What's your miracle cleaner?
Question:what kind of stain or tough cleaning project did you have, that you never thought would get clean?
what kind of cleaning product (or homemade/household product) did you use to get it clean??
i am just looking to find out what kind of cleaners are great that i would have never thought would get out ____.
Answers:
I had a friend who bought a "fixer-upper" house. The people that lived their before either didn't clean at all, or didn't clean very often. The kitchen was the worst, with tile countertops stained with grease and the grout in between stained almost yellow. The sink was disgusting, food was left in there for at least a month, and the garbage disposal reeked! The refrigerator, stove, and dishwasher were so freaking nasty, I thought I was going to get sick. I, of course, drew the short straw when we all got together to help clean up. I used nothing but white vinegar, warmed in a microwave and poured into a spray bottle. Every stain and bad smell peeled off of every surface, even the pourous ones.
For the bathroom (UGH!), I used Scrub Free, it's a bleach-based cleaner that cleans everything. Even on the ring around this porcelain tub with little feet, all I did was spray it on, wait thirty seconds, and wipe it off with a damp sponge. Every stain came right off. I did end up using warm vinegar for the grout and tile floor. Her house is fabulous, and she to this day only has vinegar, baking soda, club soda, and Scrub Free for cleaning.
Baking soda.
what I use just about everywhere in the house except on cotton material. I use a 1/10 of bleach and water. That cleans just about anything and also disinfects.
I love baking soda... It's great to sprinkle on furniture/carpets to rid of smells/loose dirt.. .I use in the laundry wash water with detergent to freshen clean clothes.. I put some in the fridge/freezer in a small container with holes punched in the lid. I use a small amount once a week in my shampoo to get rid of build-up. I used it with idodized salt on the carpet to kill flea eggs/larve/freshen carpets.. I've brushed my teeth with it. I use it for baking... There's more uses I haven't used I'm sure... .It's also cheap a 12 lb. bag is about $5
Mix clorox and amonia. Just kidding don't do that. Best thing is vinegar, its a very good cleaner. Baking soda is great for many things as well, mixing baking soda with a little lemon juice making a paste can help remove many stains on hard surfaces. Mixing vinegar and baking soda can be one of the best cleaners you can use for many things. Also for clogged drains, pour about a half a cup to a cup of baking soda down the drain, then pour a cup of vinegar. Let that do its magic for a while and boil a small pot of water in the meantime, when it starts boiling pour it down the drain.
1/3 water
1/3 ammonia
1/3 palmolive dishwashing liquid
Put in a spray bottle. It works miracles
1/2 Cup Salt
1/2 Cup Baking Soda
1/2 Cup White Vinegar
This mixture will remove any Lime, most rust and other hard water build up around sinks, toilets, faucets, etc. Its also good to pack in a stuck drain and pour boiling water over to relieve the stuck drain.
Lemon juice will remove ketchup, etc., just don't use on silk, as rubbing silk will loosen the strands.
You can also use a small amount of ammonia to relieve Chiggar bites and baking soda on Bee Stings.
I worked in the food industry for about 10 years and had to wear a white shirt needless to say it got everything from ketchup to grease on it I always used dish washing liquid either dawn or the powdered stuff.
I own my own cleaning business and The funny thing is that I found this product called Awesome Orange all purpose cleaner. At the Dollar Tree.
It is the best cleaning product ever!! it removes stains,grease and my man even uses it as hand cleaner after working on the car,,try it you will be amazed how much easier the job is!
HAIRSPRAY! If you get a pen stain or something like that on leather etc hairspray is great to get it off, spray and wipe :)
* Rust = Lemon juice, salt & lay in sun.
* Food, grass, blood, grease/oil or protein stains = Full strength laundry detergent, rub in fabric, wait 3-5 minutes, wash.
* Mustard, Koolaid, permanent marker, tar=bar of Lava soap. On counters, floors, clothes. But, do not use on anything with a shine (car, etc... - - will remove shine coating), do not use on fabric without testing inside seam if color to see if it is color fast including white.
* Inside refrigerator stains = baking soda paste.
* stop crawling insects from house = spray vegetable oil around house.
* toilet, drains = salt, baking soda & white vinegar.
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