Here's Mary Beth's recipes for her homemade natural cleaning products. This is from the presentation that she did at Whole Foods Market in Town Square on August 23rd.
Cleaning Recipes:
Please use these recipes at your own risk!
Toilet Cleaner: Sprinkle baking soda in the bowl. Follow with vinegar. Let soak for ten minutes. Then, scrub and flush. **Beware to keep your animals from the bowl during the process.”
“Soft Scrub”- Make a soupy paste by combining lemon juice and vinegar. Apply, Scrub and rinse.
General Cleaner #1- In a plastic spray bottle combine ¼ cup vinegar, 2-3 squirts of liquid Castille Soap. Fill with water. Shake and spray.
General Cleaner #2- Thieves Blend
I add lemon zest from one large lemon, 4 sprigs of rosemary, 4 cinnamon sticks, ¼ cup whole cloves, 5 drops of eucalyptus oil. Cover with water and bring to a boil. Then, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Strain and keep in a glass jar.
General Cleaner: 4 Tbls of blend and two cups of water
For glass Cleaner: Add ¼ cup of vinegar to the general cleaner
For wood: 2 cups warm water, 3 tbls of blend, 2 drops of dish soap, 1 tsp of olive oil
Misc. Recipes:
Carpet freshner: ¾ cup baking soda, 2 tsp. cornstarch…add essential oils
Grease Cutter: squirt some Castile Soap on a sponge and sprinkle baking soda on the spot. You can also use this on clothes.
Silver: line a glass dish with tinfoil, sprinkle in baking soda, pour hot water over, leave for 10-15 minutes , remove , rinse and dry. Alternatively, use toothpaste. No gels or anything with whitening or tartar control. You want to be sure that it includes baking soda.
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