Cleaning
Keeping our homes in a clean and healthy state is important for every family. The hash chemical in modern cleaning products may kill the germs but they also have the potential to harm us or our children.
There are alternatives to get a home that is truly clean, rather than covered in toxic chemicals, try making your own non-toxic cleaners at home. It’s easy! Basic ingredients found in your kitchen can be used to make non-toxic cleaners for your different cleaning needs.
Basic Ingredients For Non-Toxic Cleaner Recipes
Five basic ingredients serve as the building blocks for many safe home cleaning needs:
- Baking Soda – Cleans and deodorizes. Softens water to increase sudsing and cleaning power of soap. Good scouring powder.
- Borax – Cleans and deodorizes. Excellent disinfectant. Softens water. Available in laundry section of grocery store.
- Soap – Biodegrades safely and completely and is non-toxic. Available in grocery stores and health food stores. Sold as liquid, flakes, powder or in bars. Bars can be grated to dissolve more easily in hot water. Insist on soap without synthetic scents, colors or other additives.
- Washing Soda – Cuts grease and removes stains. Disinfects. Softens water. Available in laundry section of grocery store or in pure form from chemical supply houses as “sodium carbonate.”
- White Vinegar or Lemon Juice – Cuts grease and freshens.
Here in our Healthy Living portion of Living Provident I will teach you how to make your own cleaning products that clean every bit as well as the store purchased items, but cost a fraction of the cost and are a lot healthier for us to use on the areas where our children play and where we prepare our food.
Bathroom
Kitchen
- Citrus Peel and Vinegar Cleaner – Includes how-to video.
- Dishwasher Detergent
- Cleanup Greasy Dishes
Laundry
- Laundry Soap – Includes how-to video.
- Laundry Whitener – Includes how-to video.
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