Recent Posts Network | MarketplaceHeinz Baby RecipesPosted on March 10, 2010. Cleaning your home the green way with natural cleaning products This is a topic I get excited so I'm a bit unsure how best to direct my ideas when it comes to this position. Should I start with natural products and tell you all the wonderful things you can do with them? Or should I start with the different areas of the house that need cleaning and tell you how to clean naturally? In this post I am going to list the most common household cleaning work and then I'll tell you how you can do with natural cleaning products that do not harm your family and will not harm the environment . Not only that, but you will save a ton of money! Common household cleaners are many dangers. However, I feel that this post will be long enough without me trying to enumerate the dangers of each thing you replace. If you're here, you probably already inklings of danger. Laundry Not only regular laundry detergent and / or fabric softener toxic, but it is expensive! There are many recipes for laundry detergent houseboat around the Internet. There are also several cleaning products on the commercial laundry market (for a price enough!). I think success depends on their hardness of your water. I'll tell you what works for me. I have water and I do not know the hardness of it. I skipped the recipes where you have to cook things and mix things up, because, as wanting to be "natural" and "frugal", I want things simple. We use three things: Plain Ivory soap, baking soda and vinegar. We put the clothes in the washer, turn the bar of Ivory soap and a cheese grater and grate a little metal sliding on the clothes. Dump in a tablespoon of baking soda and fill the fabric softener compartment with vinegar. Soap is basically the same as the good old days of Ivory soap flakes that your grandmother to wash and acts as a softener vinegar - without leaving an odor. It works on my husband's work clothes smelly, he worked on the baby's cloth diapers stink ... I've never had a problem. For stains I use a bar of Castile soap old fashioned and an old toothbrush. Can I hang clothes in the sun (the sun bleaches clothing and bleach). Bathroom Once again, the vinegar and baking soda do the job. For the toilet, I take a large container of water and pour into the bowl. I do not know why, but all the forces of water in the toilet down, but he did not complete as would be the case, simply rinse. The toilet is empty of water, it is easier to clean. So, I dump a few tablespoons of baking soda and a little vinegar glugs (which makes a volcano neat bubble that loves my children, lol) and let rest. After a while I wipe with the toilet brush. I take a cleaning cloth and a spray bottle with vinegar and water to clean the seat and out of the toilet. If I have to put in place that does not come off with baking soda and vinegar, I use a stone Pumie. For the mirror again I use vinegar and water in the sprayer. We do not use paper towels in our house so I use a squeegee. You can also use wadded up newspaper instead of paper towels. Depending on how dirty your sink and bathtub you can either use the vinegar / water and a cloth, baking soda and vinegar or bush Pumie. I also read that Bar Keepers Friend is pretty cool the Earth. For the germ-phobic one there, you should know that white vinegar kills bacteria, fungi and microbes. spokesman for Heinz, Michael Mullen references numerous surveys show that a solution straight 5 percent vinegar, as you can buy in the supermarket-kills 99 percent of bacteria, 82 percent of mold, and 80 percent of germs (viruses). He noted that Heinz can not claim on their packaging that vinegar is a disinfectant since. CommentsThere are no comments.Leave a Comment |