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Natural cleaning Products, what to use and how to use them.

3/30/2014

If you are using the store bought cleaning products are they combining in the air to make you not feel well?

What can you use in place of them. Here is an all purpose cleaner that can be used on any hard surface. It is great for window,mirrors, natural stone counter tops to name a few places that you can use it. You can make it at home this saves you money. ( take a trip with the money that you save on things to clean your home with.) This is how to make this:

All purpose cleaner

1 bottle of rubbing alcohol
1 tablespoon of ammonia
3 drops of liquid dish soap

In a gallon container add the first two items fill the container up with water and add the dish soap now.

Put this mixture in a spray bottle and go to work.

Good for you and good for the earth. You do not have to breath in all that bad stuff any more when you are cleaning.

If you want more products to use and what to use them for watch this video to learn more.

If you have natural stone counter tops do not clean them with white vinegar the acid in it can pits in the stone over time. Use the all purpose cleaner that is listed above for cleaning them.

What are the natural cleaning product that you use? Please share with us so that we can all learn.Please leave a comment telling what you are doing in this manner.

Happy cleaning.

Deanna
D&D Taking Out The Trash, LLC

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HGTV gives tips for cleaning outside the home for spring.

3/24/2014

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This is a place that I like to watch HGTV. There is so much that you can learn from it. This give some good tips for cleaning up the outside of the house. With spring here it is time to think about doing the outside clean up. See it here Hope that you enjoy as much as I do. This is short and sweet.

Deanna D&D Taking Out The Trash, LLC

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Cleaning with natural product review of apartment therapy, a great place to find more information on these things.

3/23/2014

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With so many places online to find things that can help you with your cleaning. I found this information at apartment therapy
These are some of the things that you will find on the website.....

There was a time (many years ago now) when I defined effective cleaning by how the air smelled. It's not really clean unless I can smell the chemicals! Thankfully, that is no longer the standard by which I measure the cleaning prowess of the solutions I'm using. In fact, I now do everything in my power to avoid those toxic chemicals I believe are harmful to my health and the health of the environment. Why? Because you can make your own cleaners with items from your pantry that work just as well and smell better!

DIY Cleaner Basic Ingredients If you're starting a DIY green cleaners pantry, the following are the top ingredients you'll want to have around. Some combination of these ingredients will make you almost all of the recipes you find below!

• Baking Soda
• White Vinegar
• Hydrogen peroxide
• Borax
• Essential oils, like tea tree oil, lavender oil, eucalyptus oil, or lemongrass oil
• Castile soap (like Dr. Bronner's)
• Fresh herbs, citrus, or citrus peels
• Olive or vegetable oil
• Water

Make sure that you visit apartment therapy ( click the link to the left) to see all the great things that they have to learn from.

Deanna
D&D Taking Out The Trash, LLC

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How do you make white vinegar work better?

3/15/2014

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Here is another recipe to help with your cleaning around the house.

If you want to add a little bit more power to your white vinegar try this easy step:

In big mouthed container put some:
white vinegar
orange peel or other citrus peels
Let it sit for about a day. Take the peelings out put them in the garbage disposal so that it smells good. Pour some of this liquid in a spray bottle so that it is half full and fill up the rest of the bottle with water. The oil from the citrus is now in the white vinegar and it gives it that little extra when you are cleaning.

If you have smokers in the house, this is great for cleaning the walls and getting that stain off. You need to do this is you are going to paint. It will help the new paint stick better if the walls are cleaned with this first.

Deanna
D&D Taking Out The Trash, LLC

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Cleaning the kitchen in a rental house

3/10/2014

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What it looked like before cleaning the stove top.

Cleaning the stove top. You can see it looks a lot better.

After it is cleaned. It is nice and shinny now.

Before cleaning the oven. A lot of baked on stuff.

Spray with white vinegar and sprinkle in some baking soda. Clean the rest of the kitchen when you come back to it- it does not take long to get it clean.

If you are doing this at home do this step at night before you go to bed and in the morning spray it again with white vinegar and clean it out.

This is the oven after it was cleaned. Nice and clean. Without the smell of oven cleaner.

The inside of the microwave after it was cleaned.

Before cleaning the fridge.

After the fridge was cleaned.

The fridge and freezer are cleaned.

Using the hand held steamer makes easy work of cleaning the inside and outside of the cabinets.

Cleaning the inside of the cabinets and drawers.

Cleaning the outside of the cabinets. The steam helps to get all the grease off them.

After cleaning the inside with the steam.

Before cleaning the inside of the washer.

After the washer was cleaned.

Baking soda is a great tool when it comes to cleaning. It cleans up great in the kitchen as you have seen. Try it also in the bathroom. I like it better than cleanser. It will not scratch the porcelain in the sink and tubs. It rinses away without leaving the grit behind. When you use it along with the white vinegar it works that much harder so you do not have to do as much scrubbing. Try it for yourself. It will make a believer out of you. It is better for the earth as well.

Of course this is not showing all that we did to clean this rental house. It shows some of the things that we use to clean with an how it look after it is done with these cleaning products. These products cost less, work better and I can pass that savings on to those that I work for.

What products do you use? How good are they for your health and that of your family? How good are they for the earth that we have to live on? We have no other place to go. I choose to use these things for my health and the health of those that I work for.

Deanna
D&D Taking Out The Trash,LLC

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Quick and easy spring cleaning tips

3/2/2014

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I found this article written by Jennifer Goforth Gregory. I thought it was a good one to share here.

Since we are so busy and so many of us ladies work outside the home it gets harder to do spring cleaning. But it does help with keeping our homes clean and us healthy if we do the spring cleaning.

So here are the tips that Jennifer talks about to help get it done quicker.

* Instead of spending an entire day washing, drying and ironing all of your curtains and bedding, place them in the dryer with a damp rag. While it is essential to get the dust and dirt buildup off, this way gets 90 percent of the debris off and save hours of time.

* To clean dust from the ceiling fan, place the an old pellowcase over the blade. Push down while pulling the pillowcase off the blade. The dust goes into the open pillowcase and not on the floor to be cleaned up later. It saves you time and a mess. This does require the use of a ladder or step stool to get to the blades so be careful when climbing.

* Washing windows by putting a microfiber cloth ( blue microfiber cloths generally have the finest weave) in water, wringing it out and wiping the window. Have one wet and one dry, wipe on with the wet one hand and dry with the other. This saves steps and still gets the window clean.

* Removing the dust from the walls by using a damp microfiber mop and lightly mopping the walls of the rooms, including behind the couch and other hidden spots. You will save hours of time and you do not need a ladder in most rooms when using the mop with its long handle, much better than hand washing the walls. I use this all the time in my cleaning business, I love this one.

I hope that these tips help when it comes to your spring cleaning. I like them and use them myself so I know that they work.

Deanna
D&D Taking Out The Trash, LLC

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Natural cleaning Products, what to use and how to use them.

HGTV gives tips for cleaning outside the home for spring.

Cleaning with natural product review of apartment therapy, a great place to find more information on these things.

How do you make white vinegar work better?

Cleaning the kitchen in a rental house

Quick and easy spring cleaning tips

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