Frugal Cleaning Tips
November 1, 2006 by Karen Weideman
Filed under bathroom, blogs, frugal living, household product, money saving idea
Today I was visiting “The Porch Light”, a blog written Revka. As a stay-at-home mom of 3 children, Revka is also on the look out for thrifty ideas. This week she posted some recipes for helping us with our cleaning.
Basic Wood cleaner & polish
1/8 cup oil (either linseed, olive or vegetable)
1/8 cup vinegar
1/4 cup lemon juice
Laundry Detergent stretcher
1-2 tbsp borax
1-2 tbsp. baking soda
1-2 tbsp. of liquid detergent
You can mix the borax and baking soda half and half and keep it in a tub; then just scoop 2-4 tbsp. of the mix as needed depending on how dirty your laundry is. Start the water in the washing machine, put in the borax and soda mix and add 1-2 tbsp. of liquid detergent, then put all the clothes in. This works REALLY well and makes the detergent last much longer.
I like to use Borax, or some other laundry booster for my whites. I seem to have a hard time getting my whites clean and I cannot use bleach because I have such terrible problems with eczema. Borax is definitely a good solution for getting your whites clean.
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