Wellness Wednesday

Today's Wellness Wednesday is about 'Clean' Cleaning. 

Many cleaning products have chemicals in them that can be dangerous to our health.  You definitely don't want them in close proximity to children.  So today I've provided a floor cleaner recipe and some tips for other natural cleaning methods you can utilize around your home.




Heavy duty floor cleaner recipe:
¼ cup white vinegar
1 tablespoon liquid dish soap
¼ cup baking soda
2 gallons tap water, very warm

Below are some Homemade Cleaning Solutions.  Many of these items you probably have lying at home.  You can use these cleaners without any guilt of any harmful chemicals.

Ingredients

Baking Soda. Works great to remove odors, but also as a cleaner.

• Combine 3 parts baking soda to 1 part water to clean counter tops, or even silver.
• I also like to sprinkle some into a smelly load of laundry to help freshen it up.

Ammonia. Never mix with bleach!

• Soak your oven racks in a solution of water and about ½ cup ammonia to remove any cooked on food. Works with the racks in a barbecue as well.
• Combine 1 cup Ammonia and 3 cups water and add to a spray bottle. Use solution to clean windows.
• Apply a drop or two to an insect bite to make it stop itching.

Vinegar. There are TONS of uses for vinegar, here are just few.

• Spray on sticker residue and let sit for 10 minutes, then wipe way.
• Use a solution of equal parts water and vinegar to clean any glass surface. You can do the same for counters, stoves, and other appliance fronts.
• Prevent mildew on shower walls by spraying vinegar directly on them.
• Soak shower heads or faucets in vinegar to remove corrosion or any build up.

Borax. Can be found in most grocery stores in the Laundry Aisle.

• Remove the smell of urine on a mattress. Sprinkle Borax on the mattress and rub in, then vacuum up the remaining powder.
• Toilet Cleaner. Add about ½ cup to your toilet bowl and let sit for 30 minutes to an hour. Scrub as usual and your toilet bowl will be fresh and stain free.
• Laundry Soap booster.

Hydrogen Peroxide. Not just for boo-boos.

• Use to disinfect just about anything: counter tops, sinks, cutting boards, toothbrushes, etc.
• Gargle in your mouth like you would mouthwash to kill germs and help whiten teeth.
• Use just as you would bleach to remove stains from clothing.
• Create a paste out of peroxide and cream of tarter to clean hard to remove cooked on food from pots and pans. Let sit, and it will wipe away.

Salt

• I learned an easy trick back when I used to work in fast food. Add about 2 cups of ice and a “good shaking” of salt to a coffee pot. Shake the coffee pot around. The salt will clean the inside of the coffee pot—even if you’ve let coffee burn onto the bottom.