Simple Recipes for Cleaning Your House

Here are some quick and easy recipes to clean your house and they work great too!

ALL PURPOSE CLEANER

*This cleaner works wonders. It cuts grease better than any other commercial product I ever used. Just be careful because the Borax is toxic. I have known people that just eliminate the Borax and use a little elbow grease to make it work.

Ingredients:
Liquid soap or detergent (I use Dr. Bronners)
White Distilled water
Borax
Purified water (though I use tap water)
Essential Oils for Fragrance (optional)

Additional Items:
A 16oz spray bottle

• Mix 2 tablespoons vinegar with 1 teaspoon borax.
• Fill the bottle with hot water.
• Add 1/4 cup liquid soap or 1/8 cup liquid detergent last
• Scent with 10-15 drops of essential oil
  

TUB AND TILE CLEANER

*This cleaner is amazing on soap scum. I had used commercial products to try and get the soap scum off that we get because of hot water and NONE worked as well as this cleaner.

Ingredients:
Baking Soda
Liquid Soap (I use Dr. Bronners)
White Distilled Vinegar
Water

Additional Items:
A 16 oz squeeze bottle or I like to use a pint size wide mouth ball jar. You can use the quart size but it is difficult to get to the bottom if you have bigger hands.

• Mix 1 2/3 cups baking soda with 1/2 cup liquid soap
• Dilute with 1/2 cup water
• Add 2 tablespoons Vinegar last (it will foam and is fun for kids to watch)
• Mix until lumps are gone and if it does not run easily into your container add more water

*I generally make a double batch of this. Also if it dries out you can just add water and it works great.

What other kinds of cleaners would you like to know about and I will gladly post more?
Kristin