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Most store bought household cleaners are a chemical concoction of questionable ingredients such as:
Fragrance(s)/perfume(s)
Surfactant(s)
C9-11 Pareth-3
Colorant/Pigment/Dye(s) and much more.
The US Department of Health and Human Services website has a Household Products Database which has information about common household products and their ingredients. If you go to the site and click on the Ingredients tab you will see a list of chemicals. Click on a few them and you will see a list of products which have that chemical in them. There is also a link to T0XNET, click on it and it will reveal a slew of toxic warnings and advisories about these chemicals.
A quick search will raise the hairs on the back of your neck when you discover what you have been using around your home, your children and your pets. That database was one more reason I decided to start making my own safer cleaning products.
Another reason I decided to make my own was because organic or all natural "green," cleaning products usually cost more than the regular household cleaners. As it turned out, it is very easy and cheap to make safe cleaning products myself. As a result, my family hasn't bought a household cleaning product in years.
The following Instructable will show you how you can make your own all natural household cleaner in spray form too. It is so simple, cheap and easy (and safe) to make, a child could do it. Once you make this little gem, you will find dozens of uses for it. We use it all around our house. We spray it on the counter tops, the table, the floor and use it to wipe the fridge (inside and out). It is also good for cleaning up puppy "accidents" and spraying the inside of an empty trash can to neutralize the smell.
We use it so much we have given it a name. We call it Pick-A-Peel.
Fragrance(s)/perfume(s)
Surfactant(s)
C9-11 Pareth-3
Colorant/Pigment/Dye(s) and much more.
The US Department of Health and Human Services website has a Household Products Database which has information about common household products and their ingredients. If you go to the site and click on the Ingredients tab you will see a list of chemicals. Click on a few them and you will see a list of products which have that chemical in them. There is also a link to T0XNET, click on it and it will reveal a slew of toxic warnings and advisories about these chemicals.
A quick search will raise the hairs on the back of your neck when you discover what you have been using around your home, your children and your pets. That database was one more reason I decided to start making my own safer cleaning products.
Another reason I decided to make my own was because organic or all natural "green," cleaning products usually cost more than the regular household cleaners. As it turned out, it is very easy and cheap to make safe cleaning products myself. As a result, my family hasn't bought a household cleaning product in years.
The following Instructable will show you how you can make your own all natural household cleaner in spray form too. It is so simple, cheap and easy (and safe) to make, a child could do it. Once you make this little gem, you will find dozens of uses for it. We use it all around our house. We spray it on the counter tops, the table, the floor and use it to wipe the fridge (inside and out). It is also good for cleaning up puppy "accidents" and spraying the inside of an empty trash can to neutralize the smell.
We use it so much we have given it a name. We call it Pick-A-Peel.
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Ingredients:
White vinegar (the cheaper the better)
Grapefruit peels (washed and all pulp removed)
Wide mouthed jar (recycle an old mason, mayo or pickle jar) with lid(s) **
Masking tape or clear tape OR a simple label
Permanent marker
Later (in about 3 weeks) you will need the following:
Strainer
Funnel
Clean spray bottle
**I usually use 2 jars so I can make 2 batches at once.
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Will have to make some of this.