I have been trying different ways to live "frugally" lately (another New Year's Resolution). I thought some of you might like to try out these cleaning aids for yourself. I have been totally amazed at how they work and best of all they are saving me moolah! :-)
HOMEMADE LAUNDRY DETERGENT:
About a year ago, my father in law made me homemade laundry detergent to try out. I have to say that I was pretty skeptical at first and had my doubts that it would work very well. Most people who know me well, know that I am pretty picky about the way I do laundry and there is nothing better to me than putting on good smelling clothes and using good smelling towels. I have been totally converted to making my own laundry detergent and have been doing so for about a year. It works very well and it is much cheaper! I still use good smelling fabric softener, which by saving so much $ on my laundry detergent makes me feel less guilty about spending the money on good fabric softener. For those of you who would like to try this out, this is what you need:
1 bar of Fels-Naptha bar soap (grated)
1 cup Borax
1 cup Arm & Hammer Super Washing Powder
This is for one batch. I usually make about 6 batches at a time so I don't have to make it very often. Hint: open your bar(s) of soap and let set out for 4 - 7 days to dry out. It is suppose to make it easier to grate. Or if you don't want to wait that long, my hubby has found if you put the soap in the microwave for just a little bit it makes it easier to grate as well. Use 1 Tbs. for a regular load.
12 oz. Vingar
12 oz. Blue Dawn Liquid Dish Soap
Spray Bottle
Heat the vinegar in the microwave until warm. Pour into your spray bottle and then add the dish soap. Shake it around a bit to mix. Then use away.
I have used this to clean my shower, stools, and sinks. It is amazing at how sparkly and clean my showers are now. :-) I spray my shower and let it set overnight and then wash it off with a rag and I was totally surprised at how easy the soap scum disappeared.
= HOMEMADE DISHWASHER DETERGENT
1 box of Borax
1 box of Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda
3 cups Epsom Salt
24 packets of Kool-Aid Lemonade
Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Then just use 1 Tbs. per load. I have found that you will need to use a rinsing agent with this soap such as Jet Dry (I just buy WM generic brand - and it works great)! If you do not have a rinsing agent of some sort there will be hard water spots on your dishes. This makes A LOT of soap and will last a very long time.
Just thought I'd share these few homemade cleaning aids that I have found to be very good and very cheap!
Happy Cleaning!
HOMEMADE LAUNDRY DETERGENT:
About a year ago, my father in law made me homemade laundry detergent to try out. I have to say that I was pretty skeptical at first and had my doubts that it would work very well. Most people who know me well, know that I am pretty picky about the way I do laundry and there is nothing better to me than putting on good smelling clothes and using good smelling towels. I have been totally converted to making my own laundry detergent and have been doing so for about a year. It works very well and it is much cheaper! I still use good smelling fabric softener, which by saving so much $ on my laundry detergent makes me feel less guilty about spending the money on good fabric softener. For those of you who would like to try this out, this is what you need:
1 cup Borax
1 cup Arm & Hammer Super Washing Powder
This is for one batch. I usually make about 6 batches at a time so I don't have to make it very often. Hint: open your bar(s) of soap and let set out for 4 - 7 days to dry out. It is suppose to make it easier to grate. Or if you don't want to wait that long, my hubby has found if you put the soap in the microwave for just a little bit it makes it easier to grate as well. Use 1 Tbs. for a regular load.
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= HOMEMADE SUPER CLEANER:
(I found this online somewhere and recently tried it out for myself. Pretty amazing stuff!)12 oz. Vingar
12 oz. Blue Dawn Liquid Dish Soap
Spray Bottle
Heat the vinegar in the microwave until warm. Pour into your spray bottle and then add the dish soap. Shake it around a bit to mix. Then use away.
I have used this to clean my shower, stools, and sinks. It is amazing at how sparkly and clean my showers are now. :-) I spray my shower and let it set overnight and then wash it off with a rag and I was totally surprised at how easy the soap scum disappeared.
1 box of Borax
1 box of Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda
3 cups Epsom Salt
24 packets of Kool-Aid Lemonade
Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Then just use 1 Tbs. per load. I have found that you will need to use a rinsing agent with this soap such as Jet Dry (I just buy WM generic brand - and it works great)! If you do not have a rinsing agent of some sort there will be hard water spots on your dishes. This makes A LOT of soap and will last a very long time.
Just thought I'd share these few homemade cleaning aids that I have found to be very good and very cheap!
Happy Cleaning!
2 comments:
I wanna try the vinegar and dawn!
Thanks for the DIY Shower cleaner!!!! I'm going to try that one out.
=O)
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