Conference turris::womannotes-v1

    I found out by accident that if you spray on Dow Bathroom Cleaner
    (with the scrubbing bubbles) and go do something for 10 minutes,
    the dirt just rinses away.  Also, for really tough stuff and for
    the shower walls (where anything you spray on immediately drips
    down to the bottom so doesn't have a chance to clean on the way),
    I use Tilex.  You just have to make sure that there's lots of
    ventilation with Tilex because it's kind of strong.
    

    	You might want to check out JOET::HOME_WORK, note 858 for
    	a discussion of cleaning tubs.
    
    	No press to add from me.
    
    	Scott

    The person who installed our tub unit said to use car wax on it
    every once in a while to keep dirt from sticking to it - seems to
    work OK since that was about 5 years ago now.

    
    My sister waxes hers, too.
    
    CQ

    What do I use to clean my fiberglass shower stall?  My husband!
    
    Marion ;-D

I use Scrub Free, and let it sit awhile.  Some areas need a second application.
That's what happens when you don't clean your tub for a month or two.

    re: .5:
    
    i *do* use my husband!  but even he says "... there's gotta be a
    better way..."
    
    
    (thanks everyone!)
    
    jacki
    

    Three things.....
    
    1. gel - gloss  as stated in homework - this works on the wax principal
    
    2. Tough Act - spray pretty good 
    
    3. Mr. Clean (bathroom cleaner?) - a new liquid that is thick and
       seems to work like you would expect ajax to (if you could use it)
       It says it can be used on fiberglass so....
    
    

Have found that "Future", acrilic floor wax made by Johnson and 
Johnson, is great.  Easy to clean and helps keep mildew from 
forming.  Just apply to the shower tiles or walls.

	And you all thought that all I know about is Ice Cream
	and bicycling!

~Mike

    As stated in HOME_WORK, Gel Gloss is absolutely amazing stuff for
    cleaning fiberglass.  Highly recommended.  $1.99 at Spags, $3-$4
    at most home centers.
   

    stupid question here:doesnt the floor wax make the tub slippery?
    i'll try it,but i just dont want to fall down.
    
    kelly_who_does_not_spend_a_great_deal_of_time_cleaning_house

    
    I'm one of those husbands who does bathrooms. My choice? Softscrub
    from Dow. They use a small grit abbrasive that cuts grease, dirt,
    etc., but doesn't damage the finish. I use it in the tub, sinks,
    stove, and car (my territory). Great for uncaking baby funiture
    & toys too.
    

    re.13
    would you like me to get you a bottle?
    works well on oxides too.
    
    kelly

< Note 467.11 by LUDWIG::DAUGHAN "sassy" >

    stupid question here:doesnt the floor wax make the tub slippery?
    i'll try it,but i just dont want to fall down.

If you don't use a mat, I'd say carefully try it (applying Future).
A pattern on a stall floor may make a difference.
I have never used it on a tub, always on shower walls.

It especially helps keep mildew from forming on tile grouting. 
And if you then give the walls a quick wipe at the tail end of each 
shower, you may never have to formally clean them.

	~Mike

    
    Re: .15 [Something like] "...and if you give the walls a swipe at
    the end of each shower, you never have to formally clean them."
                             
    That's so common-sensical.  I admire people who do things like that.
    I once worked with a woman who wiped down her oven walls once a week.  
    She never had to formally clean her oven.  Me?  I usually wait till 
    I need a couple of cans of overnight oven cleaner, a box of scouring 
    pads and a paint scraper. 
    
    CQ

    
    re: .16
    
    You oughta meet my mother, who went out and bought a chamois especially
    for the purpose of wiping down the shower.  She is forever thinking
    of things like this.  Too bad her kid didn't inherit the trait.
    
    My mother is also the only person I know to solve the
    socks-disappearing-in-the-dryer problem, though her solution depends
    on a piece of technology that is probably obsolete.
                                                                   
    DFW

< Note 467.17 by HPSCAD::WALL "I see the middle kingdom..." >

    
>   My mother is also the only person I know to solve the
>   socks-disappearing-in-the-dryer problem, though her solution depends
>   on a piece of technology that is probably obsolete.

    Wow!  Can we induce you to part with this secret knowledge?

    I'm not sure this is what Dave meant, but a former roommate of mine
    had little plastic disks, with the middles split into flexible
    quarters.  The socks were drawn through the center, the flexible
    plastic "tongues" held them in place, the voila - the whole thing
    went through the wash.
    
    -Jody
    

< Note 467.19 by LEZAH::BOBBITT "face piles of trials with smiles" >
>                            -< sock it to me baby >-
>
>    I'm not sure this is what Dave meant, but a former roommate of mine
>    had little plastic disks, with the middles split into flexible
>    quarters.  The socks were drawn through the center, the flexible
>    plastic "tongues" held them in place, the voila - the whole thing
>    went through the wash.
>    
>    -Jody

I use safety pins for the purpose.   I haven't lost a sock in years.

--David
    

    The one sock syndrome supplies me with dipstick rags.  Wouldn't
    ever want to loose this washing machine feature.

    By the way, does it really work to put rubbing
    alcohol in the wash for brighter whites?

    um, Mike, I have four teenagers, and a large basket of odd
    socks, can I send you some?

    You know, I honestly thought that wash machines did not eat socks
    (maybe this belongs in mistakes and misconceptions :-)...), until
    one day, my washing machine stopped working... a panic'd call to
    a male friend sent him to my house that evening to look at it [why
    do wash machines always break full of water :-)...].. after getting
    all the water out of it, and taking it apart, lo and behold, in
    the middle of the water pump was a sock!!!! It had managed to ruin
    my water pump, and the water pump has managed to ruin my sock!
    
    So, I HAVE proof positive that machines DO eat socks....
    
    Have a wonderful day!
    
    Gale K

    Hi Gale,
    
    The exact same thing happened to me!! Our machine wouldn'g empty
    (and isn't it *fun* bailing a machine out of gallons of dirty
    water) and when my husband took it apart we found three navy socks
    wedged in the outline of the water drain. I figured the machine
    got greedy and tried to eat more than one sock at once!
    
    Bonnie

    
    Uh, Mike, couldn't girls wash your car as well?  My neice thinks
    it's great fun.
    
    CQ

    re last two:
    
    Maybe he didn't think a girl would be dumb enough to think it's fun. :-)
    
    	-Ellen

    Mike, I'll let you have shares in the boy in college, and throw
    in the *whole* basket of socks ......:-)
    
    (and my daughter washes cars better than her brothers)
    
    Bonnie

re: .22

    um, Mike, I have four teenagers, and a large basket of odd
    socks, can I send you some?

Wouldn't sending Mike four teenagers qualify as child abuse?

Martin.

    well Martin, my kids are pretty tough.....

Actually, I wasn't thinking about your kids, I was worrying about Mike.

Martin.

    Oooooh.   Wish I said that.

    Safety pins, or in my mom's case, diaper pins, appeare to do the
    trick.
    
    DFW

    You know, there was a blurb in Time mag a while back--a major
    percentage of problems with washers is that socks get into the 
    works and bog down the system.
               
    Adrienne