For those of you who are trying to limit the chemicals in your house, you might find this interesting (or you may already know this).
Vinegar is supposed to be a great disinfectant and cleaner according to all the forums and blogs I've been reading lately. So when I needed to clean the kitchen floor, I pulled out the container of white vinegar, mixed it with some water and started scrubbing the floor. Well, I was sadly disappointed to find that vinegar did about as good a job as water alone. However, what I did find, and I'm sure I read this on someone's website, is if you mix vinegar and baking soda together, it multiplies the cleaning power!
So as I scrub my little sections of dirty linoleum, I'm wetting the floor with vinegar/water and sprinkling with baking soda. This combination is doing as good or better a job as the noxious chemicals I've been using, without the smell or potential hazard of the chemicals.
Oh, and something else I learned, you can't mix the baking soda and vinegar and then put it on the floor - the acid of the vinegar cancels out the base of the baking soda and it has the cleaning power of water - you have to mix it on what you are cleaning (found this out the hard way).
Hope this tip helps some one!
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Thanks so much for the suggestion! I used some vinegar/water mix on my windows because I heard it takes off water spots from windows, it didn't work as well as I had hoped. so I might try the baking soda thing too.
Thanks for sharing,
Julianne :)
Vinegar and a couple tbsp of Borax with hot water does the trick!! Super easy, just mix and scrub - I add a couple of drops of essential oil as well. I find it works just as well as the Mr. Clean I use to use, but is cheaper, better for your family and for the environment!
I have some posts on cleaning tricks and making your own cleaning supplies if you wanted to take a peak :)
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