Around the
House: Natural Cleaners
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Why spend money on store-bought cleaning chemicals when
you can use natural ingredients, such as lemons or vinegar, to make
your own effective cleaners? Here are a few recipes.
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All Purpose Household Cleaner
1/2 cup of
ammonia
1/3 cup vinegar
2 Tbsp. baking soda
1 gallon water
Mix these
ingredients together and put them in a spray bottle.
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Baking soda can be used as an abrasive to scrub dirty
surfaces.
Vinegar, either undiluted or mixed half and half with water
makes a good glass cleaner.
To freshen a
dishwasher, pour 1 cup of baking soda into the washer and run it
through the rinse cycle.
Squeeze some
lemon juice on countertop stains and let sit for a few minutes.
Here are several
good books on the subject:
Do you have any cleaner
recipes or green cleaning tips you'd like to share? Please Send
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