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   Sphere | Mar 16, 2008 12:21am | #1

   Greased Lightning, just NOT on Shellac.

   Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   "Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"

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   LTAB | Mar 20, 2008 10:37pm | #11

   That stuff is great. Have you ever sprayed on a dirty engine?  Comes out looking  like a new one, after you hose off the grease and grime!

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   Sphere | Mar 20, 2008 10:47pm | #12

   Nope, not into washing engines,but I'm sure thats the ticket..good stuff.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   "Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"

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   ChicagoMike | Mar 16, 2008 12:31am | #2

   I like using the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. It cleans everything.

    

   "It is what it is."

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   GregGibson | Mar 16, 2008 12:48am | #3

   I second Sphere - Greased Lightning is the bomb !Greg

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   Hudson Valley Carpenter | Mar 20, 2008 09:27pm | #10

   I like using the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. It cleans everything.

   How about dirt stained grout on floor tile?  What's good for that?

    

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   tugzz | Mar 16, 2008 01:32am | #4

   Castrol Super Clean!  Diluted 10 to 1 or so...

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   alwaysoverbudget | Mar 16, 2008 05:46am | #5

   depends on what i'm cleaning,but when it gets tough usally lacquer thinner is my choice,plus you get a free trip with each cleaning......

   if a man speaks in the forest,and there's not a woman to hear him,is he still wrong?

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   susiekitchen | Mar 20, 2008 01:08am | #6

   The best cleaner is the least costly, most environmentally friendly product that will do the job. Too many people buying all this stuff that Madison Avenue hawks....

   My picks (in no order):

   Mr. Clean sponge (apologies if not as enviro-friendly as I think)

   Baking soda and vinegar, together or separately

   Rubbing alcohol

   Windex

    

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   BUIC | Mar 20, 2008 07:56pm | #7

     The one I pay each week!

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   JDRHI | Mar 20, 2008 08:00pm | #8

   Damn! Stole my line.

   Consuella is worth every dime!

   J. D. Reynolds

   Home Improvements

   Pp, Qq

    

    

    

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   boiler7904 | Mar 20, 2008 08:13pm | #9

   My wife.

   After that I use Simple Green for everything.

   Don't use Magic Erasers on walls or ceilings that have flat paint. It will burnish the surface and look like $hit. My wife taught me that - now I have to repaint part of the dining room.

    
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   peteduffy | Mar 21, 2008 12:12am | #13

   WD-40.

   Did a small asphalt patch today.  Sprayed my hands and tools first, then after handling some of the black gooey stuff, cleaned up with WD.  Clean as a whistle.

   Pete Duffy, Handyman

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   McDesign | Mar 21, 2008 02:55am | #14

   Carburetor cleaner.

   Forrest

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   Sphere | Mar 21, 2008 03:02am | #15

   With a prerinse of Brakleen!Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   "Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"