Cleanocity Cleaning Product Reviews

Product Review Palmolive Antibacterial Dish Liquid (+) |

l9C2kP1h0B — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:55:24 +0000

When testing and evaluating the Palmolive Antibacterial Dish Liquid we used the two sink method. One sink for soaking and washing and the other sink for rinsing. We filled one sink half full with cold water and added one teaspoon full of the Palmolive Antibacterial Concentrated Dishwashing Detergent.

We placed our dirty Corelle® dishes, Oneida® stainless steel flatware and the Revere® ware stainless steel cookware in the sink to soak. We waited for approximately one hour to allow any dehydrated food particles to rehydrate.

Allowing dried and cooked on food fragments to rehydrate breaks the physical bond between the fragments and the dishes, dinnerware and the pots and pans.

We then washed the dishes, forks, spoons, pans and other cooking utensils to see how much of the food residue had rehydrated and had been successfully removed. We also wanted to see how clean the dish water felt.

The Palmolive Antibacterial Dish Liquid did an excellent job of cleaning our moderately soiled dishes. The water felt good and still had some cleaning life left. We left the water in the sink for the next days cleaning.

We all need to adjust our lives to be better stewards of the environment. This includes minimizing our ecological footprint on this beautiful planet Earth that we all call home.

On day two we repeated the process using the same dishwater than we used for our first test. We placed more moderately soiled dishes, forks, spoons, cooking utensils and those pots and pans in the sink.

After the customarily one hour soak to allow dried foods fragments to rehydrate the dishes, flatware, ovenware and pans came out as clean as when they were new.

Using the two sink method to clean your dishes saves money on your water bill, water heating bill and the dish washing liquid. If you haven’t already done so this is a very good technique to adopt.

In addition by allowing the dishes, dinnerware and pans to soak thoroughly you minimize scrubbing, scratching and the use of expensive abrasives.

The use of expensive abrasives such as steel wool, abrasive scouring pads and heavy duty kitchen cleaners will scratch the surfaces of your dinnerware, flatware and pans.

The scratches will make it easier for food and bacteria to bond by clinging to the microscopic imperfections in the surfaces. This will make hygienic cleanup much more difficult.

We really like the Palmolive Antibacterial Dish Liquid. Because of it’s excellent dishwashing characteristics and the fact that this particular dish washing liquid is proudly Made in the USA the Palmolive Antibacterial Dish Liquid has quickly become the favorite of our testing and evaluation team.

Our test product was purchased at the local Walmart. We paid less than three dollars for the twenty five fluid ounce bottle.

Support the local economy by purchasing this excellent product at your local Mom and Pop store. You will feel good about your purchase and save money on gas by not driving.

Too Good To Be True

l9C2kP1h0B — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:29:29 +0000

The Internet is full of good cleaning products, bad cleaners and products that just don’t work.

There are numerous cleaning products available for your car, clothes, carpet, concrete, couch, furniture, mattress, hardwood, leather, upholstery, wall to wall carpeting, wood floors and subfloors.

Type in cat or dog urine removal and seemingly thousands of great offers will come up. Charlatans and con men have been around since the beginning of time.

A good indicator that their products don’t work are offers for free shipping, cheap black lights, goodies and their famous unconditional money back guarantee.

These too good to be true offers are designed to appeal to people that are gullible. These individuals are always looking to get something for nothing. Their excitement typically overrides their judgment and they order.

You can guess how this story ends. What they get for their time and money is a valuable life lesson. You can profit for their naiveté.

When you are looking for competent cleaning products your only criteria should be performance. If someone tries and distracts you with valuable free offers it is always a good idea to walk away.

Leather Waterproofing

l9C2kP1h0B — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:03:05 +0000

Leather waterproofing products are oil based and use various complex combinations of oils, waxes and sealants to plug up the leather pores thereby creating a barrier to any liquid.

Care should be used before waterproofing any indoor furniture that may be subjected to cat or dog urine. If you favorite pet decides to use your expensive leather furniture as their personal toilet how will you clean up their urine when your waterproofing product has plugged up the pores?

Leather Conditioners

l9C2kP1h0B — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:49:38 +0000

Leather conditioners are oil based and may contain some form of wax. Leather conditioners are not a cleaning product.

Leather conditioners are intended to replace natural oils that may have either evaporated or have rubbed off on clothing.

The lubricating oils do double duty with a secondary function of producing a shine.

Unfortunately leather conditioners may also plug up the pores of the leather making complex cleaning such as urine removal very difficult.

Super Concentrated Cleaning Products

l9C2kP1h0B — Sat, 08 May 2010 15:58:11 +0000

Be careful before purchasing any super concentrated liquid cleaning products and odor eliminators which require user preparation. When you mix the products and they do not work the vendor can always claim user error. You should stay away from cleaning products that require any type of special in the home do it yourself mixing.

One of the most popular selling points for super concentrated cleaning products is that you are saving the environment by conserving resources. The financial resources that are actually being saved are in the shipping industry. The manufacturers don’t want to pay for the additional weight of properly prepared cleaning products. This is the nexus of concentrating cleaning products.

Concentrating liquid cleaning products is a great idea if the do it yourself home user could achieve the wonderful results that are advertised. The likelihood of user error is very high, that is assuming the cleaning products are any good in the first place.

If the super concentrated cleaning products were mediocre to begin with placing the final preparation in the hands of a naïve home user is a sure recipe for failure and disappointment.

Super concentrated liquid cleaning products are most attractive to those consumers that are always looking for a deal. Their personalities are such that they are constantly looking for the very best price on anything that they buy.

Those clever marketing folks know this and mark a large bull’s eye on the foreheads of this type of consumer. They tune their advertisements to appeal to the misplaced sensibilities of the deal oriented consumer. They entice them into the deal by offering what appears to be convenient toll free customer support and too good to be true money back guarantees.

Unfortunately when the super concentrated liquid cleaning products fail to perform the manufacturers and their advertising agents are typically no where to be found.

The current marketing theme is ecologically friendly cleaning products. Green cleaning products are always preferable if they actually work. You conserve valuable resources such as water, plastics, bottles, sprayers and the electricity used in the cleaning products manufacturer. You indirectly reduce green house carbon emissions by reducing the amount of gasoline and diesel fuel needed to transport the products. There is no question that environmentally friendly cleaning products are a very attractive goal.

How ecologically friendly is it when the super concentrated liquid cleaning product fails to perform? How much will you save if you are forced to replace your carpeting and upholstery?

If you are lucky and the super concentrated odor eliminator does not damage your carpeting and upholstery how much have you really saved when you are forced to replace the ineffective cleaning product with a cleaning product that actually works?

The environmental protection agency has done an excellent job of removing harmful chemicals and ingredients from cleaning products that pose any type of risk to the environment. Manufacturers can choose any of the remaining safe ingredients and develop proprietary formulations that actually work.

The word super is a form of exaggeration and exaggerations always leads to lies.

Probiotic Cleaning Products

l9C2kP1h0B — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:53:13 +0000

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. The WHO was established in 1948 and is currently headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

According to the currently adopted definition by the World Health Organization probiotics refers to “Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host”.

A good example of a probiotic relationship is that between a human being and the friendly and beneficial bacteria that reside in the human intestine. Another excellent example is the active microbes in yogurt which when ingested make humans healthier.

The reason we have brought this up is because we recently saw the SCOE 10X cleaning product advertising that it was probiotic.

According to the definition crafted by a leading scientific body the World Health Organization the claim that any household cleaning product is probiotic cannot possibly be true.

For a probiotic relationship to exist both parties to the relationship and in this example it would be the SCOE10X cleaning product and the wall to wall carpeting would have to be recognized as biological life forms.

We are familiar with microbes for cleaning however since the objects SCOE 10X is trying to clean are not alive there can not be any probiotic relationship. We believe that it is incorrect for SCOE10X to claim that it employs probiotics or has a probiotic relationship with any articles that it is cleaning since this is not possible.

Colon cleansers are good examples of cleaning products where the friendly and beneficial bacteria confer some healthy benefits to the host. Think of how good you will feel when the colon cleansers do their jobs.

Product Review Joy Dishwashing Liquid

l9C2kP1h0B — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:54:31 +0000

During December 2008 we purchased the Joy Ultra Concentrated Dishwashing Liquid at Walmart for $2.11. We selected the lemon scented 30 ounce size. Joy is produced under patent and is distributed by Proctor & Gamble.

We added one teaspoonful of Joy to half a sink of cool water. We placed our dishes and utensils in the water and allowed them to soak for about fifteen minutes. This product is excellent and easily penetrated the dried food particles. The dishes rinsed clean with a minimal amount of water which is a great benefit in our ecology conscious environment.

Our baked on oven grease test consisted of baking fish in a 350 degree oven for forty minutes with a light film of olive oil spray. The second part of our baked on oven grease test consisted of baking chicken breast at 350 degrees for 40 minutes also using a light film of olive oil.

With just a short soak in the sink containing the Joy Ultra Concentrated Dish Washing Liquid the baking pans cleaned up nicely with our trusty S.O.S. Tuffy Nylon Scouring Pad. It was clear that this formulation of Joy was easily able to penetrate the baked on oven grease.

Ok so how did Joy perform on greasy pans?

Our test skillet had been used to cook seven pieces of bacon. Those of you that know how to cook can visualize the grease in this pan. We cooked the bacon long and slow under low heat so we could maximize the grease in the pan.

We soaked our bacon grease and egg encrusted skillet in the Joy Ultra Concentrated Dishwashing solution for fifteen minutes.

The bacon grease was easily dissolved by the Joy. In fact it is noteworthy to point out that this excellent dish washing liquid was easily able to suspend the grease and keep it out of our way. We noticed there was very little greasy residue on our hands.

Are there other uses for Joy Dishwashing Liquid?

During my high school years and before the automobile manufacturers migrated to clear coat paint Joy Dishwashing Liquid was my favorite for my car washing duties. On non clear coat paint Joy does a great job of cleaning the paint finish and the chrome including most bugs and road dirt.

The Joy Ultra Concentrated Dishwashing Liquid is an excellent performer. It performed so well on greasy pans that this product will give Dawn Dishwashing Liquid a strong run for the money.

Product Review Lexol Leather Cleaner

l9C2kP1h0B — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:34:47 +0000

During September 2008 we reviewed the Lexol Leather Cleaner.

This product was purchased at retail for approximately seven dollars.

Lexol’s technical strategy is excellent and should result in a product that cleans fine leather surfaces.

This product could be used for boots, clothing, hats, furniture and automobile interiors.

Nice feel and capable of cleaning and maintaining that expensive leather surface.

Suggested uses are the automotive environment where the leather is constantly subjected to food spills and road dirt.

This leather cleaner is not intended for urine removal.

We do not recommend the Lexol Leather Cleaner for any leather that may be exposed to cat or dog urine.

Product Review Obenauf’s Leather Oil

l9C2kP1h0B — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:14:35 +0000

During September 2008 we purchased the Obenauf’s Leather Oil at retail for about thirteen dollars.

The primary ingredients are natural preserving oils, beeswax and propolis.

Propolis courtesy of Wikipedia is a resinous mixture that bees collect from tree buds, sap flows, or other botanical sources. It is used as a sealant for unwanted open spaces in the hive. Propolis is used for small gaps (approximately 6.35 millimeters (0.3 in) or less), while larger spaces are usually filled with beeswax.

In layman’s terms the primary ingredients are natural preserving oils, beeswax and sealant.

We applied two coats per the label instructions and tested for water repellency. This product is excellent with water beading up and away almost immediately. With monthly applications the end user would effectively waterproof their clothing and shoes.

This product would be particularly effective for sportsmen and hunters who have a strong need to waterproof their outdoor apparel including their boots.

What about other household uses?

We applied the product to a new leather sofa. We exposed the leather furniture to our cat and as expected the cat urinated on it.

After repeated attempts we were unsuccessful removing the urine.

Excellent waterproofing characteristics are what make this product so attractive to sportsman.

Waterproofing is why this product is not recommended if you have cats or dogs. The pets will eventually get around to urinating on that exxpensive leather furniture and the urine will be sealed in by the waterproofing.

The Obenauf’s leather oil earned a buy recommendation.

Product Review Lexol Leather Conditioner

l9C2kP1h0B — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:18:24 +0000

During September 2008 we reviewed the Lexol Leather Conditioner.

This product was purchased at retail for approximately seven dollars.

This is a tanning oil based product. The tanning oils are emulsified into microscopic droplets for better penetration.

Lexol’s technical strategy is excellent and should result in a product that helps maintain that fine leather surface.

This product could be used for boots, clothing, hats, furniture and automobile interiors.

Nice feel and capable of lubricating and maintaining that expensive leather surface.

Suggested uses are the automotive environment where the leather is constantly exposed to bright ultraviolet light and should be conditioned regularly to prevent cracking.

This leather conditioning product is not intended for urine removal.

Because this is an oil based leather conditioning product we do not recommend it for any leather that may be exposed to cat or dog urine. We suggest you review a good article on how waterproofing works.