Want to go Green, but don't want to go broke doing it?
Replace the toxic household cleaning products in your home with environmentally cleaners that you can make with common household items!
Ingredients to get started:
White Vinegar
Baking Soda
Borax
Lemon Juice
Essential Oils
Olive Oil
Spray bottles made with recycled plastic
How they work:
Vinegar and lemon juice cut grease
Baking soda cleans and deodorizes
Borax cleans, deodorizes and disinfects
Sink and Tub Cleaner
1/2 cup Borax
1/2 cup Baking Soda
3 tsp Lemon Juice
Toilet Bowl Cleaner
Flush toilet once to wet
Sprinkle 1 cup Borax
Drizzle 1/2 cup Vinegar
Let set for an hour, then scrub with a toilet brush
Window & Glass Cleaner
1/4 cup white Vinegar
1 quart warm water
Lemon Juice
Tip: Use newspapers to clean windows.
Furniture Polish
2 parts Olive Oil
1 part Lemon Juice
Apply with a soft cloth
Fabric Softener
Add 1 cup Vinegar or 1/4 cup baking soda to final rinse
Oven Cleaner
1 part Vinegar
4 parts water
Spray on cool oven
For tough spots use baking soda as a scrub
Happy Cleaning!
Actually, some of what gets smeared on bathroom taps and the top of vanity units is cleaning products:
ReplyDeletetoothpaste and soap. All you need to do to remove this is give it a good rub with a damp flannel or cloth and it
comes away easily ...
cleaning products