DIY – My Green Clean Saviors

One noon I was spraying my stove to wipe off the stains. Suddenly it strikes me, is it safe to use spray or dish washing liquid or a wet cloth to wipe off a slab that I often use to place veggies or utensils??

I turned and looked around - The answer had to be in food or may be somewhere around it!! I needed few minutes on researching it and Yes! There were some amazing findings and eye opening facts about few things that would be more than a help! Let me share few of them with you in this post:

Alright! I found these 3 as the major cleaning helpers! Baking Soda, Distilled White Vinegar & Lemon.

Dishwasher:  Yes yes! I am very much talking about dish washer, In fact any machine that helps in our daily chores do need a cleaning as the soap builds up on the walls of the machine – there are 2 ways to do this

1.       Place a cup of White Vinegar in the bottom of the appliance and run through the whole cycle.

2.       Have 2 sliced lemons topped with Baking Soda and place it at the bottom again and run through the whole cycle.

Results: It reduces the soap build up on the inner rollers, racks and sprayers. I have tried this for 2 consecutive months. It works J You can carry out this once a month.

Shoe Closet: Aaahh!! Tell me about this! I never get this – whatever I do - the stink of the shoes never goes of the closets! Thanks to internet that I bumped into a super idea of beating it off!

Make a pouch from kitchen towel or any napkins that are light, fill in with Baking Soda and seal the pouch. Once done, place among the shoes and yeah it absorbs the odor very well. I have tried this, green light from me! J

Microwave, Oven and Refrigerator: Back in India, I used the spray called Colin! I know it was & is a famous mild helper for cleaning table tops, refrigerator, mirrors et al. But for kitchen I have realized Distilled White Vinegar is better off option. As shown, in the picture above – prefer a distilled white vinegar (it’s very cheap 99 CentsJ) and you can dilute it further too because it does have a strong smell. Trust me! You wouldn’t want that in your refrigerator or oven or microwave.

So, for Microwave – Place a well diluted white vinegar (portions are 1 cup water : ¼ Cup Vinegar) in aplastic container and run the microwave for 2 minutes. The steam or condensation from the boiling will loosen up the stains in no time. Later wipe it! J

For Oven – Dip a sponge in white vinegar (no need to dilute it further) and wipe all the sides, inside out oven!

Refrigerator – Again clean your refrigerator with well diluted White Vinegar J Trust me! It does sparkles – Tried and Tested! It works!

Lemon – I should have written about this at the beginning, it is the essential natural cleaner we could ever useJ. I remember the times when my Mum made me clean those brass/copper utensils and show pieces with lemon. Damn! It always worked! The blackish layer (oxidized)over the pieces turned in super shining copper in no time.

Lemon has varieties of uses: To begin with, it can act as a natural freshener. You don’t believe me! Check the picture below. 2 slices of lemon in a humidifier fills a pleasant smell in the room. Well, you need to clean your humidifier and keep changing the lemons often.

Lemon Juice can also remove the soap scum and hard water deposits on the taps in your bathrooms and kitchen.

Here are few super ideas to clean green

The above link have listed few brilliant ideas - Like your narrow necked bottle, wasting loads of water ensuring you get off the every single particle of detergent from the bottle. Solution - Use uncooked rice and warm water in a bottle, shake it well and have a super clean bottle ever!

I hope you enjoyed this post, this can also be better uses to the houses where kids are the rulers. By that mean – You are required to look into their safety. So, these super Green Clean – Eco-Friendly-Cleaning Recipes J can surely be a great help than detergents & Sprays!

Have a good day!

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