Comments on: Homemade Cleaning Products – DFA Tip of the Week – 2/16/2009 http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/monday-dfa-tip-of-the-week-2162009/ Pay off debt. Save. Give. Live your mission. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:36:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stephanie Pruitt http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/monday-dfa-tip-of-the-week-2162009/#comment-2988 Stephanie Pruitt Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:53:05 +0000 http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/?p=164#comment-2988 Hi Matt, Thanks for the link to the article, I'm going to bookmark that one to refer to. I also am the diy nut in my house and my husband gives me the same look, but so far I have won him over to a number of homemade products, including your dishwasher detergent! Thought I'd share my favorite homemade cleaning recipe, that has worked best for us so far. 2 Cups Distilled Water 1 tsp. Super Washing Soda 1 tsp. Dawn dishwashing liquid (or your favorite kind) 1/2 Cup white vinegar Few drops tea tree oil Few drops lavender essential oil Clean spray bottle Bring water to a boil. Whisk in washing soda and dissolve. Let mixture cool. Pour vinegar into spray bottle. Add liquid soap and essential oils. Once water/washing soda mixture has cooled, pour into bottle. Shake and it's ready to use. All of the ingredients are great cleaners, including the oils, which have disinfecting properties, and help the cleaner smell nice. This doesn't have a vinegar smell to it, which bugged me with a lot of other cleaners I tried making. So far, I have used this on all surfaces in the bathroom, and the kitchen, including my granite countertops, and stainless steel appliances. Just spray on and wipe with a really hot wet rag. Works great! Also, for jobs that require scrubbing, I mix up equal parts of baking soda, washing soda, and oxiclean and put that in a shaker can (I use an old season salt container) and sprinkle it on whatever needs scrubbed and use a sponge. Works amazingly well. Best of luck in your frugal diy endeavors, and thanks for sharing your findings with us! Hi Matt,

Thanks for the link to the article, I’m going to bookmark that one to refer to. I also am the diy nut in my house and my husband gives me the same look, but so far I have won him over to a number of homemade products, including your dishwasher detergent! Thought I’d share my favorite homemade cleaning recipe, that has worked best for us so far.

2 Cups Distilled Water
1 tsp. Super Washing Soda
1 tsp. Dawn dishwashing liquid (or your favorite kind)
1/2 Cup white vinegar
Few drops tea tree oil
Few drops lavender essential oil
Clean spray bottle

Bring water to a boil. Whisk in washing soda and dissolve. Let mixture cool. Pour vinegar into spray bottle. Add liquid soap and essential oils. Once water/washing soda mixture has cooled, pour into bottle. Shake and it’s ready to use. All of the ingredients are great cleaners, including the oils, which have disinfecting properties, and help the cleaner smell nice. This doesn’t have a vinegar smell to it, which bugged me with a lot of other cleaners I tried making.

So far, I have used this on all surfaces in the bathroom, and the kitchen, including my granite countertops, and stainless steel appliances. Just spray on and wipe with a really hot wet rag. Works great!

Also, for jobs that require scrubbing, I mix up equal parts of baking soda, washing soda, and oxiclean and put that in a shaker can (I use an old season salt container) and sprinkle it on whatever needs scrubbed and use a sponge. Works amazingly well.

Best of luck in your frugal diy endeavors, and thanks for sharing your findings with us!

]]> By: DebtFREEk! http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/monday-dfa-tip-of-the-week-2162009/#comment-110 DebtFREEk! Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:32:02 +0000 http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/?p=164#comment-110 Thank you so much for this comment AJ, it is very encouraging & reinforces everything we've been saying. How much do you think you are saving? Do you have any recipes for certain cleaners you could give us? I could post them on the site... Thanks again! Thank you so much for this comment AJ, it is very encouraging & reinforces everything we’ve been saying.

How much do you think you are saving? Do you have any recipes for certain cleaners you could give us? I could post them on the site…

Thanks again!

]]> By: AJ http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/monday-dfa-tip-of-the-week-2162009/#comment-109 AJ Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:22:40 +0000 http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/?p=164#comment-109 Hey! In my house it is the other way around...I am the one getting that look from my Husband! But making up a batch of laundry detergent is something he loves to do. And actually since he "saw the light" - that the homemade detergent and using vinegar in the downy ball really do work great, I don't get many of those looks anymore. We have been doing this for over a year now and I can't even begin to imagine how much money we have saved. We do use vinegar for everything! I buy it at Sams really cheap and have jugs of it hidden all over the house! I feel so much better about our cleaning practices now that we have ditched all those harmful chemicals, and everything seems actually much cleaner too. We all used to suffer from allergies and sinus problems and cleaners really made me feel awful when breathing them...but not any more. I think this was the #1 best thing we have done to improve our health and pocketbook at the same time!!! Hey! In my house it is the other way around…I am the one getting that look from my Husband! But making up a batch of laundry detergent is something he loves to do. And actually since he “saw the light” – that the homemade detergent and using vinegar in the downy ball really do work great, I don’t get many of those looks anymore. We have been doing this for over a year now and I can’t even begin to imagine how much money we have saved. We do use vinegar for everything! I buy it at Sams really cheap and have jugs of it hidden all over the house! I feel so much better about our cleaning practices now that we have ditched all those harmful chemicals, and everything seems actually much cleaner too.
We all used to suffer from allergies and sinus problems and cleaners really made me feel awful when breathing them…but not any more.
I think this was the #1 best thing we have done to improve our health and pocketbook at the same time!!!

]]> By: DebtFREEk! http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/monday-dfa-tip-of-the-week-2162009/#comment-61 DebtFREEk! Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:37:38 +0000 http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/?p=164#comment-61 Hmmm, vinegar as a fabric softener...who'd have guessed. Like you said, it truly is one of the most useful substances around! God bless our wives though you know...the Lord has given us a great gift in them, and the way they keep us accountable is awesome! :-) Thanks John. Hmmm, vinegar as a fabric softener…who’d have guessed. Like you said, it truly is one of the most useful substances around!

God bless our wives though you know…the Lord has given us a great gift in them, and the way they keep us accountable is awesome! :-)

Thanks John.

]]> By: John http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/monday-dfa-tip-of-the-week-2162009/#comment-48 John Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:01:35 +0000 http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/?p=164#comment-48 This list is a great resource! I've started using vinegar as fabric softener in the laundry and used to use vinegar and baking soda for some cleaning (vinegar is apparently the most useful substance on earth). My next project is to try to make some laundry detergent. BTW - I totally know that "yeah sounds like a great idea look!" This list is a great resource! I’ve started using vinegar as fabric softener in the laundry and used to use vinegar and baking soda for some cleaning (vinegar is apparently the most useful substance on earth). My next project is to try to make some laundry detergent. BTW – I totally know that “yeah sounds like a great idea look!”

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