The wonderful people at Procter and Gamble and Blogher offered to let me do a paid review of one of their products recently, the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.

I have actually had so many women recommend this product to me, that it’s crazy I hadn’t tried it previously.  Ok, ok, I’m just lazy.  I never went and picked it up, even though I have a situation that could really use some magic.  Or an act of God.  You know, whatever, no big deal.

You see, I let my toddler son, Braden, play with chalk in the back yard.  He LOVES the chalk.  He draws ALL OVER with the chalk.

We have a plastic organizer bin and some plastic chairs out there.  There’s also his plastic playhouse and car.  He draws on all of that stuff with the chalk.  And I figure, it will wash off, no biggie… choose your battles, right?  Besides, while he’s content drawing on stuff, I can doze off in the hammock, er… I mean… uh, sit there and watch him carefully like a good mother.  *cough*

What I had not counted on was how much he likes to draw with wet chalk.  So if it has rained and, say, a bucket collects water?  He dunks his chalk in the water and draws with his Wet Chalk Stick.

Oh yeah, guess what?  WET CHALK IS LIKE PAINT.  And it sinks right into any semi-porous surface and sticks.

Still, I figure, so what?  Just plastic stuff, no big deal, right?

Unfortunately, while I’m dozing… er, when I’m being a good mother but a bug flies in my eye, blocking my vision for a few minutes… he also draws on the vinyl siding on the side of the house.

The house we RENT.

OH, NO.

I tried scrubbing with other cleaners, and they took the top layer off, but not what had leeched into the material.  Same thing for the playhouse door he practically repainted.

OY.  *Panic*

MR. CLEAN TO THE RESCUE!

I received the product and immediately took out a sponge, wet it, squeezed it three times, and got to work on the side of the house.

See for yourself:

Vinyl Siding Before:

Vinyl Siding After:

Back Door Before:

Back Door After:

It worked just as well on the playhouse door.

Me Cleaning Playhouse Door:

Playhouse Door Before:

Playhouse Door After:

I am seriously impressed, people.  Really.

I reported to my husband about it.  He said, and I quote, “All Hail the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser!”

Indeed.

But that’s not all.  I decided to try it out on a regular household cleaning task.

Witness the disgusting mess that is my dirty, neglected stove.

Several days of buildup there!  What can I say, when you live the fast-paced life of a glamorous Blogger, always on the run, *coughsputtercough* you don’t have time to clean stove tops!

Please just let me fantasize.

Here’s a close-up of a specific bad spot…

Here’s after 2 wipes…

And this was after the 3rd, and final, wipe…

After just a few passes, the monster was gleaming.

The only thing I did other than using the Magic Eraser was wipe up a few deposited suds when I was done.  It took little effort to get the crud off with the Magic Eraser, and I was, again, impressed.  It smelled fruity and nice, too.  I like that!  What can I say, I’m allowed to be girly sometimes, too!

I did find out that you have to be gentle with it… apparently I poke my fingernails into sponges when I use them.

Aw, Mr. Clean is sensitive!   *hardeehar*

All in all, I’d definitely recommend using the Magic Eraser for everything from run-of-the-mill cleaning tasks to those “special” jobs (that are most of the time the fault of either your kids or husband.  Just sayin.).

And you know me.  I would TELL you if it sucked.

But if you don’t believe me, go read other Blogher Reviewer Posts about it!

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As always, you can see my opinions and ponderings about everything under the sun at Sarcastic Mom, 7 Days a Week.

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Disclosure: This is a compensated review. I received a 2-pack of Mr.Clean Magic Erasers for review, free of charge.