Natural Cleaners

Natural Cleaners
via -  kitchencraftsnmore.net(also, thank you Tezza)
Natural Lemon Air Freshener Spray Recipe
Learn how simple it is to make an organic, natural air freshener for your clean and healthy home. It's easy on you, the environment and hey...it's also very economical too!

1 cup Water
1/4 cup Fresh Lemon Balm Or Verbena -- chopped
2 tablespoons Lemon Peel -- Grated
2 tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice
1 teaspoon Baking Soda

Instructions: Bring water to boil in a large saucepan. Add lemon balm, lemon peel, lemon juice, and baking soda and stir until baking soda dissolves thoroughly. The mixture will foam up after you add the baking soda so be sure your saucepan is large enough. Let cool and fill a spray bottle.

Carpet Stain Remover Recipe
Club soda
Dish detergent

Blot stain with club soda then scrub with a dab of dish detergent. You'd be amazed at how well plain old club soda can get some carpet stains out - as always, make sure to try it on a small area to first to make sure it doesn't affect the color of your carpet.

Hand Sanitizer Gel
1/2 cup Aloe Vera Gel
1/4 cup 99% rubbing alcohol
1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon fragrance oil, optional

Mix ingredients together. Pour into a pump-style bottle or a squeeze bottle. Use a quarter sized dollop and rub hands together. Wipe residue off of hands with a paper towel.

Wintergreen Air Freshener
To add a touch of wonderful wintergreen scent, all you need are some cotton balls and some oil of wintergreen. (Find that in any pharmacy - ask the pharmacist if you can't find any & they'll likely order some in.) Dip the cotton balls in the oil of wintergreen and place near opened windows or anywhere out of sight where the air will circulate around them - smells minty and wonderful!

Homemade Windshield Washer Fluid
9 c water
1 c isopropyl alcohol
1 T liquid dish soap

Directions: Combine and store in a plastic jug and use to refill windshield washer receptacle in your car.

Veggie Wash
Easy! Just add a few tablespoons of vinegar to a bottle of clean, cold tap water. Shake well and spray on veggies and then wash under flowing clean water as usual. Helps to clean those fruits and veggies better than ever - and it's a lot less expensive than those commercial produce washes.

Tough Hand Cleaner
1/4 cup grated naphtha soap ends
2 tablespoons mason's sand or pumice
1 cup water

Place soap and water in a saucepan. Place over low heat; stir until soap is melted. After mixture cools, add mason's sand or pumice. Store in a cottage cheese container or margarine tub. To use, dip fingers into soap mixture and lather hands. Rinse well. This works well on greasy tools, also. Be sure to rinse and dry tools thoroughly.

Rust Remover
Sprinkle a little bit of salt on the rust, squeeze a lime over the salt until it is nicely soaked in lime juice. Leave the mixture on for two or three hours. Use the leftover rind as a handy scrubber. Rust is gone.

Lavender Dishwashing Soap
2 Cups soap flakes
1 gallon water
25 drops of lavender essential oil

Place soap flakes and water into a pan. Heat over medium heat stirring occasionally until it boils and until soap dissolves. Lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes to thoroughly combine the ingredients. Remove from heat and let liquid partially cool, add the essential oil and stir. Pour into a clean plastic squeeze bottle or re-used dish soap bottle.

Glass Scratch Reducer
Use some plain white toothpaste and a soft cloth to reduce the visibility of scratches in glasses. Buff gently and then wipe clean.

Fabric Freshener Spray
All you need is some LIQUID FABRIC SOFTENER, some water and a spray bottle. Pour a few tablespoons of the fabric softener in the bottle, add water until nearly full. Shake well before each use. Works just like the expensive fabric freshener sprays! (Sort of like Febreeze/Febreze spray...also is a great way to use up a little bit of leftover fabric softener liquid.)

Formula for Homemade Cleaning Glasses
The best formula no matter what type of eyeglasses or coatings you have on your lenses is as follows: Fill a spray bottle (any size will do) with 3/4 rubbing alcohol and 1/4 water. Put in a few drops of dish soap. Spray both sides of each lens and rub clean with a soft cloth. Never use paper towels, toilet paper or kleenex as they contain harsh abrasives that will scratch your lenses.

Fizzy Jewelry Cleaner
To clean jewelry place in hot vinegar with a little baking soda, this foams a lot, and let sit for 5 minutes. Lightly scrub with a soft toothbrush to get in crevices, rinse clean and wipe dry with a soft cloth. Do not use on loose stones.

Make Your Own Daily Shower Cleaner
You can make your own version of daily shower cleaners. In a 32 oz. spray bottle, pour in 8 oz. of rubbing alcohol, then top it off w/water. After each shower, spray the walls and shower curtain. You won’t have to rinse.

Bleach Alternatives
1/2 cup 3 percent hydrogen peroxide in the rinse cycle or
1/2 cup washing soda to warm or hot water wash cycles or
1/2 cup lemon juice in the rinse cycle

Tip: After clothes have spun dry in the washer, hang them to dry in the sun. Sunshine is a natural bleach.

Natural Coffeepot Cleaner/Stain Remover
Pour pure white vinegar into the coffeepot and swirl it around a bit. Use a scrubby sponge on the hardest stain areas. Rinse a few times, and you're done!

Cleaning Your Coffeemaker with Vinegar
This is a great thing to do about once a week: pour a few cups of plain white vinegar into your coffeemaker (withOUT any coffee grounds) and let the machine run through as usual. Then run through with plain water to get entirely rid of any lingering vinegar. The acidic vinegar will work fantastically well to clean your coffeemaker from the inside out - and your coffee will taste fresh and wonderful again.