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Topic: make your own cleaning products...with li
Posted By: lizzle
Subject: make your own cleaning products...with li
Date Posted: 23 September 2006 at 1:09pm
zzle.

I decided to do a huge spring clean the other day as we have family coming for xmas and for Jake's birthday...that and it's becomming difficult to see out the windows...then I went to pak n save to get supplies, and woah, cleaning products were too expensive so I went home again sans products.

after mentioning it to Lewis' uncle he said that we should avoid using products with bleach in them as it kills the enzymes in our (still not fixed) septic tank. So I went on the internet to find out how to make our own.

Anyway, to make a long story...well...longer, I found some great "recipes" for all-purpose cleaner and glass cleaner, just cleaned my windows and they are beautiful, mold free and sparkling, so thought I'd post the recipes for those cheapsters, or people concerned about the enviroment.


window and glass cleaner
1/2 teaspoon liquid detergent
3 tablespoons white vinegar
2 cups hot water
Mix in spray bottle and use as you would commercial cleaner

all purpose cleaner
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
a dab of liquid soap
2 cups hot water

as above


I can recommend wholeheartedly



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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 23 September 2006 at 1:33pm
Hmmmmm, I'm tempted to give it a go. Anything that saves money is good!!

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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 23 September 2006 at 4:02pm
baking soda is good for smells too - you can sprinkle on your carpets before vacuuming, or use it to clean out the fridge, put it in your washing, apparently if you burn a pot you can sprinkle some in with a bit of water, if you make a paste with it you can use it to do spot cleaning of other stuff too....

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Posted By: nuttymama
Date Posted: 24 September 2006 at 8:41am
We found this was fantastic for oven cleaning. Make a thick paste and use for the inside of your oven. i had'nt cleaned mine for three years and this worked a treat. No chemical smell and not a lot of scrubbing either.

6 table spoons of baking soda
3 tablespoons of white vinegar
a few squirts og diswahing liquid

Straight white Vinegar sprayed on mould and left for as long as you can handle the smell and then wiped off with a cloth works really well too.

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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 25 September 2006 at 8:48am
What a great idea liz I have been wanting ot do this for age's now I have no excuse off ot buy some spray bottle's tomorrow does it keep or do you need to make up a new lot everytime. Vick I am so off to try the oven cleaner thanks.

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Posted By: Anna
Date Posted: 25 September 2006 at 8:59am
Such good suggestions! I am always keen to avoid the chemical cleaners (although my preferred method to aviod is just to not clean - simple!)

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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 25 September 2006 at 11:09am
hmmm, Domestic Goddess alert!!!

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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 25 September 2006 at 1:08pm
I'm not sure if it keeps or not. I just reused it, seemed fine to me.

Oh, and Ana - I made my own muesli the other day...I felt so domesticated!



Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 25 September 2006 at 1:50pm
You make me sick... LOL, why can't you just lounge around on the couch all day watching tv like the rest of us hehehehehe

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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 25 September 2006 at 2:50pm
Ooh, I'll be able to soon. Lewis just got the call that he is now the new Duty Manager at one of the new bars opening next month! Woohoo. Now my life will be consumed with Tyra, and Dr. Phil. where IS oprah now anywya!


Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 25 September 2006 at 3:43pm
Wow...cool tips!! I will give it a go....

At the moment I have this horrid oven spray...stinks like hell and you are not allowed to breath it in...hello its a bl@#$! spray???!!!

So I dont bother to clean my oven...he he ha ha ...mind you I dont use it that much anyway..and only use it to bake (once in a blue moon).....LOL

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