Make Your Own Cleaning
Solutions
These ingredients, supplemented with vegetable-oil- based soaps, lemon
juice, herbs or toothpaste, can be mixed together and used to bring a
natural, economical and safe shine to your home.
- baking soda
- washing soda
- borax
- salt
- white vinegar
Ammonia, diluted with 3 parts water in
an empty spray bottle can be used to clean windows, appliances and countertops.
Full strength it can remove wax build-up from the kitchen floor. Full
strength pine oil is great for deodorizing garbage cans, and scrubbing
the kitchen and bathroom floor. (Note that pine may attract ants and
other pesty bugs)
To be flexible, baking soda can be used instead of scouring powder and
also removes stains and odours from refrigerators and coffee pots. It
is also very useful on your teeth for that sparkling whiteness!
A sprinkle of dry baking soda before vacuuming will freshen the carpeting.
Try it as a deodorizer for diaper pails and kitty litter.
