Cleaning bubbles, scrubbing bubbles...which do you choose to do your cleaning?
By coffeebreak
@coffeebreak (17797)
United States
December 14, 2010 6:49pm CST
So I was in Target the other day and at an isle....just checking my list. I heard this guy ...husband, boyfriend, not sure... but he was saying to the woman he was with...she was on the next isle over. He was in the cleaning agents isle and he calls out "scrubbing bubbles?" I didn't hear what she said, but he came back with "cleansing bubbles?" again, didn't hear what she said but he comes back with "soft scrub?" and then "scrubbing gel"?
I had to laugh! Not at him, but at why he was having to say what he was saying!! I mean really...do we honestly, actually NEED all those different kinds of scrubbing agents? ANd does one do any better than the others? Do bubbles do better than scrubbing? So soft scrubs do better than bubbles? And how do you choose which you want for the job you want to do and know you have the best to get the job done? Bubbles, sizzles, scrubs, gels....good grief...how are we supposed to know which works and which doesn't and do they really have to antagonize us with all the many varities of cleaners? I know there is competition among brands and all that, but for us on the cleaning front...other than just trying one and keep trying till we find one we like....why don't they focus on telling us why bubbles are better than no bubbles and we'd know what we are buying!
It was just funny that the guy had to call out all the varities of cleaning agents and they all sounded so silly. I wonder if what he got...worked!?!?!
Which do you choose? I find if I get the cheapest it all works the same so why pay more!
5 responses
@rosegardens (3032)
• United States
15 Dec 10
Whatever they sell at the dollar store is good enough for me. Unless they do not have a disinfectant pine cleaner, then I opt for Pinesol. The dollar store used to have this awesome stuff for soap scum, but they quit making it. It was great! Spray it, wait a bit, wash it off. It melted the soap scum right off the tub! I really miss that stuff.
I won't buy the fake Murphy's oil soap any more either. I tried some from the dollar store, but it did not smell so good after using it. Murphy's leaves a much more pleasant scent. Plus, you have to use more because it is so diluted. Murphy's is better, and a better deal.
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@coffeebreak (17797)
• United States
16 Dec 10
It is nice to have a nice smell to satisfy that "i worked so hard and I have nothing to show for it" nag. I mean, yeah, it looks clean and all but still...a nice aroma to "compliment" the clean just makes (at least me) one feel better about having done all that work!
@rosegardens (3032)
• United States
18 Dec 10
I agree. probably because we are so used to scents from cleaning. It's nice when someone walks in your home and says it smells clean in here.
@jillhill (37353)
• United States
15 Dec 10
I think you are right for the most part. I buy the orange cleaner from the dollar store and it takes off things that have been around too long like something that has cooked on to my stove...it takes it right off...cleans sinks etc too! But I have hard water so once in a while I need a product that takes off the hard water stains...so I use Comet cleanser with hard water stain remover.
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@coffeebreak (17797)
• United States
16 Dec 10
I'll have to look for that one on my next trip to dollar store. I usually just buy what is cheapest at Target...but a buck...can't get better than that if it works as well!
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
16 Dec 10
I do most of my household cleaning with baking soda and vinegar, but Scrubbing Bubbles is my brand of choice for killing spiders and other crawlies. We used to have a vacation home where those horrible water bugs would crawl up into our condo from the sewers below and one that was almost as big as a mouse managed to get onto my kitchen floor one night about midnight. At first I froze in disgust, but then I remembered Scrubbing Bubbles and reached for the can and sprayed that bug with it. It got trapped in the bubbles and fell over onto its back so it was helpless and I could then easily get rid of it.
I have killed quite a few black widow spiders in my garage with that stuff. But on the topic of people not listening, that is rampant these days. I recently called a restaurant and asked to make reservations for two at six oclock and the clerk said "I can reserve a table for you. What time do you want to come?" DUHHHH!
@peedielyn (1207)
• United States
15 Dec 10
Good old fashioned elbow grease for me! I use whatever is cheapest to be honest, and depending on what children are in the house, I may just use vinegar and baking soda. We have a bunch of allergies to everything in the house, so if we use a cleanser or bubbles or what have you, we have to make sure it's completely rinsed if possible. Everyone in this house gets irritated from one thing or another, so cheaper is safer sometimes. Humorous story to say the least. He was clueless!!
@coffeebreak (17797)
• United States
16 Dec 10
My husband insists on name brands only! I have proved over and over to him that they aren't the best just cause of the name but he won't accept it. So..on things that I can...I buy one name brand. When it is empty...I buy whatever is cheaper and fill the name brand bottle. I swear, it works just fine and he never notices it is not the name brand...it works fine and he will say "see, isn't that clean?" and I don't say anything cause then he will know my secret and won't use anything unless he buys it and there goes the savings!
@Masihi (4413)
• Canada
18 Dec 10
Well, to be honest, I don't like today's new chemical concoctions they sell in the cleaning agents. I mainly stick with baking soda, vinegar, tea tree oil, vodka, Borax powder, and lemons/juices. I even used Pepsi to clean off some stubborn splatters off the bottom of my oven today.
And yes, elbow grease is most likely the best way to go. As for scrubbers, I use my old cotton knitted dishcloths as rags, they work just as well on the floor as they do in the sink.
