[QUOTE=coopah;7125745]We live across from a limestone pit...I've found a used dryer sheet moistened with water is mildly abrasive,but whatever is in the dryer sheet cuts all the crud at the base of the sink fixtures.
We also use it for pots with burned on foods. Just put the dryer sheet in the pan (after it has cooled, of course), add water, let sit overnight...use the dryer sheet the next day as a scrubby, and viola'! Burn junk is gone! Dryer sheets do a lot of things...we store the used ones in an empty tissue box.
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I think it may have been here I learned of the dryer sheet for stubborn baked foods on pans or baking dishes like after scalloped potatoes! All I can say is WOW it has made clean up a wonder, I find I don't have to leave it soak overnight, just a short time and it loosens baked on food.
I too use dryer sheets for cleaning my brushed nickel fixtures. I also use dryer sheets for cleaning adhesives from my iron sole plate. I just take a used dryer sheet or two and run a hot iron back and forth over the dryer sheet, no more of the expensive tube of chemical iron sole plate cleaner for me. Again a tip learned on this board, I'm sure.
I will be trying it to clean the base of fixtures per your suggestion! PLUS like the tip of using a used tissue box for storage.