Does anyone know any recipies for environmentally friendly home cleaners?

Question

Does anyone know any recipies for environmentally friendly home cleaners?

Answer 1

like he said vinegar and a water mixture for floors and stuff... though it just smells awful. i've had good luck with a water and baking soda paste as a scrub to get grime out of sinks and tubs.

lemon juice works for copper and  brass and can be mixed with baking soda as well

Answer 2

Vinegar,salt,water...

Answer 3

baking soda,  vinegar, salt, lemon juice, equal parts (about 1/4cup -1 cup) in four liters of water. Caution will fizz, cover eyes while mixing.   makes a solution that repalces mr.clean.  does need to be rinsd off.

Salt and Baking soda equal quantitys or used by themselves makes a scouring powder that replaces vim or comet

google natural house cleaning recipies.  Found some neat ones that use a bit of essential oils .

salt - can be used to take the sour milk smell from dish clothes and refresh sponges

baking soda and vinegar clean chrome and drains

vinegar removes hard water scale

lemon juice cuts grease

lemon, vinegar, salt, or baking soda can be used as deoderants for cleaning any offensive odours.

one capful of bleach in four liters of water makes an antibacterial santitzing solution that can be placed in a spray bottle and used as a counter top and bathroom cleaner  used the same and is as effective as lysol.

check web site for arm and hammer.

Answer 4

Vinegar and Water is good to use.  Also Lemon juice kills germs!

Answer 5

Having more live indoor potted plants to improve the air quality is a good start.

"Common indoor plants may provide a valuable weapon in the fight against rising levels of indoor air pollution. Those plants in your office or home are not only decorative, but NASA scientists are finding them to be surprisingly useful in absorbing potentially harmful gases and cleaning the air inside modern buildings.

NASA research has consistently shown that living, green and flowering plants can remove several toxic chemicals from the air in building interiors. You can use plants in your home or office to improve the quality of the air to make it a more pleasant place to live and work - where people feel better, perform better, any enjoy life more."

Answer 6

Vinegar!

Answer 7

For cleaning stains of surfaces that don't scratch vinegar and baking powder mixed together do a very good job. On mirrors, if you scrub hard, just water will get most things (especially splash marks) off. If you want to have a little bit more fun (and don't want to risk scratching) cleaning cabinets you can mix vinegar and baking soda together.

Answer 8

I have lots, email me if you like. I'll limit it to a couple here.

Household Cleaner

Mix together:

1 tsp. liquid soap (castile, peppermint)

1 tsp. borax

Squeeze of lemon

1 qt. warm water

OR

¼ c. baking soda

½ c. borax

½ c. vinegar

1 gal. water

For surfaces that need scouring, try moist salt or baking soda and a green scouring pad

Toilet Bowls

Pour: ¼ c. baking soda into bowl and drizzle with vinegar.

Let sit for ½ hour. Scrub and flush. Add borax for stains

Also, the most useful thing I mix is a tea tree oil spray. It is a disinfectant. Mix 1 teaspoon of the oil to 1 cup of water in a spray bottle, and spray whatever surface you want. Do not rinse when you use this spray.

Good luck.