Scunci Steamer: Ten Things to Get Steamed About
I disagree. For one thing, I bought mine at Wal-mart and saved $10.00 but more important, it does things that cleaning products don't do and besides, you only have to buy the Scunci Steamer™ once. Cleaning supplies are constantly running out. For instance, I wouldn't dream of using any cleaning supply on my toothbrush but I sanitized it with the Scunci Steamer™. I didn't see anything come out of my toothbrush but I felt better just the same. My comb & hairbrush was another story though. After I pulled the hair out, I steamed them over the bathroom sink (after I had cleaned the sink!) and I couldn't believe all the gunk that came out. Of course, I had to clean the sink again. While I had it out, I decided to clean my sneakers and again gunk that I had not even noticed came out and I was able to just wipe them off.
The absolute best use of my Scunci Steamer™ was last summer when I cleaned my grandson's car seat. He had had a few leaky bottles and when we wiped off the car seat, we hadn't noticed the milk had leaked beyond the fabric seat cover and onto the hard plastic of the base. One especially hot summer day when I opened the car door the smell of the sun-baked spoiled milk assaulted my nostrils. Holding my breath I took the car seat into the house and plugged in my Scunci Steamer.™ It took quite some time as the milk had hardened and once I got started I cleaned the whole thing. It was truly amazing. That car seat looked brand new when I finished. I used the regular nozzle on the plastic base and I used the fabric attachment with its fitted cover for the fabric. I was so impressed I also cleaned the highchair and the bouncy. It's amazing what hides in the cracks of baby equipment.
The major disadvantage to the Scunci Steamer™ is that for any big job you have to keep refilling the tank. The website states it has an extra large water tank for extended use but for a large job you'll need to refill it several times. To me it's worth it though. When I have a large job, I just do something else for a few minutes when I have to refill the tank as it takes about 3-5 minutes for the water to heat sufficiently. If you try to use it too soon, instead of steam, you'll get a stream of water. If I'm using the steamer on something I really don't want to get wet, I always test it out on a paper towel first.
Before I purchased the Scunci Steamer™ I used a lot of cotton swabs for hard to reach places. Another great use: garage sale items. Before Scunci, there were certain things I wouldn't buy just because they were too hard to clean. A good-looking pillow for instance, or a child's stuffed animal. In fact, I recently bought a very dirty Lego® table at an auction. I'd only seen them in doctor's offices and not for sale anywhere so I really wanted it for my grandson. Had it not been for the Scunci Steamer™, I never would have taken a chance on it because a cotton swab was the only thing that could clean between those Lego® grooves and there were just too many.
The infomercial as well as the web site www.scuncisteamer.com shows many good everyday uses for the little red lifesaver, but the following list are ways the Scunci Steamer™ has helped me personally. Happy Steaming!
1. Car seat, stroller, high chair…all things baby
2. Clean grease stains behind the stove
3. Remove smoke stains on walls
4. Clean and sanitize toothbrushes, hairbrushes & combs
5. Refresh lampshades
6. Clean cabinets
7. Clean other small appliances
8. Refresh a gym bag or handbag
9. Refresh a non-washable garment
10. Great for cracks and "cotton-swab" areas
Published by Erline Logan
40's widow, mother and grandmother. I like to experience life first & then write about it. View profile
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22 Comments
Post a CommentI bought a steaner at Wal-Mart. It is not a Scunci but it works fine. I wondered if it was safe to add a tiny bit of vinegar as we have lime water. I will try it now and later I will try to see if I would like a Scunci better. I like this one though.
I have purchased 2 scunci steamers and I really loved it when they worked. The first one just quit heating up and I had it about 2 years. I was so upset, I went out and bought another one and it lasted for about 1 1/2 years and it quit steaming. I cleaned it out with vinegar and ran a small rod through the hole of the cleaner and it was not full of anything. I even heated up the vinegar to see if that would spray out but it did not. I only used filtered water in it so it would not get a build up of anything. They are good while they last, they just don't last long enough! Ugh!
I purchased a steamer model #ss-1000 and was very happy with it - it stopped working, wrote a letter to your company on 8/24/09 and haven't received a reply~very disappointed really liked using this steamer but didn't last long. Do not have my receipt, just box it came in. Can you help?
put a little vinegar in the water and heat it up together. lime, etc, builds up inside and must plug up something important. i was ready to throw mine out and this worked perfectly the first time. now i plan to use distilled water, and add a little vinegar each time to KEEP it clean!
my scunci heats up but no steam comes out... any idea what the problem is, it us3d to work great
use vinegar in your steamer, full strength and just like with your coffee pot it will clean it of build up. when you go to release the vinegar out of the steamer, use the vinegar to clean any hard water stains in your home with the little metal bristle brush but dont use the metal brush on other metal, fiberglass, or porcelain. It will leave black marks. Do it a couple of times or until it is clear.
Update: So, as it turns out, my girlfriend remembered where the metal plate belonged, which is where I thought to begin with.. on top, over the part the cap threads into. The reason it didn't line up at first was because the whole steam chamber hadn't been tightened into place and was shifted back inside the casing. Still don't understand the 2 screws with washers that seem to go in the bottom without serving a purpose..?
Got cut off..
a function, and if I try to screw the metal plate on there, the holes in the plate line up with the threaded holes, but the screws aren't long enough to reach the threads.
I tried putting the metal plate in under the top casing that has the button mechanism, with the center hole over the top of the steam chamber that the cap screws down into, and it fits over it, but the holes at the ends don't line up with the ones the top casing gets screwed into.
So.. I'm at a loss.
I was hoping somebody might remember where it goes, or perhaps be able to disassemble theirs and take a look for me, or give me a link to a diagram online, as I've been searching for one for about 2 hours now with no luck. :/
Hello, I was having the same issue with the thing heating up but not releasing steam, so I took it completely apart to fix it, bottom and all, then couldn't figure out what was wrong and left it disassembled for about a week, hoping my friend would come over and help.
Now that I've looked up the problem online and seem to have found the solution.. I can't remember how to put it back together.
Stupid, I know..
I did get most of it assembled, and it works again, but I have this extra part (a metal plate, maybe two inches long by one inch wide, with a large center hole and small holes near either end) and two screws with washers left over, which can't really be a good thing and makes me a little nervous.
These two screws are a little shorter and fatter than the others and have flat tips instead of pointy ones, and would seem to screw into two threaded holes in the bottom of the metal steam chamber, not the outer casing, but if I just screw them in there, they don't seem to have
Sam, look at some of the comments left below as others have had experience with buildup and after successfully removing it, found that the Scunci Steamer worked fine again. You can also find the Scunci Steamer on Amazon.com. Hope this helps. Erline Logan PS I am in no way affiliated with the Scunci Steamer. I just happen to like the product and wanted to pass on my experience to others.