$4 Miracle

It's a miracle.  The End.

Haha.  Shortest blog ever, right?  Are you kidding?  You know me better than that....

I'll never profess to be the master homemaker, fancy chef, and most certainly never the cleaning guru.  However when I do run across something I think is really awesome I feel compelled to mention it. 

Living life in the country is not for whimps.  Example for the day:  well water.  You hearty fellow country ladies know my pain... we are always fighting those lime and rust stains from well water.  I've been without a go-to homerun product for deep cleaning that stuff since my previous one got discontinued years ago.  Why is it that when you find something you really like, the store will surely stop carrying it.  I make a special stop in Sugarland to buy my favorite salad dressing because Wharton HEB no longer carries it (despite me filling out those special request cards TWICE).  Ugh!  Anyway, meet my new miracle friend:

This stuff has probably been around for years and I just haven't tried it, but I am totally loving it now.  It's less than $4 on the bottom shelf at HEB by the bathroom cleaners (but I had to buy my own spray bottle).   It works!  I've tried it on porcelain, fiberglass, plastic, and this morning did my dishwasher with it.  I've tried overpriced special dishwasher cleaners before and they barely made a difference.  On an odd impulse this morning I tried the Sanivac and Oh. My. Goodness!  I should have taken before and after pictures.  The inside of my dishwasher went from just a shade lighter brown than my dining room table to WHITE and clean with no scrubbing - just sprayed liberally, waited about 20 minutes, and then ran a cycle empty.  

The fumes are pretty stiff though, again not for whimps, but well worth losing a lung over.  Just kidding.  It's got some kinda acid in it, ventilate well and don't let the kiddos play with it.  You know the drill.

Happy Cleaning Day...