Save Money by Making Your Own Cleaning Supplies - Part 6

Time for some homemade recipes for floor cleaner! Yippee! I actually have to that I like quite a bit. Here it goes (ya takin' notes?)

Floor cleaner option #1:
The greatest cleaner for linoleum is plain ol' club soda. Works like a charm.


Option #2 :
I got this from my wonderful Aunt (it works great!)

Bucket o' hot water
1 cup ammonia
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup baking soda.

Dissolve the baking soda in the hot water (otherwise you'll get a film - yuck!). Add remaining ingredients. Great for grimy messes.

Hope these work for you!

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Some other quick cleaning tips for you:

Use distilled white vinegar instead of fabric softener in your rinse cycle.

Use dryer sheets up to 3 time (or cut them in thirds) then use them to polish you faucets or dust.

Microwave: Mix 2T baking soda or lemon juice and 1 cup water in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for five minutes or until the liquid boils and condensation builds up inside the microwave. Wipe down.

Use hydrogen peroxide in your whites instead of bleach.

Since you can't use bleach in your colored laundry loads, use borax! It disinfects and cleans as well as bleach without damaging the fabric and colors!

Hope this helps!

Save Money by Making Your Own Cleaning Supplies - Part 4

The Easiest Oven Cleaner in Existence!

Don't Scrub your oven EVER AGAIN! You don't need all those horrible oven cleaners and you don't need to bend over and make your back ache by scrubbing forever, either. Want to know the secret?

Ammonia. Yup, ammonia. Nasty smelling stuff but it's a marvelous cleaner. Just get a glass bowl and fill it with ammonia (about a cup). Sit the bowl on a rack in your oven overnight. That's it! When you get up the next morning your oven will wipe clean easily.

Enjoy saving your back, your advil, and your money!