Tips for Using Vinegar

Vinegar is another pantry item that can be used for cleaning purposes. Here are a few tips:

1. Rinsing your hair in a 50/50 vinegar and water solution will help strip away the dirt and hair products.
2. Add 4 tablespoons to a spray bottle of water and use a soft cloth to clean glass and other smooth surfaces.
3. Use a 50/50 vinegar and water solution to descale your coffee maker, followed by two full carafes of clean water to rinse.
4. It can be used on metals to remove rust.
5. Vinegar is also used for a quick treatment of jelly fish stings, except for the portuguese man o'war, their venom is different and treating with vinegar would only make the pain worse.

If we open our eyes and look around, there are plenty of natural items we can use to clean our homes. It saves us money without worrying about hazardous chemicals.

Baking Soda Is Your Friend

Too many of us run out to the store to buy all of the latest products. Suprisingly enough, not many people realize just how many natural cleaners we already have in our pantry. Today, we'll cover some of the things baking soda can do for you while saving you money.

1. Put a box in the closet, just like the fridge.
2. Sprinkle some in your sneakers.
3. Adding 3 parts baking soda to one part water makes a wonderful hand cleaner, facial cleaner to exfoliate, you can also clean your tools with it, lawn furniture, pool toys, just about anything.
4. Add a half of a cup of it to a bucket of warm water and clean no wax and ceramic tile floors without scratch marks.
5. Add a half of a cup to the rinse cycle, helps balance pH to get clothes cleaner and it takes care of the musty towel smells.
6. Sprinkle some on a damp towel and use to clean your food prep areas and chopping blocks.
7. Use it to snuff out small grease fires.
8. Add a teaspoon of it to a half of a glass of water and rinse your mouth to neutralize bad breath.

If you use your imagination, you can come up with many more things that baking soda can clean.

Crayon Marks on the Wall

If you've had children at any point in your life, you most likely have had problems with them coloring on the walls with their crayons (My son's favorite thing to do). It used to be a real big pain to get it off the wall. Not anymore. This is one product that most households need. (It cleans way more than just crayon off the wall, like scuff marks on ceramic tile floors.)