Green Cleaning Tips and Solutions
Baking soda
Baking soda is a versatile household cleaner. Cleans cast iron cookware, remove scratches from counter tops, carpet deodorizer, remove carpet stains, buff out furniture stains, remove crayon marks from walls, unclog a drain, use as a laundry fabric softener, soft scrub cleaner, and toilet bowl cleaner.
Vinegar
White vinegar is amazing around the house. Some of the uses for cleaning with white vinegar include: Remove mildew in the bathroom, fill a spray bottle with a vinegar solution to clean chrome and stainless steel surfaces, shine silver, give new life to old rugs, remove carpet stains, remove water rings on furniture, disinfect kitchen cutting boards, clean glass and mirrors.
Vodka
Vodka can be used to clean glass, keep cut flowers fresh, and as a base for a room deodorizer spray. In addition, try adding drops of lavender and chamomile oils to a spray bottle filled with vodka and distilled water. When you put clean sheets on the bed, spritz the sheets with the aromatic spray.
Black tea
Black tea can banish dust mites, remove mineral buildup on glass, clean wood furniture, and work as a dye in paint and stain.
Olive oil
Olive oil can be used to polish wood furniture, shine stainless steel, polish shoes and eliminate door squeaks.
Lemon juice
Lemon juice cleans and adds a refreshing scent to household cleaners. Some of the uses for lemon juice include: Room deodorizer, remove tarnish from brass and copper, remove refrigerator odors, and acts as a gentle laundry bleach.
Salt
Salt of the earth. So basic, so useful. Salt can be used as an antibacterial scrubber and a way to give new life to the old. Some of the ways to use salt to clean and disinfect include: Give new life to wicker furniture, remove wine stains and grease stains from carpet, give new life to sponges by soaking them in a salt solution, clean residue from glass, use as an ingredient in potpourri air fresheners, banish fleas, remove stains from enamel pans, and brighten cutting boards.