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Buy It And Try It: Miracle Cloth

Housekeeper Larry Harrison says it takes all these products to clean the average home.

How many brain cells would you say you've lost from these chemicals?

"If you throw in the 60s, all of them."

He's always shopping around for anything that'll make his job easier costing him less. But so far, "I found no actual miracle cleaner."

But what about this product seen on TV?

"The Micro-fiber Miracle Cloth."

It says it cleans everything faster, easier and better like windows, mirrors, furniture, faucets; it'll even cut through soap scum.

You'll save hundreds of bucks on cleaning products a year because you won't need them again.

"Cleaning without chemicals? I don't buy that. You have to scrub," says Harrison.

So while on the job at this Fair Oaks home Larry first tries out the Miracle Cloth on a sliding glass door covered with fingerprints.

He normally uses Windex for this type of mess but then has problems with streaking.

"This is working very well, I like how this is working."

And to our surprise after just adding water to the cloth everything easily wipes away, no streaks!

So how about dust which normally takes a cleaning product, and a couple wipes?

We run a dry miracle cloth across the T.V.

"This cloth just picked it all up, and didn't leave any deposit behind, I'm impressed."

Ok. Let me try.

"This just doesn't move all the dust around either, it just sticks, it takes it off."

It claims it works on the fridge too.

"Normally I'd be grabbing a scrubbing sponge and a cleanser."

But nope, for this test we're just using a damp miracle cloth on a dirty spot.

"Now that just wipes right off… this thing is definitely saving me a lot of work."

But the toughest messes are still to come: hair spray on the bathroom mirror.

"This took it right off and hairspray is not easy to get off your mirror."

Good results when he wipes down bathroom faucets and fixtures too.

It also cleaned the dirty film off my glasses.

"Wow things are so much clearer now! Let me clean the lense. And I'm clear now? Yes."

We're on a roll. But now for the deciding moment we head to the bathroom.

"Soap scum is one of those nemeses that are always hard to clean."

Normally a lengthy process where Larry uses lots of chemicals and lots of scrubbing.

Can the miracle cloth cut thru soap scum too?

Check it out with just a bit of elbow grease, it does.

"This may be an actual miracle cleanser."

So after our grueling tests, "We could probably eliminate those and keep just the products, a handful of products, yes."

The miracle cloth gets a full endorsement from Larry.

"Buy it, buy it... this is one of those products you're not wasting your money on," adds Harrison.

We want to thank Larry from Dana's housekeeping personnel service for helping us out.

Four cloths come in a box, they cost $9.95 online.

It says you can use it dry, damp, wet or with chemicals.

Our testers concern: using this cloth with just water won't disinfect your house.

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