Homemade cleaners

Homemade cleaners are usually more cost efficient and kid safe. I started making my own when my kids broke out after I would clean things. The chemicals in cleaners used today have strong chemicals and aren't as effective as some homemade cleaners.

If you've made your own homemade laundry detergent you might notice that your washer doesn't smell funky... It's because of the agents we use to make these cleaners.

One thing I pretty much put a splash of in all my homemade cleaners is white vinegar.
White vinegar kills mildew, mold, is antibacterial, and can freshen up the smell of the house once it dries.  There are many uses for vinegar!

Homemade windex:

1:1 vinegar and rubbing alchohol, fill your spray bottle 2/3 and fill the rest with water
1-2 teaspoons of blue dawn dish soap optional.

This can be used to clean windows, showers, counter tops, and more! I have used this and gotten dried up tomato soup out of the carpet, our carpet was dark, but it worked and looks brand new. Cleaning up the shower with pink mildew was easy!

All purpose cleaner:

3 tablespoons liquid antibacterial dish soap
Splash of vinegar
fill with water and shake.

We use this to clean pet areas, counters, and I have been known to spray my tupperware with it when my husband finally gets around to bringing home a rancid container.  I use this less than my first cleaner.

Furniture polish

In a bowl combine 1 cup veggie oil with a few drops of lemon juice.

With the money you save invest in a steam mop, in the beginning it is costly but all it uses is water and pays itself off in the long run and you don't carry around a bucket, have sticky floors or that nasty flat residue from chemicals and no need to rinse it... I also use it to freshen up the mattresses in our house.

Also white Toothpaste, make sure it is paste, can be used to clean crayons off of the wall, fill in small nail holes and can be painted over and used as a beauty treatment for acne.

And those of you appauled by the smell of vinegar, here's a trick to get rid of that smell and make it smell sweet!

1 clean jar, pitcher or container with lid
clean orange peels
vinegar

Take the orange peels and put them into the container, pour the vinegar over the orange peels til the vinegar is covering them. Put on lid and let sit for a week. After a week the smell will be gone and you just drain your gold vinegar into a clean container and dispose of the orange peels.  I like to use the now gold vinegar with a little rubbing alchohol and water and clean my kitchen chairs, table and bathroom. It smells very sweet and way more cost effective. ;)

Clogged shower or sink drain?

1/2 cup baking soda
1/2 cup vinegar

Have fun using science to unclog your drain! Put in the baking soda in the drain, then add the vinegar and let sit til it no longer is foaming or that you can hear and then pour 2 cups of hot water down the drain. I also use this to freshen up my garbage disposal.

Sharpen your garbage disposal with Ice!

Use a handful of ice and put into garbage disposal and turn on.

Dried on mess on the stove?

Use a little veggie oil and let it sit for about an hour come back and wipe it up with soapy water rag.

Fridge smell even after cleaning it out?

Get a baking pan, fill 1/2 with vinegar and half with water and let it sit overnight. Wipe down the fridge the next day.

Baked on mess in the stove or in your grease pans? Make a vinegar and baking soda paste and scrub it on the area. You won't have to clear the house because of fumes to clean your stove.

If you have any other questions feel free to email me @ sissysadvice@gmail.com.