The Best Cleaning Tool - A Dishwand

I had only known of two ways to wash dishes. Put some soap in the sink, fill it with water, and use a cloth (washing by hand) method or using a dishwasher. Just recently I found out about a Dishwand. It makes doing the dishes so much less of a chore.

Even better I found this handy tool can be used to make so many jobs around the house so much easier. I now have a few of them for the different jobs around my home. I use it on my sinks, my tub, and shower walls. It really is a great multipurpose tool.

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Where I work there is a small kitchenette. There are cups, plates, and silverware in the cupboards that you can use. Normally I use my own cup from home, but I had been sick the week before so I had taken home my mug and I forgot to bring it back. So I borrowed a mug from the cupboard.

When I was finished I had to clean it before I put it back. This is when I learned about a Dishwand. It was sitting right beside the sink. It has soap for it right in the handle. You just rinse your dish with some water, scrub it with the wand, and then rinse it off with water.

How perfect is that? It was quick, easy, and I didn't even get my hands wet. The first thing I did was ask one of my coworkers what it was called and where I could get one. The next day, I bought one. Now not only do I love it for any of the items that I can't wash in the dishwasher, I have found it to be useful for other cleaning jobs.

You can also use this handy device to clean your shower walls and your sink. Put a mixture of half dish soap (I used Palmolive Oxy Plus in the pictures above) and half vinegar into the handle. Do not fill it all the way as it will start to foam when you use it.

Wet your wall or sink and then go over the surface you want to clean with the Dishwand. The nonscratch sponge won't scratch your surfaces but still helps to remove any soap residue, with very little effort from you required.

I used to hate to clean my bathtub. I would use Comet to clean and scrub my bathtub. It would mean taking a long time being hunched over my tub.

However once I got got my bathtub reglazed you were not supposed to use Comet on the bathtub or it would ruin the glaze. So now I had to find a new way to clean it. This was actually a blessing as now I have a really easy and quick way to clean my bathtub.

If you can clean it frequently, you can put a nonabrasive sponge on a Dishwand and use dish soap to clean your reglazed tub.

If I let it go too long and end up with a build up or stain, I use Lysol disinfectant toilet bowl cleaner. I wet the tub with water, put on a little of the Lysol, then a quick light rub with the dishwand (with a nonabrasive sponge), and then quickly rinse the tub with water.

I have always hated the washing by hand method. Probably because that was one of the chores I had to do everyday as a kid. My other household chores were usually more of a weekly task. That was why when I moved out on my own, one of the first things I saved up money for was to buy a dishwasher.

What I have learned is that a dishwasher is great if you have a large family. However if you are living on your own, or if there is only two of you, it may take a long time to be full enough to run a cycle. You may even run out of certain size plates or cups before the dishwasher is full. There are now small apartment size machines available.

Do you have any cleaning short cut tips?