Product Review: JAWS glass cleaner...

because that's all I can handle today.

My favorite do-it-yourself home improvement man around the house, Gary Sullivan, strikes again.

 I've used several of the products he has as sponsors on his radio show and he has never led me astray. I used the Spread Stone™ Mineral Select™ Countertop Refinishing Kit in my kitchen.  I was so overwhelmed with the results, I did the top of my dining room table and buffet. 

Over the past few months my ears have wiggled when I heard him advertising JAWS window cleaner.  As far as I got was thinking, "What the hell kind of name is that for a product that cleans glass and mirrors?"

Then I listened when he extolled the virtues of the streak free cleaning.  All righty, then.  Let me go look up this fabulous stuff.

Why is it called JAWS?

JAWS stands for "just add water system."

From their website:

JAWS is an eco-friendly system of highly effective cleaners which gives everyone the chance to take great care of their home and our precious planet at the same time! Our innovative, easy-to-use system helps reduce plastic in landfills and saves you money as you can reuse the spray bottles up to 26 times with JAWS refill pods. Try our non-toxic Glass Cleaner, Kitchen Cleaner-Degreaser, Hardwood Cleaner and Daily Shower Cleaner for a streak-free shine throughout your home!

I was pretty happy with my current window cleaner, but I decided to give it a try.  I ordered two full sets.  Each set includes a bottle and two refill pods.  In the future, I'll only order the refill pods which only cost $3.99 for two.

Why will I reorder?

Because this stuff is everything they say it is plus more.  I have never, ever had glass look so clean so quickly with absolutely no streaking.

Colonel Winthrop desk

The biggest test came when I cleaned the glass fronts on my Colonel Winthrop secretary desk.  The last time I cleaned the glass it took approximately two hours and they still looked crappy. I used three different glass cleaners and tried drying with cloth, newspaper, paper towel, and coffee filters.  I finally tried straight vinegar. They were still streaked and had a film.

Enter JAWS.  Instead of two hours, it took about two minutes and they were absolutely spotless and clearer than I've ever seen them.

That's it.  I'm sold. Anything that gives those kinds of results in that little  time is my new number one product. 

You can buy it directly from the company or from Amazon.

Disclaimer:  I received nothing from JAWS for this review.  Amazon gives me a tiny rebate, without costing you anything extra, if you order from them.

Update on Milsek Furniture Polish:

I reviewed Milsek Furniture Polish back on May 18th.  I loved how it made my furniture look.

Now I have another reason to love it - my plastic patio furniture.

I tried everything, including WD-40, on the outdoor furniture and it still looked pretty bad.  Yesterday I washed the chairs and wiped them down with Milsek.  Whoa!  They look like new and have no oily residue at all.

These pictures are not the best due to the blazing (very hot) sun, but be informed that these chairs are over 15 years old.  

Product Review: Milsek Furniture Polish...

a public service to inform.

We need something to lighten the load after the Trump/Kelly snooze fest we endured yesterday.  Seriously.  Kelly was trying to do her best Barbara Walters imitation.  It didn't work.  She made it all about her, her, and her.

I'm a huge fan of Gary Sullivan's radio program At Home With Gary Sullivan.

DIY has never been bigger, and Gary Sullivan is radio's DIY man. With over thirty years of home improvement know how, and over a decade of broadcast experience, Gary will help your listeners build it up, tear it down, fix it, or replace it.

His advertising and recommending Daich Spread Stone™ Mineral Select™ Countertop Refinishing Kit led to me to refinishing my kitchen counter tops which look wonderful.  I subsequently refinished the top of my dining room table and my buffet with the same product. Daich also makes products to refinish sidewalks, garage floors, and such.

One of his newer advertisers is Milsek Furniture Polish. 

From their website: 

 We are the manufacturers and distributors of the complete line of Milsek products lead by its star – ‘The Original’, Milsek Furniture Polish & Cleaner with Lemon Oil.  The Milsek Formula was created in 1914 when the first stone was placed on The Lincoln Memorial, Wrigley Field was built and World War I began.

A Hungarian Immigrant by the name of Zolton Csiky, who was a master cabinet maker, created this formula to keep his hand crafted creations healthy and conditioned.  His wife Julia was inspired. She collected catsup bottles from friends and family, washed them out, filled them with Milsek, and sold them door to door during The Great Depression. An early entrepreneur!

Much of my furniture is painted, but I do have some wood furniture.  It was when he mentioned putting the furniture polish in water to clean wood floors that I headed directly to the Milsek website to read up on the product.  Then, as is my way, I headed to Amazon to read reviews, which were all good.  Still not convinced, but having found an Amazon supplier who charged $8.46 plus free shipping, I ordered a bottle.

We have wood parquet floors in our entire house.  I was presently using Pine-Sol to mop them periodically. The floors are about 20 years old and I really wanted them to look shiner without having to refinish them.

My polish arrived quickly and I grabbed a rag, headed to something wood.  Following the simple directions (put it on and let it dry), I smeared it on a small table I had refinished years ago.

Oh my!

In the past I've used regular lemon oil, Pledge (not for years), other furniture polishes, even Armour All (I know!) but I've never used anything that made that table look so good.

Next up, I spied a little wooden box that had belonged to my mother.  That little box is way over 70 years old and over the years had gotten to look pretty bad.  It was dry and stained.  My last attempt to make it look better was to use wood cleaner and paste wax.  It still looked pretty bad. Not any more.

I went completely cuckoo at this point and ran around the house looking for anything that was wood.  I discovered I had more wood furniture than I thought I had.  Two antique desks, a small china cabinet, and a drop leaf antique table in the bedroom all got the Milsek treatment.  They all look wonderful.

The final test was the floors.  I vacuumed, added a 1/4 cup of Milsek to a gallon of water and pulled out my mop.  Hallelujah!  While the floors did not look bad before, they certainly looked waaaaaaaay better and had the shine I wanted.  The coffee table also had the Milsek treatment and looks like new.

I've waited for awhile to make sure I like this product before doing a review.  The first thing I noticed is that the dust factor was rendered almost zero.  We live on a prairie and our road is gravel.  Dust is a problem.  Usually within a day or two of cleaning the table tops look dusty.  A week after using Milsek, the furniture didn't look dusty.  Perhaps it has a dust eating ingredient?  I don't know, and don't care.  My furniture and floors look great.

Milsek also makes a stainless steel cleaner, a  leather cleaner/conditioner, a gun stock and barrel cleaner, antiques and restoration product, and musical instrument cleaner.  I only have two stainless steel items in my kitchen and I used the furniture polish on them and they look great and resist fingerprints.  The plastic door on my micro-wave had some scratches. Milsek made them invisible.

I've already purchased two more bottles and plan on getting the leather cleaner conditioner for our car.

Gary Sullivan mentioned something on his show about using it on plastic or resin outdoor furniture.  I haven't tried that yet, but I will in the future. 

It's also recommended for wood paneling, wood kitchen cabinets, and  granite counter tops.

Here's some tips for using Milsek Furniture polish:

• Wear gloves because it leaves oil on your skin and you'll be washing your hands often drying them out.
• If you put too much on and it drys spotty, just run a dry cloth over the surface.  All fixed.
• Use a microfiber rag.  I found some microfiber wash cloths at the Grocery Outlet that are the perfect size and very inexpensive.  When the application cloth gets too dirty, it can simply be thrown away.

Do yourself a favor and head over to Amazon and get yourself some Milsek Furniture Polish.  You won't be sorry.

Thanks, Gary!