WTF!!?? This is just a big bottle brush!! It's gotta be!!

[astro]

Over the last 10 years years of divorced, single guy living I've carved out a comfortable little routine in my kitchen cleanups. But one thing was always missing. A decent bottle brush! They would always break, or if a wire shaft model, get all bendy, and the nylon bristles would wimp out. I wanted a brush I could really use with some power, and one with a long handle that would get into the bottom of my tall Calphalon pots. I needed a powerhouse bottle brush that would put up with rugged scrubbing!

A few months ago I was at the supermarket doing my usual wandering the aisles looking for interesting stuff grocery shopping, and in the cleaning supplies section next to the wimpy, skinny little bottle brushes there was this HUGE, high tech looking bottle brush hanging up with a nice long handle. I grabbed it and threw it in the cart without reading any of the little attached tag, becasue I knew this was what I had been looking for!

When I got this bad boy home I tore off the tag and got to work. It was magnificent! The elongated dome shaped head made cleaning out tea and coffee cups and travel mugs a 5 second job! BAM! It went through the dried tomato sauce at the bottom of my deepest pots like nobody's business. I was even big and rugged enough to give the whole sink a scrubdown after putting the dishes in the dishwasher!! Wow! Where have you been all my life megabrush?!!

I was so impressed I out up a little screw in hook above the sink so this high tech marvel was always at the ready! I'd been using it for a few months and while washing some dishes one evening was thinking to myself that if they could improve bottle bruses like this, why can't they improve toilet brushes with their weak, bendy wire oval heads and... and.... I looked at my wonder brush and the brush looked back at me (with a little brush smile I think). I looked at it again.. naaahh ... couldn't be.

Here is my brush (http://www.rubbermaid.com/common/images/product/HP/G129_lg.jpg)

My brush looks just like this, but with a sleeker "Michael Graves" Target style handle. This is a big, rugged bottle brush. Right?... Right?!!

[Gadfly]

Wouldn't this have been more suited for MPSIMS?

[Ferret Herder]

This is a big, rugged bottle brush. Right?... Right?!!
Mmm... sure it is, yep. A tough bottle brush. Just don't let anyone else see you using that to wash your dishes with, OK?

:D

[Homebrew]

A toilet brush is indispensable for cleaning the old 5-gal. soda kegs used in homebrewing.

[TellMeI'mNotCrazy]

You neglected to mention that the brush you linked to actually *is* a Rubbermaid toilet brush....

And they do have rather nifty looking kitchen brushes, but that isn't one of em.

At any rate, it's not like it's a recycled brush... But you might not want to put it on display anymore, unless you really wanna freak out your guests.

[BubbaDog]

You're still OK with that astro, but do not lend that brush to any of your neighbors.

[astro]

Mmm... sure it is, yep. A tough bottle brush. Just don't let anyone else see you using that to wash your dishes with, OK?

:D

Well thank goodness!! Your post is music to my ears!

[The Great Sun Jester]

Congratulations! You are a bachelor again! Leave that "bottle brush" on proud display in the kitchen. You are Tha MAN!

In all seriousness, this demonstates the kind of "outside the box" thinking that can get stripped away in the matrimonial two-headed transplant.

[lisacurl]

astro, hun, denial isn't healthy. It's a toilet brush.

Just keep using it, but hide it when company comes.

[Ferret Herder]

Well thank goodness!! Your post is music to my ears!
Out of curiosity, what's the diameter on that brush head? If it actually fits in most drinking glasses without smashing up/back the bristles, then it certainly is a bottle brush - but with unfortunate bristle coloration. If it's around 5", then... um, it's one of those bottle brushes you shouldn't let other people see. Because... they'll be jealous of your spectacular find, that's why. Yup.

[swampbear]

But, it is a pretty toilet brush. :D

[astro]

Out of curiosity, what's the diameter on that brush head? If it actually fits in most drinking glasses without smashing up/back the bristles, then it certainly is a bottle brush - but with unfortunate bristle coloration. If it's around 5", then... um, it's one of those bottle brushes you shouldn't let other people see. Because... they'll be jealous of your spectacular find, that's why. Yup.

Here is the actual brush resting in the sink after it's herculean labors. (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cpeek001/sDCP_1808.JPG)

[TellMeI'mNotCrazy]

That's a toilet brush.

Thus the odd little extra bit.

I find that highly amusing for some reason. Stop putting it on display; keep using it for your dishes.

*giggle*

[TellMeI'mNotCrazy]

Hit the wrong button - meant to point out that the odd little extra bit is designed to clean the underlip of the toilet.

[Zebra]

Just what do you do to your bottles?

[astro]

Just what do you do to your bottles?

The mighty bottle brush in action!

Taking (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cpeek001/sDCP_1815.JPG)

care (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cpeek001/sDCP_1816.JPG)

of business! (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cpeek001/sDCP_1817.JPG)

[Tikki]

This is why I love the SDMB. People will post anything! :D

[Honey]

astro

I really, really needed the laugh this thread brought. Man I love this place. :)

Use your "bottle" brush with pride. Company be damned.

[Munch]

astro, you don't by chance live in an AMRI apartment complex, do you? Because that's my exact sink and countertop.

And you definitely need to hide that when guests come over, not because you don't want them to see it, but you don't want them using it for its intended purpose when you're not paying attention. :eek:

[SpoilerVirgin]

Wow. I have that exact same brush...sitting right behind my toilet. :D

Whatever works, I guess.

[Shayna]

The mighty bottle brush in action!

Taking (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cpeek001/sDCP_1815.JPG)

care (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cpeek001/sDCP_1816.JPG)

of business! (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cpeek001/sDCP_1817.JPG) In all seriousness, that thing does make for a kickass "bottle" brush. I might just have to get me one of those!

But don't despair about using a toilet brush on your dishes. If friends try to point and laugh at you, just point them here (http://www.foodservicedirect.com/index.cfm/S/352/N/5207/Multi-Purpose_Brushes.htm), where the same style and shape brushes are referred to as "Multi-Purpose Brushes," and are recommended (bolding mine) "for cleaning a variety of commercial kitchen equipment with rounded surfaces such as, steam kettles, vats, Cateraide Beverage Servers, TrimLine Beverage Dispensers, pots, pans, crocks, and tanks." The one described as having a 16" handle and 3" round bristles appears to be about the same size as the one you're using.

Yours is prettier, though, and has that nifty bendy thingy, so actually, I like yours better!

[Mithril]

Over the last 10 years years of divorced, single guy living ...my tall Calphalon pots.

Single guy and Calphalon pots...two things that I've never heard put together before. Good for you!

[LilyoftheValley]

Keep it in your kitchen...but don't be surprised if your friends start calling you Asstro...


(Thanks for the OP, it cracked my baby-bottle-cleaning self up!)

[astro]

Amanita astro, hun, denial isn't healthy. It's a toilet brush. Just keep using it, but hide it when company comes
De Nile isn't healthy? I know, I grew in Khartoum as a foreign service brat, and onchocerciasis was a terrible plague for people that worked on the river. But what does that have to do with my bottle brush?

BubbaDog You're still OK with that astro, but do not lend that brush to any of your neighbors.
I'm with you there BubbaDog! I might never get it back after the discover what a powerhouse cleaner it is!


swampbear But, it is a pretty toilet brush.
You need to get your keyboard keys checked out swampbear, some of your keys are transposing, the word "bottle" is coming out as "toilet" in your post. Might be a virus!

SpoilerVirgin Wow. I have that exact same brush...sitting right behind my toilet. Whatever works, I guess.
Using your mighty bottle brush as a toilet brush? How unorthodox! But as you say, "Whatever works"!

[don't mind me]

Huh. A bottle brush with a French tickler.

[Mangetout]

For stubborn residues in hard-to-reach places in a bottle, you can drop in a length of cheap brass chain (the stuff with the links made from flat material pressed and folded is absolutely ideal) - add a little water and detergent, replace the stopper (or cover with your hand), shake and swirl vigorously and the chain will scrape away the dirt.

This has been a Tip-For-Free[supTM[/sup]

[hermann]

It's really not a "toilet" brush unless it's actually been used in one. But I'd still be leery of letting company spot it in the kitchen.

[Zabali_Clawbane]

Ya know.... I too, have complained that I couldn't find a sturdy enough brush for dishwashing, and I have some tall narrow glasses that even my tiny child sized hands won't fit into.... Hmmm, Rubbermaid you say? :D

[Bambi Hassenpfeffer]

Using your mighty bottle brush as a toilet brush? How unorthodox! But as you say, "Whatever works"!
Just to hammer this home, I took this (http://groups.msn.com/turkmike/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=2) and this (http://groups.msn.com/turkmike/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=3) at work. Even though the price tag photo is a little blurry, it says "bowl brush". It's definitely a toilet brush, dear. Our bottle brushes are on aisle 2, with the kitchen things. This is on aisle 11, between the plungers and the dustpans.

[lisacurl]

It has completely made my night that a fellow Doper actually took digital photos of various species of household brushes at his workplace to help a brother Doper out.

::sniff::

[Yookeroo]

astro, you don't by chance live in an AMRI apartment complex, do you? Because that's my exact sink and countertop.

And you definitely need to hide that when guests come over, not because you don't want them to see it, but you don't want them using it for its intended purpose when you're not paying attention. :eek:

Wait, there are these people who will voluntarily clean your toilet while visiting? My fucking friends don't do this. Assholes. :D

[Eleusis]

A toilet brush is indispensable for cleaning the old 5-gal. soda kegs used in homebrewing.
Great tip! My corny kegs will have never been so clean when I too purchase my Industrial Strength Bottle Brush.

[Tenar]

I like bottle brushes that come with their own decorative holders. You know -- bottle brush in a penguin holder, bottle brush in a frog holder, bottle brush in a flamingo holder. Tres chic! But they do take up an awful lot of space on the kitchen counter.

[LilyoftheValley]

Just to hammer this home, I took this (http://groups.msn.com/turkmike/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=2) and this (http://groups.msn.com/turkmike/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=3) at work. Even though the price tag photo is a little blurry, it says "bowl brush".

You're right, it says "bowl brush". Sounds like it's designed to do dishes after all! :cool:

[Lynn Bodoni]

OP says that he meant to put it in IMHO instead of the Pit. *I* think it belongs in MPSIMS, myself. Since I have the threadmoving tools, I win. :D

Lynn
For the Straight Dope

[Laughing Lagomorph]

It's really not a "toilet" brush unless it's actually been used in one. But I'd still be leery of letting company spot it in the kitchen.

Let's just hope no one purchased it and returned it to the store before astro bought it.

[picunurse]

astro, hun, denial isn't healthy. It's a toilet brush.

Just keep using it, but hide it when company comes.
You don't actually use it with the lights on, do you?! What if someone passing saw you using that on your dishes?
(poor poor thing.) ;)

[Tikki]

Now I've got to get one of those for when I've made a big batch of chili. For the pot, not the...pot.

Thanks, Lynn. I was wondering when someone was going to do that.

[ioioio]

I have a brush just like yours, but at my house it's a dog toy. I haven't yet found an aceptable place to keep a bristly brush with a long plastic or wooden handle where the dog doesn't eventually get it.

[slight hijack]
The ads for the new flushable toilet brushes annoy me. The ads imply that one's toilet brush is crawling with fecal bacteria. Since most people clean the toilet with a fairly strong disinfectant, the brush bristles should be sterile after use. Perhaps what the ads are really saying is that their own product (Lysol) doesn't do an adequate job of disinfecting the bowl and brush.
[/slight hijack]

[Copper_moon]

heeheehee! ::wipes tear from eye::

Oh my! I happen to hide my toilet brush in a closet as I don't think it really adds to the decor. Well I guess my mom-in-law couldn't find it when she meddlesomely wanted to clean my toilet one day. :rolleyes: So for Christmas that year she got me 2 toilet brushes, one for each bathroom. Yeah, she's just like Marie on Everybody Loves Raymond. Anyway I really wish I had hung them over my kitchen sink. THAT wuld have been precious to have seen her reaction.

BTW those flushable toilet brushes look like they are made of toilet paper! Oh I bet it really scrubs well. I thought the same about them putting down their own product.

[rocking chair]

the mighty bottle brush seems mighty happy to see you.

[Glassy]

The ads for the new flushable toilet brushes annoy me. The ads imply that one's toilet brush is crawling with fecal bacteria. Since most people clean the toilet with a fairly strong disinfectant, the brush bristles should be sterile after use. Perhaps what the ads are really saying is that their own product (Lysol) doesn't do an adequate job of disinfecting the bowl and brush.


Those commercials annoy me because they seem to be saying that one's toilet brush will grow a face and menace one unnervingly. This possibility seems remote. Besides, I'm on septic.

As for the OP, well, it caused me to laugh out loud. So I can say this: LOL!

[Rico]

the mighty bottle brush seems mighty happy to see you.
Is that a bottle brush or are you just happy to see me?

:cool:

Hey, someone had to say it!

[Annie-Xmas]

Whoever invented the toilet brush should be crucified. Those things hurt!

[TellMeI'mNotCrazy]

Whoever invented the toilet brush should be crucified. Those things hurt!


...

How exactly are you using yours?



On second thought... I don't think I wanna know.

[Ale]

[Movie Flashback]The scene in Young Einstein, where Albert is bathing on the porch on a large tin bowl, mother comes by and Al handles her the (now "clean") dishes that were in the bowl too. [/MovieFlashback]

So, Astro (http://www.yahooserious.com/graphics/bath.jpg) , you don´t happen to have been born in Tasmania, do you?

[Gatopescado]

Your Mother and I just wish you would stop drinking from the toilet.

[photopat]

I vehemently disagree with the people who say to keep it hidden when guests are around. Let it show. Use it with pride. Show no embarassment or shyness. Damn it, it doesn't matter what it was made for. What matters is how you use it. I personally have a couple of heavy duty, straight sided earthenware dog dishes that I've used for years myself. They're great in the microwave and keep the heat in really well. Just the right size for a can of Dinty Moore. I've never hidden them and, if people find it amusing I simply point out that I don't own a dog.

[Ale]

I've never hidden them and, if people find it amusing I simply point out that I don't own a dog.

I can´t make up my mind wheter that makes it better or not. :D

[Cartooniverse]

Kinda lends a whole new meaning to the SDMB phrase, " Whoooooooosh "


:D

Hey, I bought two metal slightly curved flat wide spoons with slots a few years ago. They're perfect for wok cooking.

One went downstairs, to use to scoop kitty litter in the dark and dreadful days before I discovered Kitty Litter Box Removable Bags. ;)

One went to the kitchen.

I'm cooking a few months ago, and for some reason, a switch was thrown. My son gasps and says as only a 13 year-old can, Oh god DAD !! You're cooking dinner with the POOPER SCOOPER !!!!!!!!!!!

I wasn't of course, but they had PB&J Sammiches for dinner that night out of sheer desire to ride me on the idea anyway. Kids today....

Cartooniverse

[GrizzRich]

::note to self::
When invited to dinner by Astro, insist on going OUT!

[Count Blucher]

Its OK. If women can use toilet water as perfume, surely you can scrub your bottles with a toilet brush. But for the record, are your teeth as white as they used to be? Just checking.... :D