This mechanic’s tough hand cleaner recipe makes a hand cleaner that can help the greasiest mechanic at a fraction of the cost of the store bought cleaner! (more…)
Category: Cleaning
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How to Hand Wash Dishes
Are you overwhelmed with dishes? Maybe your dishwasher doesn’t work and you don’t know what to do? Here’s a step by step guide to how to hand wash dishes.
How to Hand Wash Dishes
I recently read about a woman who was tearing her hair out because she was so overwhelmed with piles of dirty dishes. Even though she would wash them several times a day, there always seemed to be an endless pile of them from snacks and things, so she came up with a plan. She decided to pack away all of her dishes and gave one plate, one bowl and one glass to each member of the family. Then, all each person had to be responsible for the washing of that dish.
You can assign each person a certain color dish or something like that. That mom said that, the first day or two, some of the members left oatmeal in theirs and she had fun watching them trying to get the dried on oatmeal off so that their bowl was ready for the meal.
This may not be something that you want to do all the time but it might be good to try it for a couple of weeks or at least long enough to get your family to start rinsing their dirty dishes off when they are done with them. You might even get them to put their dirty dishes in the dishwasher or stack them nicely in the sink.
Here’s another way to save on dishes, especially dirty glasses: I would keep a small jug of water in the fridge that my kids could drink straight out of. Each had his own special jug and would just stick it back in the fridge after drinking from it. When their jugs were empty, they would fill it themselves.
Even with all the little tricks moms will try, there still will be a certain amount of dishes to be done. Not all of them can be put in a dishwasher and at times you may have to do without one. Most important of all, washing dishes is a skill you and your children both need to know. Here are the basic steps to hand washing dishes.
By the way, Dining on a Dime isn’t just a cookbook. It includes a big section with many more good cleaning tips and ideas.
-Jill
How To Hand Wash Dishes
- Rinse dishes and stack in piles. Use a long handle scrub brush and clean large food particles off of dishes.
- Fill sink with hot soapy water. (Go easy on the soap.)
- Place all the silverware in the soapy water to one side. Place 4-6 plates in the water (or more if you have a large sink). Then lay in as many glasses as you can get in on top of that. Do this so the plates and silverware can soak while you are washing the glasses.
- Wash the things that touch your mouth and those that are the least soiled first: glasses, silverware, plates, bowls, serving dishes, pans.
- Keep placing more dirty dishes in the sink to soak as you have room. If the water starts getting gooky then change it.
- Rinse each piece with running hot water. I just turn the water on and off as I rinse each piece, so I use very little water (only about 2 gallons for a huge pile of dishes). Also, I don’t fill the sink too full of soapy water when I start. That way, as I go along, the rinse water I use keeps my soapy water hot and refreshed so by the time I get to my pans, my water is still hot.
People often fill one sink with water to rinse dishes but, if you think about it, after the first glass or two, the rinse water has soap in it and is “recontaminating” (for lack of a better word) each subsequent piece. There is a reason why surgeons wash their hands in running water and the same principle applies to dishes.
Additional Dish Washing Tips:
- I am not sure why but some people take a lot of time scouring their sink before they wash the dishes. I don’t believe in working any more then you have to. No wonder so many hate doing dishes – they make more work for themselves then necessary. When you are done with the dishes each time, use the soapy water that is left in the sink and with the dishrag wash it out like it is a big bowl. Let out the water, rinse with clear water and it is done. When you are ready to wash dishes again you may have to rinse with a little clear water to get garbage out of the sink but that should be all. When you fill it with the soapy water for the dishes it will kill any germs that are in the sink the same way it kills the germs on the dishes you will be washing. Once a week when you clean the kitchen give it a good scrubbing.
- When hand washing dishes, never put you hand inside of a glass. It could easily break. Use a long handled brush, bottle brush or, if you don’t have those, put your dish rag in the glass and use a table knife to move the rag around. (Note from Tawra: I’ve broken many glasses by putting my hand inside them and I still don’t listen to my mother!)
- Always be sure to wash the rim of a glass.
- When washing silverware, be sure to wash the handles of the silverware. Be sure to do this with pots and pans, too.
- Pans: Pour hot soapy water in them and let them soak while your are eating. They should be ready to clean by the time you are done.
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How To Remove Bad Smells From Trash Cans, Books And More
Smelly trash cans can really stink up your home environment! Here are a couple of easy tips to remove bad smells from trash cans and other household items!
How To Remove Bad Smells And Odors From Trash Cans, Books And More…
Put a small handful of laundry detergent in the bottom of your trash can. It helps keep bugs away and controls the trash odor. Then when you are ready to wash your trash can, you already have your soap in it.
If you have musty-smelling books or other strange-smelling things, seal them in a plastic bag with cat litter or baking soda for a couple of weeks and the smell will go away.
Don’t forget: baking soda is great for absorbing odors so when you open a box for baking be sure and put it in an airtight container because otherwise it will sit and absorb all of the odors (like spices) in your cabinet or pantry. Sometimes, when you taste cookies someone has made and they have a slightly different taste, it could be the baking soda.
Jill
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When Queens Ride By – How To Handle A Busy Life
This is a wonderful, inspiring and important story about how to handle a busy life… It has had a tremendous impact on me and I think it will help you too! (more…)
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15 Things You Can Clean In 5 Minutes In the Kitchen
One excuse we often use for not getting things done at home is “I don’t have time.” Many of our readers have heard me tell of the 5 minute rule I started using years ago when I first got sick. (more…) -
How to Clean Rust Stains Off Of A Stainless Steel Sink
How to Clean Rust Stains Off Of A Stainless Steel Sink
From: Sarah R.
Hi Tawra and Jill!
First of all, I would like to say that I am a new wife and your tips and money saving tricks have been extremely helpful now that we are trying to make it on are own! So thank you!
My question is… I left an empty can in the sink and now there is a circle of rust. I have tried using baking soda and scrubbing the heck out of it but it didn’t even fade! Any ideas how I can get this rust stain out of my stainless steel sink?
Thanks so much!
Sarah
Here are a few things to try to remove rust stains from stainless steel:
- Try Comet or Bar Keepers Friend. I had one and it got it out of mine.
- If that doesn’t work Try CLR. Let it sit for a bit then scrub.
- If that doesn’t work then make a paste of lemon juice and salt and let it sit on it over night and then gently rub.
- If that doesn’t work then you can always try sanding it out with 600 grit sandpaper. This worked really well on my porcelain sink that nothing would get it out.
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De-Cluttering And Organizing Kids’ Toys
Organizing kids’ toys, playrooms and bedrooms can be a monumental task but these easy tips will help you declutter your kids’ rooms and get them organized! (more…)
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2 Ingredient Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Recipe
Try this homemade dishwasher detergent recipe to save money and use these easy tips to help you get cleaner dishes and spend less time at the dishwasher!
2 Ingredient Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Recipe And Dishwasher Tips
Often, there is a proper way to do things, which make them go faster, easier and allows you to do a better job. This is definitely true with loading a dishwasher. Here are a few tips to help you, along with an easy recipe for homemade dishwasher detergent.
- Use less detergent. I found out the expensive way that if you put too much detergent in the dispensers, it will mess up your dishwasher. You only need to fill the dispenser about half full. Using less detergent will save you a lot of money too, even when you’re using the homemade dishwasher detergent recipe.
- Before you start your dishwasher, run the hot water in the sink to help get the water hot enough to kill the germs.
- Get your family in the habit of always putting their dirty dish in the dishwasher. This may mean a lot of complaining and gnashing of teeth but they need to start doing this. You, mom and dad, need to lead by example. It is much easier and more efficient to load the dishwasher when the dishes are fresh, rather than after the food is stuck on.If there are still clean dishes in the dishwasher, family members should at least rinse and stack their dishes neatly in the sink so it is ready to load. Like anything else, it is a learned habit.To make it easier be sure you have a good long handled scrub brush available to scrub and rinse the dishes. The scratchy pads work well but most kids don’t like to use them because they don’t want to touch the “gooey” food that can stick to the dishes. With a brush, the kids don’t have to touch anything.
How To Load a Dishwasher
- Don’t place all the same kind of silverware in the same compartment. It may seem like it will save you time unloading but you’ll either sort the silverware when you load it or when you unload it. I would much rather handle the silverware when it is clean than when it is dirty. Also, silverware doesn’t get as clean when you put like items together because they tend to nest while washing and don’t get properly cleaned.
- Make sure all glasses, bowls, pans and other containers are turned face down and that there is some space between glass items to prevent breakage.
- Place all heat sensitive items on the top rack and put dirtier things like pans on the bottom rack, facing where the most spray will be coming out.
- Place long things like spatulas on the top rack. That way, if they fall through, they will not fall all the way down into the dishwasher works and mess them up.
Here is an easy homemade dishwasher detergent recipe for you to use:
PrintHomemade Dishwasher Detergent Recipe
This homemade dishwasher detergent recipe is one of those super simple recipes that people don’t think to make but can save you a lot! The best part is it takes less than 2 minutes to make!
Ingredients
Units1 cup baking soda or washing soda 1 cup Borax 1–2 drops of scented oil (optional)Instructions
Mix ingredients.
Use the homemade dishwasher detergent like you would use regular detergent.
Notes
Another option for cleaning your dishwasher: Pour in a package of unsweetened lemonade Kool Aid or a cup of vinegar into your dishwasher.
For more easy cleaning, laundry and homemaking tips to make your life easier, check out our How To Organize And Clean Your Home e-books.
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Kids And Chores – Setting Up Your Kids For Success
Teaching kids how to do chores will motivate them to be more helpful and teach them valuable life skills, but you need to set them up for success! (more…)
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Clean Up Your Environment
Many of us spend a lot of time thinking about how to save the environment, but why do we neglect our environment where we spend most of our time? (more…)
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Dream Laundry Room Ideas
Dream Laundry Room Ideas
From: Cindy M
This is an idea for handling laundry/clothes that I wish I would have used when my kids were still at home. It would require a good-size laundry room but save a lot of bedroom space. There would be cubbies for everyone – socks, underwear, t-shirts, jeans, anything foldable would go in the cubbies – being folded straight out of the dryer. This would eliminate the need for dressers in the bedroom and the space they would take up. Hanging clothes could either go on a rack in the laundry room if space allows, or in the bedroom closets.I have to admit this would be my dream laundry room! Since my laundry room barely has room for me stand in I dream of this type of a laundry room everyday! LOL Tawra
My dream laundry room would have an eight foot long and four foot deep table that is the perfect height to fold my clothes on easily with the cubbies and rods above it to place things as I fold them. It also would have a place to keep the ironing board up all the time with a rod and cubbies by it to hang the clothes on. Last but not least it would have a rack to hang all those things like dirty dish rags or towels which need to dry before you dump them in the hamper.
To be honest I love laundry so much I wouldn’t mind dedicating one whole floor to a laundry room. I wonder if more people would enjoy doing it if they didn’t have to do it all in a little 5×3 closet all the time. Cooking and doing laundry are two of the main “have to do” things done in a home and yet they always make theses little tiny rooms to do it in but we create these bathrooms that are so big you could play tennis in them.
I mean how much room do you need to sit on a toilet or stand at a sink to wash your face??? They give you an 8 foot vanity just to brush your hair and put on make up and often don’t give you even one foot of space to fold clothes.
They even are now giving you an area in the bathroom so you can have a couch to sit and read on. I’m sorry but I can think of much more pleasant places I would rather read then laying and looking at a toilet that 4 male members of my family just used. Makes no sense to me. Although if you are a mom with 4 little ones under the age of 5 that might be your only place to relax. : ) : )
Jill
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How To Get Rid Of Dust Mites
Here are some tips for how to get rid of dust mites. Dust mites cause poor air quality in your home and can make you sick, so don’t put up with them! (more…)
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Getting Organized – Clothes, Laundry and Toys
Continuing our series on getting organized, we share lots of practical tips to make it easier to organize clothes, laundry and toys and keep your sanity!
Getting Organized Part 3 – Clothes, Laundry and Toys
You can find Get Organized Part 1 here and How To Get Organized! Part 2 here.
Organizing Clothes and Laundry
When getting organized, most of us could stand to get rid of some clothes. We waste so much time and energy dealing with our clothes — trying to make room to store them, shifting piles of them from one place to another, searching for them, shopping for them, cleaning them, or paying for their dry cleaning. Take the time to count just how many tops you have in your closet and drawers. Once again, I think you will be shocked. Even those of you who think you don’t have that many need to count them because I think you will be surprised.
Now that you see you have way too many clothes, start getting rid of things. Toss the too big clothes, the too small clothes, the ugly clothes, the “what in the world was I thinking when I bought it” clothes. I don’t keep clothes that are too big for me because, as soon as my clothes start getting too tight, I make myself lose the weight. I can’t afford to buy more.
Why keep clothes that are too small for you? If you ever actually fit into them again, they will be so outdated you will need to get new ones anyway.
As far as the “ugly” and “what was I thinking?” clothes go, do you know that most women only wear about 10-20% of the clothes in their closets? Why? Because they feel ugly in the other 80%. You have probably seen those shows where, if you spend so much money and buy specialty hangars or closet organizers, you will have 50% more room in your closet. Well, if you use my method and get rid of the 80% of the clothes in your closet that you don’t wear or need, it won’t cost you a penny and you will have 80% more room.
Now purge those closets, taking everything out. I know you love that skirt that you have had for fifteen years and haven’t worn for ten, but let it go. I loved my children for many years but, when they turned 18, I had to let them go and it wasn’t so bad. As a matter of fact it was kind of nice because I was no longer responsible for caring for them. Besides, do you know how much fun it is to cook what you like for dinner for a change? As you can see, as much as I love my kids, I didn’t suffer from empty nest syndrome.
Once you have finished your first purging, make a list of what you need for a wardrobe. For example: 2 black skirts, 1 brown skirt, 2 black pants, 1 brown pants, 4 church dresses, 4 everyday “grungy” outfits, 3 pairs of pajamas, etc. Now look at your list and place 2 black skirts in your closet, 1 brown skirt, and so on. The things that are left once you’ve gone through your list are things you probably don’t really need and should get rid of. Of course the list I made above will not be the same as yours. Don’t forget about purses, undies etc.
Do the same when getting your shoes organized. You really don’t need 4 pairs of brown loafers.
Getting Kids Organized – Toys
Be still my beating heart! I watched yet another show last night where the family had floor to ceiling shelves in their living room full of toys thinking they were getting organized. They had no furniture in the room because the floor was covered in more and bigger toys.
I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt, thinking that maybe there were no toys in the bedroom, but I was wrong. The bedrooms were full of toys. Amazingly enough, this is not an uncommon thing. Toys and clothes seem to have taken over everyone’s homes with papers coming in a strong third.
If this is you, why are you causing so much stress in your children’s lives? As I mentioned before, too much stuff is very stressful to kids. I almost have a nervous breakdown every time I go to buy a new shampoo. Row after row of shampoos. Which one do I choose? Do you not think a small child has as much stress trying to decide when it comes to his toys?
Instead of sending counselors to the school to counsel the kids for every little thing that happens, we should be sending counselors home with them to help them deal with trying to decide which toys to play with today. What’s interesting too is most kids only play with a handful of favorites, so why are we keeping the rest? Part of getting organized is really deciding what we really need to keep.
Proverbs 25:16 says, “If you find honey, eat just enough- too much of it, and you will vomit.” In other words, too much of a good thing can make you sick. Are we making our kids emotionally sick by giving them too much of a good thing? That’s just something to think about.
How to deal with organizing toys:
Like their parents before them, most kids have a hard time giving up their things, so try these ideas to get them to release them. Tell them “You can sell them and keep the money” or “Let’s give some of these to poor little boys and girls who don’t have any.” I usually try to get the kids to give away the excess toys first, but if that doesn’t work then I go for the mercenary streak in them.
If you still can’t get them to give up some of the toys, tell them you are going to pack the extras in a box and store them. If you do that, it’s generally best to do it when they’re not around or they will suddenly remember that each toy they haven’t played with for ages is suddenly the favorite. After a while, they usually forget about them. If the child asks for something specific that has been packed away, you can give the child that toy, but don’t give the child the whole box to look through. If the child doesn’t miss anything after a while, make it quietly go away.
General Rules About Toys:
- If they are broken, toss them.
- If you have too many of one thing, toss the extras. No little boy needs 50 cars or 40 or even 25. Pick a certain size box and say “You can keep whatever will fit in here”
- One box of crayons is enough. Not 3 buckets full. And 3-4 coloring books is sufficient, too.
- Control the balls, dolls, stuffed animals and everything. Even though it may not seem like it at the time you are doing this for your child’s well being.
- Get books under control. This rule is for both you and your children. For some reason, we have the idea that the more books we have the more intelligent we will be, but if they aren’t being read and just sitting on a shelf or worse yet buried at the bottom of a toy box, what good are they? Getting organized is not possible if we can’t learn to decide what is really important to us. To me, keeping dust covered and smashed books isn’t a sign of intelligence.
When all is said and done:
I couldn’t cover everything about getting organized in this article and haven’t even mentioned organizing things like tools, CDs or DVDs or even those piles of papers in your office, but use the same principles when organizing all of them. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, you have to just do it. I don’t mean to sound indelicate but I don’t like to cut my toe nails or blow my nose but it just has to be done so I do it!!!
Now go get organized and liberate yourself from too much stuff!
Read Get Organized Part 1
Read How To Get Organized! Part 2.
For more helpful tips getting organized and making cleaning and laundry easier, take a look at our How To Organize And Clean Your Home e-books.
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Homemade Clorox Disinfecting Wipes – A Budget-Friendly Alternative!
If you love Clorox Disinfecting Wipes, you’ll love these Homemade Clorox Wipes! They’re an easy, inexpensive alternative that disinfects just as well—without the high price tag.
Clorox wipes have always been popular for easy disinfecting, but they can be expensive and it’s not always easy to find them in the store. Our homemade Clorox wipes recipe is easy to make with common ingredients and they’re easy to wash and reuse.
I have seen recipes for Homemade Cleaning Wipes all over the Internet. The one problem I have with most of them is that they use vinegar and tea tree oil. Well, vinegar and tea tree oil do not disinfect properly like you should in a bathroom. I know people swear that these ingredients disinfect and they do disinfect to a certain degree but to say vinegar totally disinfects as well as bleach is not true at all. (Just call your local health department if you don’t believe me.)
Homemade Clorox Disinfecting Wipes
My Clorox wipes recipe calls for using rubbing alcohol. Not only does it truly disinfect but rubbing alcohol shines your faucets so they look great!!
The Dawn cuts grease which is another thing the vinegar does not do. (Ever noticed how oil and vinegar in salad dressing don’t mix? Same idea!) So this recipe will really cut through that slime.
This is just one of 1,200+ recipes and tips in our cookbook! Get your copy here and start saving money today!
You can put these pre-moistened disinfecting wipes in a baby wipe or plastic container. Then they will be handy and ready to go whenever you need them. You can also make this mixture and just put it in a spray bottle. Then simply spray it on and wipe it with rags or paper towels.
PrintHomemade Clorox Wipes Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup water
1/4 cup rubbing alcohol
1 tsp. Dawn dish soap (only use Dawn)
2 Tbsp. ammonia (optional)
24 rags – cut into squares. (I cut them to about 4×6 inches but whatever size you have available or whichever size you need will work. I also use old washrags that have seen better days.)Instructions
Mix the ingredients and pour over the rags.* Then, when you need to clean your bathroom, use them as you would the disposable Clorox wipes.
The best thing about these homemade wipes is that you can just throw them in the washing machine and use them again! Really! It’s that simple!
*After you make this homemade Clorox wipes recipe, you will need to adjust how much of the mixture you pour over your rags. I didn’t have that many rags and they were pretty wet so I just used less of the cleaner.
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The Best Household Cleaning Products – Save Money And Time
Here is a list of the best household cleaning products including what they do, which are most effective at various types of cleaning and how to use less! (more…)
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5 Homemade Cleaners You Didn’t Know You Could Make at Home
It’s easy to make homemade cleaners. Here are 5 Easy Homemade Cleaners Recipes, most of which only use 3-5 ingredients you already have in your kitchen!
I wanted to share a few Homemade Cleaners from our Dining on A Dime Cookbook, Volume 1. Most people don’t realizes how easy it is to make homemade cleaners and most only use 3-5 ingredients you already have in your kitchen!!Of course, one of the simplest cleaners for most purposes is to just put some rubbing alcohol on a rag and wipe everything down. It doesn’t streak, it disinfects and it’s one quick ingredient! To be honest this is the one cleaner I use for my quick bathroom clean up every day.
Homemade Clorox Wipes Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup water
1/4 cup rubbing alcohol
1 tsp. Dawn dish soap (only use Dawn)
2 Tbsp. ammonia (optional)
24 rags – cut into squares. (I cut them to about 4×6 inches but whatever size you have available or whichever size you need will work. I also use old washrags that have seen better days.)Instructions
Mix the ingredients and pour over the rags.* Then, when you need to clean your bathroom, use them as you would the disposable Clorox wipes.
The best thing about these homemade wipes is that you can just throw them in the washing machine and use them again! Really! It’s that simple!
*After you make this homemade Clorox wipes recipe, you will need to adjust how much of the mixture you pour over your rags. I didn’t have that many rags and they were pretty wet so I just used less of the cleaner.
Homemade Fruit and Vegetable Wash Recipe
Here’s an easy recipe for a homemade fruit and vegetable wash you can use to clean your fresh fruits and vegetables. This recipe uses natural ingredients and can help you clean your fresh produce thoroughly before you prepare it.
Ingredients
Units1 Tbsp. lemon juice 2 Tbsp. baking soda 1 cup waterInstructions
- Put ingredients in a spray bottle. Be careful because it will foam up.
- Spray on vegetables and let sit 5 minutes.
- Then rinse with a scrub brush.
Homemade Fabric Softener Recipe
This easy homemade fabric softener recipe makes fabric softener that works just as well as the store bought with ingredients you already have at home.
Ingredients
Units3 cups hot water 1 1/2 cups vinegar 1 cup hair conditionerInstructions
- Pour the conditioner into the hot water.
- Stir (don’t shake).
- Then add the vinegar.
- Pour into a gallon container.
- Use the same amount of the fabric softener as you would use of the store bought kind or moisten a rag and throw it in the dryer. You can put this fabric softener into your Downy balls too.
Notes
- The water has to be very hot to dissolve the conditioner. If it doesn’t dissolve just whisk it or warm up the water hotter in the microwave.
- If you do need to buy conditioner, something like Suave Lavender from the Dollar Tree works just fine.
- This homemade fabric softener recipe makes a half gallon and if you want to make less, you can easily half the recipe.
- Yes it does work in HE washers.
- For sensitive skin, you will just have to use plain vinegar. My son has horrible eczema and I can’t use anything with scents on his clothes, so vinegar it is!
Homemade All Purpose Cleaner Recipe
Ingredients
1 gallon water
1 cup ammonia or 2 tsp. Dawn dishsoap
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup baking sodaInstructions
- Combine all ingredients.
- Put into a spray bottle to clean showers, toilets, sinks and counters.
This homemade all-purpose cleaner is great for most cleaning needs. Use all-purpose cleaner to clean your floors. Just spray on and wipe off as you would counter-tops.
This is not a disinfectant. To make it a disinfectant, too, add about 1/4 cup rubbing alcohol to the bottle.
All Purpose Cleaner Recipe #2 – (My newer version.)
This disinfecting cleaner is the one I prefer and use most often. It is the same as the all purpose cleaner above except that it includes alcohol for disinfecting.
PrintAll Purpose Disinfecting Cleaner Recipe
Ingredients
Units1 gallon water 1 cup ammonia or 2 tsp. Dawn dish soap 1/2 cup vinegar 1/2 cup baking soda 1/4 cup rubbing alcoholInstructions
- Combine all ingredients.
- Put into a spray bottle to clean showers, toilets, sinks and counters.
This all-purpose cleaner is great for most cleaning needs. Use this all-purpose disinfecting cleaner to clean your floors. Just spray on and wipe off as you would countertops.
Notes
This all purpose disinfecting cleaner is a disinfectant because it includes the alcohol.
Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Recipe
This homemade dishwasher detergent recipe is one of those super simple recipes that people don’t think to make but can save you a lot! The best part is it takes less than 2 minutes to make!
Ingredients
Units1 cup baking soda or washing soda 1 cup Borax 1–2 drops of scented oil (optional)Instructions
Mix ingredients.
Use the homemade dishwasher detergent like you would use regular detergent.
Notes
Another option for cleaning your dishwasher: Pour in a package of unsweetened lemonade Kool Aid or a cup of vinegar into your dishwasher.
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How to Stop Being Overwhelmed
Whenever you’re trying to improve yourself and learn new skills, it’s easy to become overwhelmed. Here are some ideas about how to stop being overwhelmed! (more…)
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How To Get Organized
If you’re asking yourself, how to I begin to get organized, these tips will help you! Getting organized will also help you get out of debt and save money! (more…)
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How To Stay Organized
Try these quick and easy organizing tips you can use to stay organized every day. Staying organized will reduce stress and let you focus on other things! (more…)
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How To Refill A Swiffer Mop With Homemade Cleaner
I have used a Swiffer Mop for years and I love it for quick cleaning! Here’s an easy way to refill a Swiffer mop with homemade cleaner and save money! (more…)
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2 Recipes To Clean Burned Pots and Pans
Do your pots and pans look like they’ve been to war? It can be a challenge to clean burned pots and pans, but these easy recipes and tips make it easier! (more…)
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How To Make Homemade Soap – Lye Soap Recipes And Tips
Here’s a step by step tutorial for how to make homemade soap, along with a lye soap recipe, pictures, a video tutorial and helpful tips for making homemade lye soap! This homemade soap is a luxurious treat and it’s fun and creative to make your own homemade soap! I also sell my homemade lye soap if you like my examples! (more…)
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Easy Homemade Drain Cleaner And Drain Opener Recipe
You can make this easy homemade drain cleaner and drain opener recipe with ingredients you already have at home an it works well for most clogs!
Easy Drain Cleaner And Drain Opener
1 cup baking soda
1 cup vinegar
4 cups boiling waterPour baking soda into drain and then pour vinegar on top of it. Let it sit for 30 minutes. Pour boiling water down the drain. You may need to repeat this process if your drain doesn’t come unclogged the first time. This will clean out a lot of clogs so try it first before running to the store to buy a commercial drain opener.
Tip: Don’t throw away the baking soda used to freshen your fridge. Use it as a cleaning scrub or pour down your drain to clear clogs.
This homemade drain cleaner recipe is from our cookbook:
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How To Get Musty Mildew Smell Out Of Towels
I’ve often had to battle a mildew smell in our bath towels, especially when we lived in a humid climate. Here’s an easy and amazing process I discovered to solve the problem forever! (more…)