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Easy Homemade Cleaners (Happy New Years 2008)

by Shelly

lemon.jpgWith a little “elbow-grease” and some household products you already have in your house, you can clean you entire house without harming your lungs or health. The following is a list of all the products you need to make your house a better living environment for yourself and others, as well as pet.

1. Borax
2. white vinegar
3. Hot Water
4. Liquid Soap
5. Baking Soda
6. Washing Soda
7. Olive OIl
8. A Soft Cloth
9. Newspaper
10. Lemon Juice
11. Hydrogen Peroxide

And here is how to incorporate those cleaners into homemade products you can use right now:

• How To Make An All-Purpose Disinfectant: Mix 2 tsp. borax, one quarter cup vinegar and 3 to 4 cups hot water in a spray bottle. For extra cleaning power, add one quarter tsp. liquid soap to the mixture.

• How To Make A Countertop Cleaner For The Kitchen: For a “soft scrub”, mix baking soda and liquid soap until you gat a consistency you like. Make only as much as you need at that time, it will dry up quickly.

• How To Make A Safer Oven Cleaner: Mix 1 cup baking soda and one quarter cup washing soda, then add enough water to make a paste; apply the paste to the oven surface and let it sit overnight. In the morning, wipe out and rinse the surface with water.

• How To Make A Safer Tub And Tile Cleaner: Mix 1 2/3 cups baking soda, one hald cup liquid soap, and one half cup water. Last, add 2 tbs. vinegar (if you add the vinegar too early it will react with the baking soda). Immediately apply, wipe and scrub.

• How To Make A Toilet Bowl Cleaner: Pour 1 cup of borax into the toilet before going to bed. In the morning, scrub and flush. For an extra-strength cleaners, add one quarter cup vinegar to the borax.

• How To Make Furniture Polish: Mix olive oil and vinegar in a one-to-one ratio and polish with a soft cloth.

• How To Make A Safer Window Cleaner: Mix 3 tbs. vinegar per 1 quart water in a spray bottle. Some recommend using half vinegar and half water. For extra-dirty windows try one hald tsp. liquid soap, 3 tbs. vinegar and 1 cups water. Shake well. Want streak-free windows, use newspaper instead of paper towels to wipe your windows instead.

• How To Get Your Laundry Brighter: Add one half cup of strained lemon juice during the rinse cycle.

• How To Make A Solution To Remove Detergent From Clothes Compeletely: Add one quarter cup white vinegar during the washing machine’s rinse cycle to remove detergent completely from the clothes, eliminating that scratchy feeling from your clothes.

• How To Make A Detergent Booster: To reduce the amount of laundry detergent you need to use, add baking soda or washing soda. These minerals soften the water, which increases the detergent;s power. For liquid detergent, add one half cup soda at the beginning of the wash. For powdered detergent, add one half cup soda during the rinse cycle.

• How To Get Whiter Clothes Without Using Bleach: Use hydrogen peroxide instead of chlorine bleach.

• To Make Any Of These Cleaners Smell Better: Simply add some essential oils to your mix.
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**To find out a list of harmful chemicals lurking in your household cleaners check out Natural and Sustainable’s post on “Know Your Cleaners”. Read the full list of harmful chemicals manufacturers’ add to their products here.**
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