Clean Green

Step 2 Oven and toilet cleaner (yup, both!)

Ingredients:
5 teaspoons borax
2/3 cup white (distilled) vinegar or 4 teaspoons citric acid
3 tablespoons liquid castille soap

Baking soda

Materials:
Clean 32oz spray bottle

Directions:
Dissolve borax in one cup very hot water. Add vinegar or citric acid and liquid castille soap. Pour into spray bottle and fill to the top with water.

Use:
To clean the oven, spray generously all over your oven then sprinkle liberally with baking soda. Spray a little more liquid over the soda and mix together to make a paste covering all the surfaces. Leave overnight, then scrub off and clean with warm soapy water. This DOES require more elbow grease than commercial oven cleaners, but breathing in the fumes will not cause birth defects.

For toilets or any other (non food preparation, non porous) surface, spray and wipe clean with a rag or paper towel.

Notes on ingredients:
Borax can be found in most supermarkets with the laundry detergents (usually on the top shelf...). The most common brand is 20 Mule Team (or something to that effect). It is cheap, and you can do all sorts of fun things with it like making crystals, goo glue or taxidermy.
For citric acid and castille soap, see previous step.

Comments

[leemck]

Your materials list says "baking powder". I think you mean "baking soda", yes?

[belsey]

Absolutely right. It should be baking soda. Thanks for catching that, I updated the instructable and fixed the mistake.