HOMEMADE CLEANERS

This has been a rough day, so decided I would give my brain a break and pass along some great ideas for Cleaning Products. These are products I use on a regular basis and am pleased with the results. If you start adding up the costs of the ingredients, you will be very surprised what you will save making your own even over getting cleaners at the $1 store.

GLASS CLEANER/GENERAL PURPOSE CLEANER
1/2 c Ammonia (sudsy or clear)
2 c rubbing alcohol
1 teaspoon dish soap, like Dawn or Joy
Put the 1st two ingredients in a gallon jug, then fill with water. Add the dish soap and mix well. Put in a spray bottle and use as you would any other glass or all purpose cleaner. (Just plain rubbing alcohol works pretty well for glass cleaner.)

DISINFECTANT SPRAY
This is great when every one has colds, or you want to make sure your cutting board is sanitized etc. Mix 1 part bleach to 10 parts water. This idea was give to me by the Health Department nursed when we did a seminar for my home health aides.

If you are interested in becoming more green look at all the possibilities of plain ol' vinegar and baking soda.

DRAIN CLEANER:
This is something that should be used on a monthly basis to keep your drains clean. Slowly pour a cup of baking soda down the drain, then add a few cups of vinegar. Allow it to sit awhile and pour hot water down the drain. (You can also use this to clean your toilets.) A 50 cents box of baking soda and $2 for a jug of vinegar goes a long way!!! Having a drain cleaner guy or plumber would not be near as inexpensive.

If you have allot of hair that goes down your bathroom drain, you might want to just use bleach on a regular basis as it will dissolve the hair.

You would be very surprised what all comes out of the hose on your washer, which all goes down the drain. A guy who worked for a drain cleaning service told me to put a nylon stocking over the washer drain hose. Tie it on the hose with a piece of elastic or old shoe string. Change the "sock" regularly. What do you suppose all that STUFF is? Maybe we don't want to know!

Well, those are a few of my favorites. Simple and basic....just like me!