Create a safe haven for home – Home made cleaning solutions
September 6th 2007 06:09
Dirt, rust, dust, and mould… anything that is dirty really gives us a headache… And with the society goes along the edge of advancements, we are so used to conveniences we have forgotten about how we are most of the time culprits who trotted the earth heavily and cover it with pollution… not to mention creating our own toxic that will eventually give us health problems in future.
If you want to think green and clean, here is an interesting part of the article I found from Oh! Health Malaysia that may teach us a thing or two that basics still work, though they don’t come in bottles with price tags. Lets see what we have in our list (that can be found in the kitchen) that you can homemade it as a cleaning solution:
Baking soda
It’s chemistry name is sodium bicarbonate. It has a number of useful properties. It can neutralize acid, scrub shiny materials without scratching, deodorise, and extinguish grease fires. It can be used as a deodoriser in the refrigerator, on smelly on smelly carpets, on upholstery and on vinyl. It can also help deodorise drains.
It can clean and polish aluminium, chrome, jewellery, plastic, porcelain, silver, stainless steel, and even tin. It also softens fabrics and removes certain stains.
For personal use, baking soda can be used as an underarm deodorant and as toothpaste too.
Corn Starch
Remember most of the mums in Asia like to use cornstarch to marinate meat to make it less touch when cooking it?
Well the breaking news is cornstarch can also used to clean windows, polish furniture, shampoo carpets and rugs, and starch clothes!
Lemon Juice
Ah… the fragrant of lemon! You can always see lemon juice as lemonade sold at stalls by kids during summer (TVs always shown them)…
But besides that, lemon juices can also used to clean glass and remove stains from aluminium, clothes, and porcelain. It is a mild lightener or bleach if used with sunlight.
Mineral Oils
What is mentioned are the ones that are derived from seeds is an ingredient in several furniture polish and floor wax recipes.
Soap
The all purpose liquid soap can be made by simply dissolving the old ends of bar soap (or grated slivers of bar soap) in warm water. Now this is another good way to save another few dollars from the detergent shopping list.
Vinegar
If you face any mineral deposits build up in your bathroom, you can use vinegar. It can dissolve mineral deposits, grease, remove traces of soap, remove mildew or wax build-up, polish some metals, and deodorises.
Vinegar can clean brick or stone, and it is an ingredient in some natural carpet cleaning recipes. Alternatively, you can also use vinegar to clean out the metallic taste in coffeepots and to shine windows without streaking.
Vinegar is normally used in a solution with water, but it can be used straight.
If you want to think green and clean, here is an interesting part of the article I found from Oh! Health Malaysia that may teach us a thing or two that basics still work, though they don’t come in bottles with price tags. Lets see what we have in our list (that can be found in the kitchen) that you can homemade it as a cleaning solution:
Baking soda
It’s chemistry name is sodium bicarbonate. It has a number of useful properties. It can neutralize acid, scrub shiny materials without scratching, deodorise, and extinguish grease fires. It can be used as a deodoriser in the refrigerator, on smelly on smelly carpets, on upholstery and on vinyl. It can also help deodorise drains.
It can clean and polish aluminium, chrome, jewellery, plastic, porcelain, silver, stainless steel, and even tin. It also softens fabrics and removes certain stains.
For personal use, baking soda can be used as an underarm deodorant and as toothpaste too.
Remember most of the mums in Asia like to use cornstarch to marinate meat to make it less touch when cooking it?
Well the breaking news is cornstarch can also used to clean windows, polish furniture, shampoo carpets and rugs, and starch clothes!
Lemon Juice
Ah… the fragrant of lemon! You can always see lemon juice as lemonade sold at stalls by kids during summer (TVs always shown them)…
But besides that, lemon juices can also used to clean glass and remove stains from aluminium, clothes, and porcelain. It is a mild lightener or bleach if used with sunlight.
Mineral Oils
What is mentioned are the ones that are derived from seeds is an ingredient in several furniture polish and floor wax recipes.
Soap
The all purpose liquid soap can be made by simply dissolving the old ends of bar soap (or grated slivers of bar soap) in warm water. Now this is another good way to save another few dollars from the detergent shopping list.
Vinegar
If you face any mineral deposits build up in your bathroom, you can use vinegar. It can dissolve mineral deposits, grease, remove traces of soap, remove mildew or wax build-up, polish some metals, and deodorises.
Vinegar can clean brick or stone, and it is an ingredient in some natural carpet cleaning recipes. Alternatively, you can also use vinegar to clean out the metallic taste in coffeepots and to shine windows without streaking.
Vinegar is normally used in a solution with water, but it can be used straight.
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