Cleaning Products

[Guest JakMan]

Recipe: 32 oz Spray Bottle (Quart)

30 drops Lemon Essential Oil

3 TBSP (Tablespoons) 5% Distilled White Vinegar

Water to fill Spray Bottle

This cleaning product has so many uses, the main one is for most floor surfaces such as concrete, and most wood surfaces. Avoid using on marble floorings, the porous nature of marble and vinegar do not mix.

Spray the floor with the cleaning product and mop using very hot water. I've some tips on mops, let me know if you are interested

This cleaning product is great in the kitchen and bath as well. Avoid with granite tops, it's the vinegar.

The combinations of Lemon, Lavender, Peppermint and Tea Tree are exquisite, and leave the home smelling and looking so clean.

Find yourself a carrying tray that has a handle and troughs to put all your rags and cleaning supplies. There are plastic ones or wood ones....You'll look so fuckin' butch and professional....plus having your products handy with you all the time will be efficient and time saving.

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[chasebush]

I have used similar but not quite the same thank you for the tip. Good point on the marble, Marble does not mix with anything toxic, such as Vinegar and bleach. I would hate for a houseboy to destroy a floor with bleach.

[AmicoMaschio]

Great post, JakMan...

There are many more natural or basic products that are more useful and effective than chemical, and they cost far less:

Baking Soda - dry as a scrub, add a few drops of water and make a paste to absorb discoloration, and as a deodorizer and decalcifier. See the Arm & Hammer site for a full rundown on the benefits.

Vinegar - Disinfectant, solvent, decalcifier. Use on windows along with a few drops of dish soap and distilled water. Also combine with salt to kill unwanted foliage.

Garlic, Red Pepper, Ginger - Antibacterial (also internal). The best cold  cure ever: Combine 2 cloves of garlic with one hot red pepper, and a chunk of fresh ginger with 1.5 cups of (unfiltered best) apple cider vinegar in a blender and liquify. Store indefinitely in a brown bottle (no refriegeration needed). One tablespoon every two hours with a cold, one tablespoon morning and evening in the when exposed to those with a cold.

Silver - Antibacterial. Silver and goldware originated in order to prevent spoilage of cream and as sanitary utensils. Silver solution prevents infection and disease, is an intense topical wound disinfectant, and in the right solution an internal wonder worker for staying well.

Ammonia - Disinfectant, paint remover (as a soak), windows.

Salt and Rice - Anti-humidity

Essential oils/herbs:

• Tea Tree - Disinfectant, drying effect, antifungal (nails and feet)
• Lavender - Disinfectant, calming (try a bit under the nose and on temples before sleep, you'll pass out and sleep soundly). Anti-inflammatory, anti-dust mite, in a spray prevents spiders from placing webs.
•  Grapefruit - Disinfectant, also fresh. Juice promotes weight loss, especially fresh squeezed. Blend rinds with water and strain, add soap as a disinfectant cleaner.
• Lemon Grass - Anti-parasite / insect
• Fresh Basil - Mosquito repellent
• Countless others for countless purposes -  no household should be without a full array

Beer - Snail bait. In a pie tin, they crawl in and drown, drunk.

Garden Insect Spray:  Combine elderberry leaves, hottest red pepper, and garlic in a blender and liquify. Add a few drops of dish soap, filter and add 50% distilled water.

Interested? Plenty of information on the net that commercial products manufacturers and pharmas do their best to debunk.