If you believe all the ads on TV these days, then to clean your house you need a plethora of cleaning products all brought at great expense. Almost all of these cleaners are highly toxic - no good for your health or for that of the environment.
In reality, you only need a few ingredients to make a cleaning kit that will get your whole house sparkling. What's more, you'll find most of the things you need in your kitchen cupboards!
What You Need
- Baking Soda - abrasive, water soluble and anti-fungal
- White Vinegar - a deodoriser and sanitiser
- Liquid Castille Soap
- Tea Tree Oil - anti-fungal, antiseptic
- Salt
- Spray Bottles
Creme Cleaner
- 1/2 cup Baking Soda
- Liquid Castille Soap
Mix the two together to a texture like frosting. Great on baths, showers and handbasins.
All-Purpose Spray Cleaner
Fill a spray bottle with half white vinegar and half water. This is also a good floor cleaner.
Mould Killer
- 2 tsp Tea Tree Oil
- 2 cups Water
Shake together in a spray bottle and spray onto mould in showers, on walls, ceilings . . . in fact pretty much anywhere!
Window Cleaner
- 1/2 tsp Castille Soap
- 3 T White Vinegar
- 2 cups Water
Microwave Cleaner
- 1/2 cup White Vinegar
- 1/2 cup Water
Bring to the boil in the microwave. Baked on food will be loosened so you can easily wipe it off and the microwave will be deodorised.
Toilet Cleaner
- 1/4 cup Baking Soda
- 1 cup White Vinegar
Sprinkle Baking Soda around toilet bowl. Pour over White vinegar. Scrub with a toilet brush.
Oven Cleaner
- 3/4 cup Baking Soda
- 1/4 cup Salt
- 1/4 cup Water
Mix ingredients to a thick paste. Moisten oven surfaces with a damp cloth. Spread paste over oven surfaces. Leave overnight, then remove with a spatula and wipe clean.
