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Guess your OP “worked”! 
I bought some because of its recommendation in this thread, but there is a note on the package that says “will not remove dust, dirt, or lint”. Then when my husband saw it he moaned and said, “That stuff doesn’t work!” I don’t have any sense of smell, so can’t really test it for myself, and husband wants his stuff taken to the cleaners anyway…sigh
I’m sure it’s a fine product, but I guess I won’t be using it either!
My Magic Eraser fell apart when I tried to wipe some smudges off my wall. Are we talking about this doodad from Mr. Clean?
Yes, Febreeze does work. I first got on the trolley when I was sitting in a sofa in the lounge of my freshman dorm, and someone said to me, “So and so threw up on that couch last night.” Yeah? It smelled fine. “That’s because we Febreezed the shit out of it,” he explained. Oh. One day I decided to pick some up, and yes.
Scrubbing Bubbles is also key. I don’t scrub. At all. Scrubbing Bubbles aerosol foam cleansers help with that big time. Let it sit, then the dirt wipes and rinses away easily. Their automatic shower spray, however, not so much. It doesn’t work at all, but it does make cool robot noises.
Except that the smell of Febreeze makes my nose itch and I hate it.
Ba dum Chee!
Thanks for the laugh!
Please do try it at least once. At minimum, the stain remover is pretty remarkable - I think the only stain it didn’t get out for me was a salad dressing (oil) stain that I’d let sit for a few days. I really wonder why the packaging says that, other than companies covering their asses from lawsuits as per usual.
I wanted to add that a lot of “green” cleaners get a bad rap for not working. Seventh Generation’s all-purpose cleaner and the tub & tile cleaner work marvelously. You won’t get the “Scrubbing Bubbles” action if you have a lot of grime, but you won’t have to scrub much. Seventh Generation’s dishwashing liquid is crap, however. Palmolive free + clear is rather good (I’m 1/2way through a bottle).
The Ecover dishwasher tablets are fantastic. I had a cruddy buildup in my machine from regular dishwasher powder but switching to the Ecover mints cleaned it right up and my dishes always get nice and clean, without any pitting.
These are amazing, but you can’t use them to clean anything heavily textured. We had, um, ignored cleaning the bathroom sink and shower for a while, and we had some righteous soap scum. Took it right off, with just water. (Ok, for the shower, we used some spray cleaner as well, but it cuts down on scrubbing some.) I’ve found they work fabulously for the stove, for the counters, stains on floors and lord knows what else.
They will shred straight to pieces if the surface has a rough texture though 
Buckley’s Caplets. It’s the only product that actually gets rid of my cold symptoms.
And, of course, every single person I know swears by Cold FX. I think I’m the only person on the planet that it doesn’t work for, but then again, I’m a statistical anomaly.
I tried the Zip-It plastic thingie with little teeth for clearing drain clogs and it did nothing. The teeth are teensy and the thing isn’t long enough to reach very far, and it’s too bendy. Glad I only bought one and not a dozen.
We use our rice cooker, a Zojirushi Neuro Fuzzy model from the early-mid 2000s, almost as often as we use our microwave. It makes (among other things) very yummy, very easy brown rice, which we eat frequently because it’s so easy to make. This is good for us.
Col-Erase colored pencils really do erase cleanly, probably 90 - 95% eradication, and they make nice bright colorful marks.
Technu actually removes urushiol, which is to say evil poison ivy juice, before it makes you miserable (if you use it soon enough and according the the directions).
Scent Killer kills scents. At least fugly human ones. It’s marketed for stealthy hunters who don’t want their prey to smell them, but it works equally well for pacifists and vegetarians who have pitted some synthetic tech fabric out out or have foot funk. Or are just stinky. Apply liberally (heh!) to your local hippie, but don’t let the hippie see the label.
2Toms Blister Shield and Sport Shield are directly responsible for lowering my daily irritability and enabling me to enjoy travel. I’m kind of ridiculously sensitive to chafing, and I get scary massive blisters all the dang time. 2Toms crap fixes 95% of this. Really, truly improves my quality of life.
It was way more crucial when we lived in Texas, but the Eclipse Sunshade in my car can mean – and I have tested this fairly rigorously – 30 degrees F more coolness than going shadeless, or more. I don’t have reliable data on how much more awesome it is than the foil folding thingies most people use, but I’m sure it’s saved me a few hours’ worth of fiddling over them in its lifetime. I got mine in 2002 or so (soon after I bought the used car) and it’s still perfectly functional.
Kicks off my allergies something fierce!
Windsor & Newton Brush Cleaner, for cleaning paint brushes. I bought some to take a painted face off of a resin doll head and wow! Lifted the paint right off, it even cleaned up my stained paint brushes … and took the paint off the brush handles as well 
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I want to second this. I found a “regimen” similar to this during my bad acne phase (95-01’ish), and if you do a little research, you can put together you’re own ProActive regime for about $12 for a 3 month supply, versus the $30/month or whatever ProActive is charging.
(If you are making your own kit, make sure everything is Noncomedogenic, you don’t need your lotions/BP/etc treatment clogging more pores than are already clogged.
They work quite well in clearing the tub drain of hair. Other than that- not so much.
lolagranola- your caplts contain: 30 mg Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride, 15 mg Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide, 500 mg Acetaminophen.
In other words, about what I suggested. They have the real Pseudoephedrine stuff, not the newfangled stuff that’s almost worthless.
But note that they have a full dose of Acetaminophen, aka Tylenol. Do NOT take this with any other medicine that contains Acetaminophen, aka Tylenol. Acetaminophen, aka Tylenol is very safe until you take too much.
I have added sodium percarnonate to these. Someone tipped me off to using NapiSan for cleaning curry stained food storage containers. I discovered that the active ingredient is sodium percarbonate and that it is the “miracle cleaner” or “oxygen bleach” or “safe green cleaner” in tons of products. It is so harmless it is used in tooth whiteners. The Aldi brand or any generic costs about one tenth or less of a name or TV advertorial brand.
I just chuck it on floor tiles, in the shower, in the bath even sprinkle it into a sink full of glasses. Rinse them later and they are spotless.
Your description of this product as being so harmless makes me think that it can only result in a worldwide zombie/vampire pandemic.
This was a few days ago, but I just wanted to follow up. Skin irritation in dogs can be caused by food allergies, so if you haven’t tried switching his food up you really ought to give it a try. It’s possible to do an “elimination diet” with dogs, but it’s difficult. You can also try California Naturals, because they have formulations that have different mixes of ingredients for dogs who are sensitive to one thing or another. Chicken and rice for no wheat, lamb and rice for no wheat and no chicken, and herring and sweet potato for no wheat, chicken OR rice. Too much grain upsets my female German Shepherd’s stomach, but she’s done really well on the Herring and Sweet Potato formulation. It’s a little fishy smelling but her coat is gorgeous.
Really, though, trying out some different higher-end dog foods might make a big difference if you’re currently feeding grocery store brands, for a dog with skin conditions. Just having fewer ingredients and higher quality ingredients might do the trick. I’m surprised your vet hasn’t pushed you in that direction already… it was a vet who finally got me to experiment with different foods to find the one that didn’t upset my girl’s stomach.
I think the concept of the Zip-It is great, but it needs bigger/stronger “teeth” – like the teeth on the brush I use on wet hair.
Speaking of which, the bathroom sinks have been clogged for a week. Hubby says he’s gonna clear the traps but what’s he doing? He’s on his bike! Curse this good weather!
My vote would be for Dynamite Plant Food.
Lasts for 9 months, doesn’t release fertilizer inappropriately, has all the micros and macros, and gets a lot of good press for environmental friendliness (less runoff, no over-fertilization, etc…).
And it works like nothing else; I’ve used it for 4 years, and the results have been consistently spectactular for tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, basil, thyme, sage and parsley. About the only drawback (if it’s one) is that it doesn’t kick in until the temperatures get into the mid-60s.