Did You Know You Can Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products?

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Most of us have the basic ingredients for making our own Eco friendly cleaning products already in our cabinets, we just don’t know how to put them together.( source: Home and Garden Magazine: Living Green/ and Recipes from Green Clean)

Baking Soda:
- Can be used for scouring, and it’s a natural deodorizer. It works best at cleaning grease, proteins and Animal messes.
Distilled White Vinegar:
Can be used to clean soap scum, dissolves scale and works well on mold. It also works well on stains from coffee, tea and rust.
Soap:
- Castille Soap made with Olive Oil or Vegetable based soaps attach to soil at the molecular level.
Recipes:
- Soft Scrub:Mix a 1/8 cup of Baking Soda and soap to a creamy mixture.
- Appliance Cleaner: Dry Baking Soda will shine up small appliances.
- Toilet Cleaner/ Deodorizer: Put 1/4 cup Baking Soda and 1/4 cup Vinegar into the bowl and clean with brush.
- Oven Cleaner: Sprinkle Baking Soda on stains in oven the sprinkle with water. Let sit for several hours or overnight. Then scrub out stains and rinse with water.
- Hardwood Floor Cleaner: Mix a 1/4 cup of Vinegar with one gallon of warm water. Mop wood or linoleum floors then rinse out.
- Glass Cleaner: Mix equal parts Vinegar and Water and put in a spray bottle. this mixture can also be used for cleaning countertops, lightly soiled range surfaces and backsplash areas.