by Kimberly Davis Guerra
Make your own green cleaning products from a few ingredients found in the pantry!
Laundry Soap (my fave!)
- 4 cups of baking soda
- 3 cups of washing soda
- 2 cups of soap flakes
- 1 tablespoon of essential oil (lavender, lemon, grapefruit are common)
Combine all ingredients & mix with a whisk
Use an 1/8c per load; low sudsing action – safe for high efficiency machines
All Purpose Cleaner
- 1c white vinegar
- 4c water
- 1/4c fresh lemon juice
- 1 tbsp essential oil
Mix in a spray bottle and use as all around cleaner
Tub Scrub
- 1c baking soda
- 1/4c water (enough to make paste)
- 1/4c coarse salt
- Mix and store in a jar with lid
- Wood cleaner
- 1/4c olive oil
- 4 tbsp vinegar
- 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
Mix in a spray bottle; store in the fridge and shake before using
Granite Counter Top Cleaner
- 1/4c rubbing alcohol
- 3 drops castille soap
- 1c water
Mix in a spray bottle and use with microfiber cloth
Drain Cleaner
- 1/2c baking soda
- 1/2c white vinegar
- 1 gal boiling water
Pour baking soda down the drain; gradually pour the vinegar down the drain. Let fizz and dissolve. Follow with the boiling water. Wait 30 minutes & repeat if necessary
Don’t want to make your own, but want to stay on the ‘green’ side? Then pick up any of the cleaning products at any of the (10) Whole Foods Market located throughout Greater Houston. You are guaranteed to find products that will live up to your standards and keep your family and home healthy and clean in the process.
Want to win a gift basket of some of Whole Foods Market’s most popular cleaning supplies? Enter to win at www.houstonfamilymagazine.com/contests
(gift basket pic to follow)
