Holy crap, Mr. Clean Magic Erasers work.
It’s rare that I buy something after seeing a television commercial. In fact, I think this is the first time I’ve done it in years, but after seeing all the commercials for “Magic Erasers” I decided to spend the $2 and get a couple. There were some marks on our TV room wall from the chairs rubbing against it that I wanted to try it on. And what’s $2 if they turn out to be another loser, right?
They sat under my sink, forgotton, for a couple weeks. Today I pulled them out and brought one over to the scuff mark on my wall. Per the directions I got the thing wet, squeezed it out, and brought it over to the mark on the wall and started rubbing. Within just a few seconds I could see a difference. Holy crap! It actually works! I worked my way around the room getting rid of scuff marks.
I then made my way to the trim around the doors that had fingerprints on it since we moved in. Cleaned it up with no problem. No way!
I went into the kitchen and tackled a nasty black scuff mark on the front door that I’ve tried EVERYTHING to clean. Within a minute it was gone. AMAGAD!
Fingerprints on the textured doors. Gone in a few minutes.
Dirt on baseboards.
Scuff marks on walls.
Marks on the stairs.
Throughout this process the sponge like thing was slowly disintegrating. It was entirely gone when I decided that I should probably stop and get back to my normal cleaning. But man, this was cool.
So like any geek, I couldn’t leave this “Magic” mystery unsolved. I had to figure out how this works.
householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov factsheet
The things are made out of: 85% Plaster of Paris, 5% Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Polymer, 5% Formaldehyde-Melamine-Sodium Bisulfite Copolymer, and 5% Crystalline Silica.
The Formaldehyde-Melamine-Sodium Bisulfite Copolymer is the active chemical. As far as I can tell the rest is just a light abrasive (so light that I didn’t realize it was an abrasive until I looked it up, it really just feels like a sponge, but using the Magic Eraser on some surfaces is not recommended and can do damage because of the abrasiveness). I’m not sure how the active ingredient works, and Google hasn’t been much help, it just ends up bringing me to more Magic Eraser sites, I guess that’s the “Magic.”
And side effects? The same as any other fine dust really. This is surprising, I thought something so magical would somehow kill me.
When swung by the store this morning to pick up some rolls for lunch I got another 4-pack.