13 Ways to Make the Magic Eraser Work For You

Sometimes, when dealing with a mess, you have to bring out the big guns. In the cleaning world, one of the big guns is super-powerful melamine foam, known to all of us as the Magic Eraser. If you’ve been in a cleaning situation where nothing seems to work, chances are good that a Magic Eraser might.

1. Clean set-in grease stains on your stove top.
2. Clean your shoes and remove grass stains.
3. Remove tarnish from silver.
4. Remove rust from pretty much anything.
5. Polish jewelry.
6. Did your child go nuts with crayons on your walls? Remove the marks quickly with a Magic Eraser.
7. Use an eraser to scuff up that nasty, dried soap scum or bath ring in your tub or shower.
8. It can clean grout! (How often can a cleaning product actually clean grout?)
9. Get out the most impossible-to-remove stains, like nail polish, hair dye, paint, and ink.
10. In your most difficult dish-washing situations, like tomato stains in plastic containers, rings in casserole dishes, or tea stains in mugs, try gently rubbing a Magic Eraser on it.
11. A great way to attack the built-up gunk made of mysterious condiments stuck on the inside of your refrigerator is with one of these.
12. Clean window screens.
13. Gently wipe down your electronics, like your computer monitor, flat-screen TV, smartphones, tablets, and keyboard.