Lemons / White Vinegar
Salt
Baking soda
If you have the above four, you can handle many cleaning situations at home.
While rinsing water bottles and flasks, use salt+baking soda to scour and rinse. The salt disinfects, and the soda deodorizes.
Use water+salt+vinegar solution to wipe kitchen countertops and table tops. It disinfects reasonably well, and the sour smell discourages flies.
These items are cheap and safe. Avoid using commercially available spray solutions - they are invariably harmful, expensive and the 100% germ killing is impractical, and in any case unnecessary.
12/02/2011
Thanks anonymous commenter, for the tip on using borax. Borax is cheap, and especially suitable for bathrooms and other wet areas. Use with caution in the kitchen, because borax, though natural is harmful if ingested, so you'll need to rinse it our thoroughly to keep it from getting into your food. Read more about borax here.
Salt
Baking soda
If you have the above four, you can handle many cleaning situations at home.
While rinsing water bottles and flasks, use salt+baking soda to scour and rinse. The salt disinfects, and the soda deodorizes.
Use water+salt+vinegar solution to wipe kitchen countertops and table tops. It disinfects reasonably well, and the sour smell discourages flies.
These items are cheap and safe. Avoid using commercially available spray solutions - they are invariably harmful, expensive and the 100% germ killing is impractical, and in any case unnecessary.
12/02/2011
Thanks anonymous commenter, for the tip on using borax. Borax is cheap, and especially suitable for bathrooms and other wet areas. Use with caution in the kitchen, because borax, though natural is harmful if ingested, so you'll need to rinse it our thoroughly to keep it from getting into your food. Read more about borax here.
For scouring non-glass utensils and fixtures - sinks, tubs tiled surfaces - add a bit of Borax to the above formula.
ReplyDeleteBorax is great on grit. In fact most scrubbing powders are baking soda, Borax and additives.