Customer Reviews

Mr Clean Magic Eraser, 2 ct

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"Magic Eraser" is just a simple substance called melamine foam. The exact same stuff is used as sound insulation in music studios. It can be purchased bulk, chopped up, and used to clean your house without paying the huge premium for this brand-name version. In fact, you can even find a generic version at Deals, presumably by some company exploiting that fact.

Melamine foam, including Magic Eraser, really does work, for simple reasons: It is a microporous foam, with interlocking bubbles, made from a super-hard, glass-like substance (called, of course, melamine). Because of how the bubbles interconnect, it ends up being more like ultra-fine fibreglass than like conventional, bubble-filled styrofoam. But the bubbles in melamine are so small that the resulting fibres are very-tiny and densely packed, and they get into the tiny pits and grooves of your dirty household stuff and lift out the stuff that nothing else would clean.

This means that it does, quite literally, clean crayon off painted walls (though so does some stuff called Crayon-a-gone, which dissolves it with noxious chemicals, but works in places melamine won't), road grease off hubcaps, magic marker off your kitchen counter, et cetera.

Because it's simply micro-scrubbing things clean, it doesn't work on surfaces which would crumble, or which have a lot of deep pores. It doesn't get things OUT of something, like magic marker which has soaked its pigment into unfinished wood. And it can RUIN anything so smooth and shiney, or otherwise delicate, that a good scrubbing would have scuffed it anyway.

But when it does work, the result is indeed akin to a miracle.

Bonus fact: Non-acetone nail polish removes PERMANANT marker, perfectly, from anything (and therefore works on those surfaces Magic Eraser can't help). Just check to make sure it doesn't also dissolve the surface of the thing. For example, some paints will slightly wash away with the marker, gumming up the cloth you're using, though the marker does come off, just don't wash away TOO much of the paint.

This thing is unreal!! It removes scuff marks, handprints, and built up dirt and ick on walls, floors, cabinets, refrigerators, microwaves, countertops, you name it. It is also incredibly effective on ring-around-the-bathtub and soap scum in the shower. This has to be the most effective cleaning product I've ever used, and it has no chemical smell or fumes.

nothing to add here... just BUY it! You will not regret!!

The Mr. Clean Magic Eraser works like a dream on crayon marks on my painted walls. Even if they are not the washable crayons! I have a 1 yr. old and a 3 yr. old. This product is so easy to use and is NOT messy, so I can give it to my girls and they can clean their own "artwork" off of the walls! The Mr. Clean Magic Eraser works EXTREMELY well on everything without causing damage to the wall. This should be a household staple and the price is great considering how long one eraser lasts and the versatility.

Every house needs to have these...they are great!!! It actually took marker off our painted panel wall that I really did not think it would work...I am sold on this!Will keep these in mind to add to a housewarming basket or stocking stuffers!!!
Best thing on the market!!!

This really does erase marks off of the wall just like an eraser. Very easy to use. Not messy. Cleans scuff marks right off the wall.

I used the Magic Eraser at work to clean my desk. I then proceeded to clean all of the desks in the office. It removed pen and pencil marks and the stuck on dirt that had probably been there for years. I cannot recommend this product enough.

Love this product! With just water and no chemical smell, it took the crayon marks off my kitchen counter with just a few passes. I've since cleaned my grimy leather couch with it,
(although I don't know if that is recommended by the couch makers-- so use caution) scrubbed my bathroom tile grout, wiped down my grimy kitchen cabinets, and taken finger prints off the walls.
(without disturbing the paint) You do have to test it though, since it's like using super fine steel wool and will rub off finishes if used too hard. The one drawback is it's rather like using a sponge and like any sponge with hard use it falls apart. Hope this product catches on, it works so well and is soooo easy to use! (kinda takes the place of elbow grease!)

i got this piece of crap to clean the stains on my wall, fridge and oven it did not do anything. It seems to only clean things that are not that very dirty to begin with. To me it seems like a overprice foam pad.