Homemade Cleaning Supplies
Fun and Frugal Class
Is your family on a budget? Maybe you want to save for a special trip or purchase. Learning frugal tips and tricks will help you save money in a heartbeat. This unique class blends the best frugal ideas online and offline. First, you will learn where to go and how to find [...]
Daily Shower Cleaner? Looking for a cheap alternative?
photo credit: Gabriel Rocha (a.k.a. BRIEL)
In a 32 oz. spray bottle, pour in 8 ounces of rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide then 24 oz of water. After each shower, spray the walls and the shower curtain. You won’t have to rinse. Have a bottle of this in each shower and ask your family to [...]
Homemade Cleaning Products??
photo credit: G & A Sattler
Want to go back to the “natural” way of cleaning, which is less harmful? Want to help with the pollution problem of plastics and make less packaging waste? Want to save some money?
Homemade cleaning supplies cost about 1/10 of the commercial counterpart and most ingredients are found in your [...]
Cleaning Products-both costly and nasty to us and our environment….
$35.80
Murphy Oil Soap –woodwork
(Contains 98% naturally derived ingredients)
Armstrong Floor Cleaner-floors
(CAUTION: Eye irritant: KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN & PETS)
Glass cook top cleaner-smooth top stoves
(CAUTION: EYE IRRITANT-KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN)
Scrubbing Bubbles-tub and bathroom
(STORAGE AND DISPOSAL-AEROSOL CAN RECYCLING
(PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS-HAZARDOUS TO HUMANS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS)
(FIRST AID-HAZARDOUS TO EYES)
(PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL HAZARDS: CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE)
All Purpose Cleaner-counter tops, [...]
Blinds need cleaning?
Clean Venetian or mini blinds by saturating a cloth with rubbing alcohol and wrapping it around a rubber spatula to clean both a bottom and the top slat at the same time. I’m all about multi-tasking!
Bleach alternatives in the washing machine
1/2 cup 3 percent hydrogen peroxide in the rinse cycle
1/2 cup washing soda to warm or hot water wash cycles
1/2 cup lemon juice in the rinse cycle
All of the above will whiten your clothes without using bleach.
Thrifty Dryer Sheets
24 oz. spray bottle
vinegar
essential oil
old washcloths
Fill spray bottle with vinegar and add essential oil. Mist the inside of the dryer and an old washcloth and throw it into the dryer.
Homemade Stainless Steel (and Chrome) cleaner
Ta dah! It’s VINEGAR! You can use good old white vinegar undiluted to give stainless steel or chrome surfaces an intense shine! Just use a soft cloth on the surface you want to shine . So easy, so cheap and so effective.
I often just use a vinegar/water solution for daily cleaning — if you prefer [...]
Got 3% Hydrogen Perioxide in your cupboard that you’re not using?
Fill a spray bottle about one half full with 3% hydrogen peroxide
Fill the rest of the way with tap water or distilled water, if you so choose.
Give the bottle a wee shake-up for good measure…
And then clean to your heart’s content! It’s especially fantastic in those areas where germs like to gather – like the [...]
Nasty stains in your toilet?
Try a pumice stone…….
To remove toilet rings, flush and wet the sides and apply a paste of borax and lemon juice. Let it sit for 2 hours and then scrub.