What Is the Best Cleaner You Have.........

[Metal Head]

Found to use on the surfaces of Melamine?

Cheers
MH

[manoftalent]

Depends what ya wanna clean off .....vinegar and bicarb of soda does wonders

[Terrian]

my wife, a great cleaner she is, I never have to lift a finger (g.d.r) )

[NCArcher]

Allow me to let you in on a little secret.
It's called Gumption and it will clean anything off anything.
couple of bucks in the supermarket. It's a cream type of thing and a lot of people i know swear by it.

[Big Shed]

Yep, SWMBO swears by it!

[Metal Head]

Thanks Big Shed & NCArcher,

I just googled the word Gumption and this was on one of the results

Anita McElvane on Saturday, January 21, 2006:

I cannot live without this product. Each time I go to Australia I will pick up about 5-6 tubs of it. If I don't go, I have family members bring it to me. This product works far better than anything on the US market. My husband didn't believe me at first saying "oh we have this stuff in America too, like Soft Scrub" but after visual proof, he now believes that Gumption is the ONLY product which can successfully take care of the hardest, toughest and dirtiest problems you have.

[Geoff Dean]

Allow me to let you in on a little secret.
It's called Gumption and it will clean anything off anything.
couple of bucks in the supermarket. It's a cream type of thing and a lot of people i know swear by it.

[wheelinround]

Allow me to let you in on a little secret.
It's called Gumption and it will clean anything off anything.
couple of bucks in the supermarket. It's a cream type of thing and a lot of people i know swear by it.

Gumption guess you guys don't like the sheen on the top of laminex/melamine much or even you baths it acts like a cutting polish its gritty and puts more stracthes into surfaces than it takes out.

The citrus in it does the cleaning bit.

I banded it being used on the above and she has to ask me what she can use it on first.

Lemon based cleaners are great had to get these days.

[dennford]

I've been watching this because I am allways on the lookout for one that cleans like the ones on the ad's - you know, the filthiest of surfaces brought to a gleaming finish with one (very light) wipe.

Mind you I was beginning to think that gumption was different to what I thought - untill Wheelin's comments which brought me back to the reality that I remember.

Let's admit it cleaning is no different to any other chore. It's never the same for all situations and the only real answer is a combination of thought, experience and pure hard work. There is no magic potion.

Denn

[celeste]

It depends whether you are doing a general clean or restoration type clean.

general cleaning any of the spray cleaners with orange.

for restoration type clean - car cut and polish. I use it on laminate / baths / tiles / sinks etc etc.

Celeste

[Dirty Doogie]

DO you mean melamine as in kitchen whiteboard cabinetry? If so - dont muck about with girlie supermarket products - get out the lacquer thinners!

[Metal Head]

Thanks for the additional comments lads but I am with wheelinround on this one. Yesterday whilst in Safeways I bought the Gumption that had been recommended on this thread but it reminded me of something like JIF more for removing scratches than getting a shiney finish.

So I phoned Harvey Norman (who put the kitchen in) and they recommend to their customers (well they didn't tell us) using the liquid spray AJAX with the baking soda in it (the liquid is green in colour) - they said on no account use Gumption as it is TOO abrasive.

I tried the AJAX this arvo and it worked like a charm - like showroom condition.

Regards
MH

[Glen]

DO you mean melamine as in kitchen whiteboard cabinetry? If so - dont muck about with girlie supermarket products - get out the lacquer thinners!

I have used a type of thinners before called equipment wash which seem to clean up most things without damaging the surface, stinks a bit though.

[Make it work]

I discovered a commercial cleaner made by Johnson Wax called Break Up. It is designed to cut through grease and animal fat and is generally used in butcher shops and commercial kitchens and the like.

It is a very strong alkali and users need to be careful as it can etch certain surfaces like glass and aluminium but used with care & sparingly it is awsome.

SWMBO even uses it as a stain remover in the laundry.

We have also used thinners, turps, metho, shellite, white spirit, petrol and others depending on what you are trying to get off what.

[neol]

like Window Washer and if Luv2bsecure likes it...well it's gotta' be good !
As for System Mechanic, it's a great proggie and I like that as well, but I don't think it's main function is to wipe internet tracks and .dat files.
After you use Window Washer, you could always follow it up with Clean Disk Security or Eraser to "wipe" or "overwrite" all deleted files !!