The supermarket is loaded with lots of green cleaning products laden with drawbacks and false claims. How can consumers find real cleaning products that are safe for the environment?
- Price.
- Potential adverse reactions due to the chemicals involved.
- Potential damaging to the environment.
With all of that in mind, consider these naturalistic means from for keeping your house and business clean.
#1 Lemons
Lemons are well suited to antiseptic, antibacterial cleaning and their high acidity also kills odor. Here are a handful of ideas for cleaning with lemons.
- Restore your copper’s shine by dipping half a lemon into either baking powder or salt, then use the mixture to scrub the shine back.
- Lemon juice and baking soda is all you need to clean plastic containers.
- Pour lemon peel and white vinegar into a mason jar. Let it marinate for several days, straining the peel out and use this lemon vinegar solution to clean just about anything.
- A small vessel of vinegar and lemon juice is a very powerful air purifier.
- A slice of lemon is perfect for cleaning a chopping board of any microorganisms.
#2 Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate)
A paste of baking soda and water gives you an excellent tool for scrubbing rust; add more water to the solution to make it more of a liquid and you have a great general cleaning solution that really tears into grease.
#3 Oven Cleaner
A thick paste of baking soda and water is perfect for cleaning ovens. Smear it along the oven’s bottom and allow it to settle for a few hours. Once the paste sets, scraping it away will take the oven’s nastiness along for the ride. Remember to wipe afterward.
#4 Purify the Toilet
If you want a clean toilet bowl, add one cup of baking soda to the bowl and allow it to remain for at least one hour. Next, add a cup of white vinegar and allow it to stay an hour. Finish with a flush of the toilet and you will have a crystal-clear commode.
#5 Clean Clothes
Baking soda, when added to the wash, does wonders to soften clothes and extricate any nasty smells.
#6 White Vinegar
This substance is weakly acetic, making it a versatile, antibacterial cleaner. Vinegar can remove cloth stains when diluted with water and kills stenches when paired with lemon juice. Simmering a mixture of vinegar and water can stop any unpleasant odors incurred while cooking; even smells like fish and garlic become neutralized.
#7 Wash the Dishwasher
The next time you can run the washer, fill a dishwasher-safe bowl with 2 cups of white vinegar and place it on the top rack with nothing else inside. After running the washer for a single cycle, you will have purged the appliance of any lingering odors or bacterial life.
#8 Clean Your Kettle
Boil a 1:1 ratio of water and either vinegar or lemon juice into your kettle, then rinse the kettle through after it has had a little time to cool off, but not so long that it goes cold.
#9 Do the Windows
A spray bottle filled with a 1:1 ratio of white vinegar and water, paired with a cleaning cloth is all you need to tackle dirty windows and mirrors.
#10 Treat Your Tiles
Bathroom grout is a great vector for mold unless you treat it with equal parts carbonated water and white vinegar. Just spray the mixture over the mold to remove most issues; if some grime seems resistant, add baking soda, two parts, and slather the paste over the grout and allow it to penetrate for at least 15 minutes before scrubbing.
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