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What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 2:23:50 AM   
winterlight


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Status: offline 		I get Migraines and i am looking for a better solution than using the harsh chemicals that are in use today.

What would i clean my granite with? Part baking soda and water?

I want to use what my Grandmothers used which was vinegar and water and the above. I really don't know what application is good for what..

Any ideas?

I am trying to get away with smelly chemicals and want to use things that are more friendly to the environment.

Plus they are cheaper to use!

I know there is a company that has green products but at $150.00 a basket i can't afford that. (It was featured on Oprah, Shaklees i think it was called.)
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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 2:53:23 AM   
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What would i clean my granite with?
toothpaste.

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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 3:15:37 AM   
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ORIGINAL: winterlight

I get Migraines and i am looking for a better solution than using the harsh chemicals that are in use today.



I agree that some chemical products seem to exacerbate headaches etc, but I would try and work on your migraines first, and then your household.
 
There have been some great advances in migraine treatment recently. I know a few lifelong sufferers who have reduced their frequency significantly.
 
As for 'What do you use to clean your house with?', some Dommes are about to tell you " a lovely little boy in an apron".

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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 3:55:38 AM   
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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 4:26:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		I use bleach for most of my cleaning. I also use the Swiffer cloths as dust cloths, and once every other month I use Pledge on wood surfaces. In the bathroom, once a month LimeAway is used on the tub, surround, and vanity sink, including all the plumbing fixtures. The floors, I mop with very hot water.

I'm sorry that I'm not offering you green alternatives.

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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 4:29:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		Kistey Alley was on Oprah and she started out as a housekeeper when younger. She swears by cheap vodka as a cleaner.

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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 5:09:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		A friend of mine has a book with recipies for making many of the products you buy commercially as cleaners, airfresheners toiletries and more i am sure a similar is found in English. Actually i wouldn't be surprised if this one isn't English and translated in to danish. Great for people with allergies as you know exactly what is in it. Besides often at a fraction of the cost of the of the shelf variety.

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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 5:11:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		You could probably Google "Homemade cleaning products" too!

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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 5:12:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		http://www.natural-healthy-home-cleaning-tips.com/vinegar_baking_soda_cleaning_recipes.htm

http://housekeeping.about.com/od/environment/a/vinbaklemons.htm

http://www.doityourself.com/stry/vinegarbakingsoda


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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 5:45:12 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Aileen1968

I use fairies. They come in and clean with glitter overnight while I sleep. It's a lovely thing.



Fairies with a housecleaning fetish, who get to perv looks at Aileen while she sleeps.  WTF is this site, some kinda hangout for pervs?


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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 6:36:35 AM   
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They greatly reduce my headaches.  ;)

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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 6:52:37 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Aileen1968

I use fairies. They come in and clean with glitter overnight while I sleep. It's a lovely thing.



Unfortunately they are a rare breed of blind fairies...and...the most recent crew was just eaten by ladybugs....

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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 7:10:07 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Aileen1968

I use fairies. They come in and clean with glitter overnight while I sleep. It's a lovely thing.



Unfortunately they are a rare breed of blind fairies...and...the most recent crew was just eaten by ladybugs....

Hahaha.
I think those damned fairies just joined a union too. Rates just went up. That means no heat for the winter. Buck up and wear a big sweatshirt.

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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 7:13:21 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Aileen1968

I use fairies. They come in and clean with glitter overnight while I sleep. It's a lovely thing.



Fairies with a housecleaning fetish, who get to perv looks at Aileen while she sleeps.  WTF is this site, some kinda hangout for pervs?



I snore and drool. It's very attractive.

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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 7:27:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		I use a weak bleach solution, that being the cheapest bleach I can find, because all it is is bleach, the basic household strength chlorine solution, devoid of enhancers, flavourings and whatnot, for stuff that needs cleaning for health care. I use a household ammonia solution, just basic ammonia and water for degreasing and basic caustic soda for drain cleaning. Simple household chemicals, the cheapest and just as effective as the chemical wonder in the brightly coloured bottle available from the big suppliers. I have a rule, if I can smell the product through the capped bottle, I don't want it, it being that pervasive to gas through it's enclosing material. I also have an allergy to paying more money than is necessary to through down the drain, anything that gets chucked away, I get the cheapest I can find.

Others, well vinegar makes a good rust treatment, as does lemon juice.

As I experiment with non ferrous metal patination in my home, I try all sorts of kitchen finds, ( onion, chilli, egg, lemon , toothpaste) and have even found using washing soda and about nine volts of electricity, one can remove rust from metal tools, and plate them with new metal. An old laboratory Farnell variable DC power supply I have found to be very useful for my experiments.



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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 7:32:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		All Purpose Spray Cleaner
12 ounces distilled water, boiled1 tablespoon borax
2 tablespoons white vinegar
¼ cup liquid soap
10 drops sweet orange
10 drops lemon
10 drops tea tree Dissolve the borax in hot water, shake well, then add vinegar. and shake again. Add soap and essential oils and shake again. Use as you would any commercial spray cleaner.
Dish Detergent
2 tablespoons liquid castile soap
2 cups water
1 teaspoon vegetable glycerin
5 to 10 drops lavender oil as an antibacterial Combine the soap and water in a jar. Add the glycerin and lavender. Stir to blend. Not recommended for extremely hard water.

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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 7:34:06 AM   
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I use a weak bleach solution, that being the cheapest bleach I can find, because all it is is bleach, the basic household strength chlorine solution, devoid of enhancers, flavourings and whatnot, for stuff that needs cleaning for health care...



I'd be very very careful about using chlorine bleach, even at highly dilute concentrations, for general household cleaning. In contact with acids or ammonia, it would release a dangerous gas. That's probably not likely, but chlorine bleach is also likely to decolourize a lot of things it touches. If you think you need an oxidizing cleanser, oxygen-based bleaches are much safer all-round.

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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 7:39:43 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, I have noticed what bleach does to coloured things, especially plastics, and ammonia I have discovered is good at stripping paint, all found by accident of course, but useful knowlege none the less. Easy nitromors, tissue paper balls and ammonia, far cheaper too.

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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 7:45:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		I'm not sure why you think anything your grandmother used was less harsh or smelly than the modern cleaners we have today. 

Commons items that "grandma" used were baking soda, vinegar, bleach, ammonia, salt, rubbing alcohol, borax (a multi-purpose cleaner and bleach), and lemons.

While some of these items are less expensive, you can easily end up using more and cleaning more often.  They are often less effective and will require more "elbow grease" and time.

Nevertheless...

Rule #1 to remember:  Never ever mix bleach and ammonia. 

Ammonia diluted to half-strength with water will clean appliances and "shiny" surfaces.

Baking soda mixed with water will make a decent scouring agent to clean bathtubs and sinks.

Full strength vinegar will help cut through soap scum and mineral deposits.  Adding salt will give abrasion to remove stubborn deposits.

Salt or baking soda mixed with vinegar or lemon juice will help remove stains from surfaces.

1 part vinegar to 3 parts water will make a rinse to remove film from glass.

You can make a window cleaner with 1/8 cup of white vinegar and 1/8 cup of ammonia added to 1/2 gallon of water.

A sliced lemon rubbed on will clean a wooden cutting board.

Rubbing alcohol sometimes removes stain from stainless steel.

Mold can often be removed with bleach and vinegar.

Toilet bowls can be cleaned with a paste of lemon juice and borax.

1 part ammonia and 1 part vinegar added to 1/2 part water will make a mixture to clean bathroom and kitchen tile.

Vinegar and rubbing alcohol are both good chrome cleaners.

1 part lemon juice mixed with 2 parts vegetable oil makes a decent wood furniture polish.

Sometimes a paste of cooking oil and salt will remove water rings from furniture.  Leave on 15 minutes, then polish off.

Grease can sometimes be removed from upholstery by sprinkling with salt, then brushing off.

Salt poured on fresh spills in carpet will help prevent staining and aid in cleanup.

Some carpet stains can be removed with a paste made of equal parts salt and baking soda, with several drops of vinegar and water.  Apply and scrub, then allow to dry before vacuuming.

The juice of one lemon added to one quart of warm water makes a good rinse for woodwork or linoleum to keep them shiny.

Note:  You can occasionally still find 20 Mule Team brand borax in the laundry and cleaning sections of grocery stores.

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RE: What do you use to clean your house with? - 11/21/2009 8:13:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah, I have borax too, but it gets used as a flux for soldering.

One of the problems I have discovered in using old substances, is sourcing them. Castille soap, though I know of it's uses in other things, I can't find it in my town, Glycerin, the same, I can't find it, ask a shop assistant, they don't even know what it is. I had even to give reasons why I wanted borax when I got it from the pharmacy, as they would not supply it otherwise.

Me thinking here, all these basic substances that were around at one time, might now be restricted, due to what other things can be made out of recipes of basic substances, a product of our present age no doubt. Nitric acid, now, that is impossible to get hold off locally, even the horticultural suppliers get iffy when one asks for pH down, no, I don't want the one with phosphorous in it, I want the nitric acid variant, (about 38% pure)


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