My kitchen counters are generally a disaster. Except for on Sunday afternoon when I force ask my family to help me clean the house, they are covered in school work, backpacks, empty plastic cups, and half-eaten bags of Goldfish. I’ve never been mistaken for Martha Stewart, y’all.
But, our food prep area gets wiped down (most) every night. This is always the place I worry about being super germy, but I don’t want to use anything too harsh on my granite countertops. And whatever I did use ended up leaving them cloudy and streaky.
Since steam is so good for my floors, showers, oven, and windows, I figured it might help clean my food prep area, too. So, I took the handheld portion out of my Home Right Steam Machine and added the squeege attachment to it.
Just like I would in the shower, I squeeged the counter while applying the steam.
When I was finished, I dried the counter with a clean microfiber cloth.
Y’all, I seriously can’t even believe the difference. When I run my hand over this section of countertop, it feels as smooth as glass. My countertops have never felt that clean, even when I use chemicals and sponges.
So, score another one for the Steam Machine Plus
(This giveaway is now closed and a winner has been notified.) HomeRight has generously offered a Steam Machine to give away to one Makely reader! To enter, simply leave a comment below telling me what’s the first thing you would clean with your new Steam Machine. This giveaway will be open through February 1, 2015 and is open to US residents, 18 years and older.
Good luck!
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What?! This would be so useful. I’ve never used a steam machine before and I’m curious to see what it would do for the hard water stains on our shower door.
would love to steam clean my shower
I would definitely steam clean our shower! Followed closely by our tiled kitchen floors!
I’d seriously use it on Everything ! I’m listing my house for sale in a few weeks and it needs to truly
sparkle. Granite countertops, shower door, windows !! Sue
I have a list so long, I would have trouble fitting it into the comments- for sure my teen daughter’s much abused bathroom vanity counter, which gets covered in makeup, my kitchen counter, the glass shower walls, my tiled floors….the list goes on and on. My youngest is immune compromised, so we do our best to keep things safe for him.
My slate tile floors, quickly followed by the granite countertops. (Maybe the reverse order!)
What a great idea! I’d start with my bathroom counters- I hate that they always look streaky after cleaning!
Where do I start!!!! Definitely my daughter’s bathroom ; /!
I have the same issue with my granite counters… i’d start there and then do my upstairs bathroom with it’s crazy 80’s mosaic tile and glass shower door… oh ooooh… and i’d use it to remove the ugly elephant print safari border in my half bath and the beach themed wall paper in my guest bath… yes my house is a collage of years and decor styles… don’t believe it? email me. i’ve got pictures!
I would steam clean all. the. things. Seriously though, I have never owned a steam machine so I would try it on everything!
Woah. I would definitely start with my kitchen, followed quickly by the entire house. I just moved into a new house and the previous owner left it less than sparkling clean and the kitchen is the worst!
I would steam the old house we just bought from top to bottom!
I would use it to clean my shower that is so difficult to get clean!
Danna
Your post has opened my eyes to a wealth of steam opportunities! I live in a home where many of the windows don’t look completely clear even after a good cleaning, I would try the steamer on them to see if I got results as good as your counter.
First place I would clean is the tile floor in the bathroom, followed by the shower/bath. Next up I would try it out on my stovetop. It is endless!
Even though cleaning the counters is cool and I would do that, my tile floors need this. They’re not smooth at all, on top and the way they are cut, and I feel like I cannot for the life of me get that dirt out! Thanks!
I would tackle the baseboards throughout my house. I have recently found the aweomeness (it’s a word) of Clorox Wipes, but I know I need something a bit stronger for the baseboards. Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
Floors and tub/shower would be first on my list!
I didn’t know you could steam granite counters, but what a great idea! I use all natural cleaners and my counters look so dull, so that’s definitely what I would do first! Have always wanted a steam cleaner, but hubby would flip backwards if I bought one more gadget to help me clean. Thanks for offering this giveaway!
this sounds like a steam dream. the rubber thing around the door on my frig is grimy and not gripping like it used to. i’m worried about keeping my food cold. PLUS i want to sanitize my john and see if this would get my tile grout to look all beautiful again. green and clean…i win. the earth wins.
The very first thing I would clean with a steamer would be my tile floors in my kitchen, dining area, and 2 bathrooms!
i would LOVE a steam machine! i have two big dogs, so the floors in my home are always kind of a disaster. and with all this rain we’ve been having lately, it’s even worse! thanks so much for hosting the giveaway!
The first thing would have to be the counter in my husband/daughters bathroom. Between the water spillage from my hubby’s shaving and the makeup from the girl child, this gets to be an icky place to clean! Lots of scrubbing for them when they DO clean. (I, of course, refuse to clean their bathroom!)
Definitely the shower in my husband’s bathroom.
I’d clean my granite counter tops.That looks wonderful.
I would have so many uses for a Home Right Steam Machine! Its first task would be doing the chemical-free oven cleaning technique demonstrated on your blog, though! Our oven does not have a self-clean feature…and with my asthma I can’t use most commercial oven cleaning solutions. Therefore, that task gets delegated to my husband, so you can guess how frequently my oven is cleaned…. 🙂
The tile grout in the bathrooms!
I would clean my granite countertops of course.
I would clean my granite backsplashes!
I would clean by kitchen and bathroom grout!
I’ve got travertine tile in all my bathrooms, I’d love to clean it with the steam cleaner.
I would use it on my granite countertop, bathrooms, rv stovetop, take down wallpaper border in house and rv……
my icky bathrooms!
Thats an awesome idea. I would have never thought to steam my granite counter tops. I’ve been frustrated with the streaks I’m left with. I’d use it for the counter tops and shower since it has a hand held attachment!
That is an intruiging trick! I’d use a steamer on the kitchen granite countertops. Followed by the shower doors in the bathroom, and the tile floors. And anywhere in the house it would help!
I would clean my granite counters too, they look great!
I’d steam clean the tile grout in my kids bathroom…then go room to room figuring out whatelse I could clean!!
Tile floor in the dog room, for sure!
There’s no doubt about it…. I would absolutely clean all my grout everywhere!!!
Thank you!
The carpet in my den. The only one in the house and it needs help!
Our master bath shower. Ugh, that is my most despised place to clean. It is so awkward, anything to make it easier!
I’ve heard about these. How neat. I would first clean my bathroom and then the rest of my house.
As crazy as it sounds, my washer. I hate grime that resides in the rubber gasket at the door opening.
Definitely our mud room floors, especially with all the snow we have been having.
our shower!
our showers. I love the handheld part of this steam mop! My old mop had that feature but it’s long gone now.
I would clean my kitchen tile floors. They are so hard to keep clean with two toddlers and a dog that tracks fine valley soil into the house. I had a steam mop that a friend gave me that I liked because it was quick and easy, but it broke. Now my floor rarely gets mopped. Steam cleaning is so easy! I’d love this!
With these boys I live with? EVERYTHING! Counters, tile floors and now the NEWLY re-tiled showers are going to need a major overhaul! Love the steam idea, girl!! Genius.
The mudroom where the dogs’ food bowls and doggy door live. Seriously, that room can get gross!
I would clean the grout in my tile floors! And almost anything else that will stand still! 🙂 Pick me!
i would use it to clean the showers, tubs and tile floors
I would start with my kitchen cabinets!
I would steam clean my bathroom floor & grout!
Oh my gosh!! I have been searching high and low for a better way to clean our granite too! But the first thing I’d clean would be our bathroom floors and grout!
would love to use this to clean my oven, it’s getting icky!
WOW! kitchen counters, bathroom shower and floor…. kitchen floor… the list never ends! Thanks
Curtains!
I would clean all the tile in my house – which is a lot!!
What a great opportunity! I have a few places I could use this. 🙂
my house lol
My shower and my kitchen floor!
bathrooms…eeeww…
Oh gosh, I’ve always wanted one to clean toilets!
All the tile & my house needs this treatment! Little boys, need I say more?
I would want to clean the floors in my kitchen first. I have two dogs who are constantly tracking in dirt which drives me crazy trying to keep up with the mess. I think steam moping would be able to cut my cleaning time down. It seems I am constantly mopping.
I’d love to use it in my bathroom – tub, shower doors, floor, etc.!!
I would try it on my glass top stove. All the spray cleaners I use leave the top streaked. I often use Mighty Boss to clean the grease off the stove but it too leaves streaks on the glass top. The only product that works without streaks is the cleaner for glass tops specifically. A steamer may be the way to go on the stove.
Everything! Seriously, been wanting one for a looong time now. Thank you for the opportunity to win 🙂
how cool! I’ve actually considered getting rid of my granite because the streaking drives me crazy! Send me that steam machine! Please?
Shower!!
Geez, I’d use it for floors, shower AND countertops! 🙂
As an “older woman” this would make cleaning so much better
I would find many uses for the Home Right steam machine. The first job I would tackle is my smooth surface cooktop. It’s not dried on food that’s a problem..it’s greasy streaks.. I cover the thing in bubbles ( Dawn for instance) and rinse and rinse and rinse…in the polish stage, near the controls, streaks of what has to be grease (I take the knobs off when cleaning). I think the heat and steam might be just what I need to clean this frustrating appliance. I’d use it on my granite too of course.
Bought our dream house on october1st. I would steam everything.
That bathrooms first – especially the showers!!!
I would just simply love to clean my floors! Heavens knows how many germs we track in every day and we’re always sitting on there, playing on there, or just hanging out.
I’d love a steam cleaner to use on my granite countertops or my shower!
I would clean my kitchen cupboards. The ones by the stove are always greasy, and they all collect dust, which makes them hard to clean.
I would definitely use it to clean my bathroom!!!! And next my kitchen cabinets!!! Thanks for this awesome giveaway.
I’d hit up our granite countertops and our stovetop.
The difference is amazing! thank you for the tip. 🙂
My shower!
granite?! I wanted a steam mop for my floors but I could use something to save my streaky granite!!! TOTALLY keeping my fingers crossed for this one!!!
My shower doors – streaky no matter what I do!