excellent - I've found they can lift marks from painted walls (such as from suitcase scuffs) and can save you from having to do a load of touch-up painting.....

Re: old towels - I've recently tried dusting very high picture rails at home with a towel wrapped around the head of a 9 Iron golf club - saved me from having to get a ladder out
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[CarolineH]

[Montana]

[lv]

Dumb question - what are magic sponges?

Gommes nettoyantes in France - I use the Vigor marque
Good for getting stains off things, like paintwork.