Below are my favorite tried and true products that I’m using for Spring cleaning this year! Listed in no particular order of importance. To purchase any of the products just click on the image. May contain affiliate links.
#1) The Pumie Scouring Stick is basically like the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, with three major differences. First, it gets rid of mineral deposit/mold/lime scale/rust for your toilet, bathtub, oven, and just about anything you can think of that needs heavy duty stain removal. It even gets rid of baked-on food in your metal pans. Secondly, while the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is a sponge, The Pumie Scouring Stick is literally a pumice stone and can stand up to scrubbing any surface from porcelain to cement (just be careful with wood as it will scratch or cause wood to flake – you wouldn’t have a reason to use it on wood anyway). Third, The Pumie Scouring Stick is non-toxic and non-reactive. It contains no detergents, acids or added chemicals because it is 100% foamed glass. What is also nice about the foamed glass is because it’s… well… glass, The Pumie Scouring Stick doesn’t absorb water. That was a frustrating thing when I cleaned with the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser – I had to constantly wring it out when I was cleaning certain areas of my home. You can learn more about foamed glass here. And you can read a very thorough safety analysis on The Pumie Scouring Stick here. Get the toilet brush version here!
#2) The Grove Collaborative Daily Shower Cleaner is a powerful liquid in beautiful small glass bottles. The whole Grove Collaborative product line, including the Grove Collaborative Multi-Purpose Cleaner, are staples in my cleaning caddy. I subscribe to the refillables on Amazon, and very satisfied with how much less effort I have to put into scrubbing my shower because of this product. They have other pleasant scents as well, and they are always made with essential oils. Start with a clean shower and spray generously on all over the shower or bath area and just leave it. The liquid formula of the cleaner will create an organic barrier that repels water and prevents bacteria from attaching to surfaces and crevices. The liquid is very concentrated so one bottle mixed with a spray bottle of water will go along way, even with using it daily. Grove Collaborative has so many clean and sustainable products that go beyond cleaning like skincare, pet care, and more.
#3) I already featured a Grove Collaborative product, but I wanted to also talk about their floor cleaner. Our house was built in 1950 and it has the original flooring throughout. It’s gorgeous, but that presented a tricky problem to solve for regular cleaning. I needed an effective hardwood floor cleaner that would simultaneously be gentle on our old floors… this is it. A big bonus for smelling fantastic! Cleaning is very therapeutic for me so why not enhance the therapeutic effects while I’m caring for my home?
#4) The Rubbermaid Power Scrubber is my go-to brush for every type of tedious cleaning task. It has a powerful little battery powered motor that causes the brush to spin at a very fast velocity. It really is a power tool for cleaning! No more using all of your arm power, putting your shoulders and back into scrubbing hard to reach places. It comes with one all-purpose scrubbing head and a grout scrubbing head. It has made cleaning grout lines and tight spaces, like behind the bathroom sink’s faucet and the corners of the shower floor, easy breezy. I’ve also used it to clean the baseboards all over my home. You’d be surprised how gunky the creases on baseboards get… don’t how… I haven’t figured it out yet 🙂
#5) Continuing with cleaning brushes, the YKYI Electric Spin Scrubber deserves to be talked about. It’s cordless, charges both by USB and your typical wall outlet, has three different spinning head speeds, and it is pretty powerful for being so lightweight. With the interchangeable heads and extra long 17 inch handle, scrubbing the tub or the shower floor is actually fun — very easy on your back, knees, and arms. The only down side for me is that it is so powerful that you have to use a bit of arm strength to control the handle as the head is spinning, so this is best used to clean a tub or shower floor, etc. It is a challenge for cleaning shower walls, glass shower doors, or anything where you would have to reach up and use quite a lot of arm strength to keep steady. Overall, this is a great brush that I rely on a lot when I clean, and when you wait until it goes on sale, like I did, you can get this for just under forty bucks.
#6) This vacuum extender and brush set
#7) This flexible flat duster by Bafezoze is a product that I use several times a day to clean and to reach in tight spaces under furniture for things. You would think that it would be no big deal to leave the dust underneath cabinets, the refrigerator, etc. sitting there because no one would ever look. Kindly, I want to point out the allergens and germs that collect there, those light little particles that can easily get picked up with a bit of air circulation, will slowly end up in your air conditioning system as well. Not only that, after a while, the dust and lint will eventually stick itself at the edges of furniture, the fridge, and so on. Save your back and prevent having to pluck those dust plumes from underneath furniture and appliances after months of build up.
#8) The Weiman Oven & Grill Cleaner – sometimes you just can’t avoid cleaning with chemicals to get the job done well, and this oven cleaner is a product I’ll gladly make an exception for (sorry, chemical-free loyalists). This is an unscented, foaming formula that very effectively dissolves grease and baked-on residue in under 10 minutes. It even worked on stuff that was stuck for months in the hard to reach places of the oven! It works well on both stainless steel and porcelain, but it will likely be too harsh on aluminum and other cheaper metals. The one disadvantage to this product that I have found is that it does require some elbow grease to get certain aareas of the oven clean, but thankfully my husband does that for me if it gets to be too strenuous. I did find that the alternating combination of the motorized scrubbing brush mentioned above and a good steel wool sponge helps tremendously (hubby assistance not needed). The formula also contains a protective ingredient that helps oven racks and grill grates resist rust.
#9) I don’t know what is in The Pink Stuff, but the stuff is such a powerhouse cleaning product for getting the toughest stains and baked on grease. It works on just about anything — stainless steel, ceramic tile, and more. The Pink Stuff has been around since the 1930s, originating in The UK with the name Chemico Bath And Household Cleaner. The name is a bit of a misnomer because it is a natural, vegan-friendly abrasive paste. That is likely the reason it was rebranded as The Pink Stuff in 2012. It has gained massive popularity thanks to social media and Momfluencers in recent years, but in case you did not know about this do-it-all cleaner, try it and thank me later.
#10) Saving the best for last, check out the Angry Mama Microwave Cleaner! She’s small but mighty when it comes to dispersing steam throughout your microwave to make wiping food gunk off with ease. Sure, you could microwave a bowl of vinegar and water for 7 minutes to get the same results, but I love adding this little bit of humor and cuteness to my cleaning routine. The fact that the steam comes out of Angry Mama’s head is hilarious! There is a choice of four different mama characters, each would make a great gag gift that is actually useful for your favorite angry mama 🙂