6 ingredients for a green, clean home

olive oil does not go rancid when used as a furniture polish. you only use a drop or two on a slightly dampened cloth. then buff to a good shine. You are not making salad dressing.

Thank you for this article! I think these are all great ideas up for debate, just remember that, you can't believe everything you read on the internet for those fighting over the olive oil. I think this is a lot like trying to learn how to make a video game it is a lot more complicated and scientific than it looks. Just like video making or photography, it looks easy but there is a lot more to it than meets the eye.

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We use vinegar (75/25 water) in a spray bottle to clean our shower stalls... for soap scum we use baking soda with the vinegar... just dampen your sponge or cleaning cloth with vinegar and sprinkle on the baking soda. Cuts the soap scum great without the harmful chemicals! Rinse well, then follow up with rubbing alcohol and water mix (50:50) in a sprayer... wipe off chrome and stainless steel with dry rag to polish to shiny finish, but let rest of surfaces air dry.

Here's a new! I tried windex to get stains out of my carpet....and it works! Try it out it worked for me.

Vinegar is great at cutting grease. Also, a cup of vinegar in your laundry load is an effective disinfectant and leaves the clothes smelling very fresh. This is great for baby clothes and the clothes of the infirm. just a small amount of fecal matter in the wash can contaminate the entire load with ecoli bacteria

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Vinegar is a great laundry softener too, use it instead of downy or anything else, put it in the same time and way as you would your normal softener but it won't leave your towels with that slimy feeling and your other clothes will still be soft.

I worked in a coffee shop for a few years and we used lemon juice to clean the copper counter tops and inlays, it worked awesome, we just used the pieces that were sliced for tea to polish with then wiped it dry with a towel. maybe adding some baking soda would help remove heavy oxidation? we used salt once, it worked well, but was green the next day.

For tiles in the shower. Spray bleach and let sit. Mildew goes disappears in a few hours WITHOUT scrubbing. Bleach is my friend!

I love using lemon baking soda & vinegar for cleaning the house. I use h20&vinegar to keep my shower doors clean then spay with kemon oil to reduce soap scum on glass & walls

Thanks for the idea of baking soda for stainless steel sink, just had a new one put in and was thinking of using Bartenders Friend, don't want to scratch it up.

a lot of you think olive oil will go rancid when using on wooded cutting boards, it won't as long as you have the lemon in it! they tell you use 1 part out of 3 then thats at least 33.3% acid solution in your polish mix and only takes around a 3 to 4% acid solution to kill germs! yes the boards will go racid if you only use olive oil.

1 cup of white vinegar in your washing machine will remove the odor that is left when you forgot to take the clothes out of the washer for to long. Just put in the water with the soap and clothes and rewash. All mildew odor will be gone.

Has anyone ever tried the new Clrox line, Green Works? It is supposed to the Clorox safe "green" home cleaning products. If anyone has tried them, I would be interested in how well they work and smell. Thanks ; ) Des

To clean stuff out of the bottom of a bottle, put raw rice in the bottle than vinegar, shake well and it will be clean as a whistle. Works great, I'm a cleaning lady and I use lots of vinegar on different things.

3 cheers to anything that has chemicals in it. I have a lung disease and can stand the smell. It's also really bad for the lungs.

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TO ADD TWO MORE IF YOU ARE THREATENING A COLD A HALF TEASPOON OF BAKING SODA IN A HALF CUP WATER EVERY HALF HOUR CAN STOP THE COLD
IF YOU HIT YOUR FINGER AND IT IS NOT BLEEDING HOLD IT IN VINEGER FOR A FEW MINUTES AND IT WONT THROB.

I totally agree about the natural alternatives to cleaning. Chemicals suck. We are giving ourselves cancer by using and smelling this stuff. ALSO over the last few years I have become SO sensetive to any kinds of fumes, even perfume. It runs in my family. My Grandmother was very allergic. My sister cannot even wear deoderant, and yes, she has tried to "rock" crystal. My Mother had to move out of her building while they tarred the roof (old building with a flat roof). The fumes were so bad that it made her sick. I am getting like that. I have a lot of toxic stuff in my house. I don't use it. It has been here ever since I moved here. My husbands old stuff. Gradually I have been throwing it away. This isn't good for the environment either I know. But I don't buy the stuff. My daughter came to help me clean someones apartment once and brought that scrubbinb bubbles...OMG! I was sick for days. Anything in aerosol cans are even worse. I cannot believe companies are even ALLOWED to use aerosol cans anymore. YUK. I also do not use any hair products anymore. My hair is so shiny and healthy. It always has been but even more so now. I try and use organic products on my skin. Afterall it is the largest ORGAN of the body. Yes, it is an organ! OLIVE OIL is a great MOISTURIZER and it doesn't make your skin feel greasy. I promise. Get the organic stuff and use it sparingly. My Mom uses it and she has the softest skin in the world. I think she may use it on her face too. Not sure. It doesn't clog your pores, I don't think. I love this site! There is always more we can do to protect our planet. It isn't going to be here forever but I think we need to take care of it as long as we are living on it. Have a blessed day!!!

PS I also wanted to mention that having these chemicals around are DEADLy if inhaled. I am a teacher and we just did our study on drugs. Inhalents are very easy for kids to get a hold of. Innocent children have died doing this. Some unintentionally. A son of a Dr. age 7 died "huffing" ...tragic...just thought he would try it for fun. He died INSTANTLY!!!!!!!

Like using baking soda in the kitchen and bath. Also it good for baths and your mouth, had to use it when I was on chemo.