Cleaning Your Home The Natural Way

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Cleaning Your Home The Natural Way
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• When our homes are dirty and in need of cleaning,
  we often turn to products that weve seen
  advertised on the television to help us get the
  place spick and span again, and usually because
  they proclaim to be the best at removing tough
  stains and grime. Many of these branded products
  are great at getting rid of dirt and regular use
  of them will help to keep your home hygienic, but
  should we really be buying chemically based
  cleaning products that are harmful not only to
  our personal health, but to the health of the
  environment, too?

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• If I dont use branded, chemical based cleaning
  products, what else can I use?
• There are in fact, a whole host of products not
  containing harsh chemicals that make fantastic
  cleaning solutions to a wide range of problems in
  the home, such as lime scale build up, grubby
  surfaces, mildew, smelly dishwashers and grease
  coated ovens. They are all bio degradable and
  most are cheap and commonly found on the shelves
  of every supermarket.

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• One of the most popular natural items that many
  people turn to when trying to avoid using
  chemical products, is vinegar
• Vinegar
• Soak a rag/cloth in vinegar and leave it draped
  over your faucets for a few minutes youll soon
  have sparkling faucets with no soap or lime
  deposits. Cleaning windows or any glass item,
  such as a mirror or shower door/partition, with
  vinegar will make them gleam, removing any dirty
  marks without leaving streaks behind. Use
  newspaper to help make the glass look even
  cleaner.

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• Vinegar can also be used in conjunction with
  baking soda
• Vinegar and baking soda
• Bunged up drains can be cleaned and unblocked by
  tipping a generous amount of baking soda (its
  cheap and many of us have it in the home as a
  store cupboard essential) down the drain and then
  pouring in a good glug of vinegar. As soon as the
  vinegar and the baking soda begin to fizz, pop
  the plug in and wait until the fizzing stops,
  then pour boiling water down and your drain
  should be clear of any blockages and build ups of
  grease.
• This can also be repeated for cleaning toilet
  bowls. Baking soda can be used alone to help keep
  sinks and bath tubs gleaming, too.

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• Another tried and tested favorite among those who
  prefer to clean their homes the natural way, is
  ammonia
• Ammonia
• Some people may be deterred by the smell of
  ammonia which few will say is particularly
  pleasant but its the undisputed champion when
  it comes to removing cooking grease from
  surfaces. Vinegar is a great cleaner, as
  mentioned, but its an acid, meaning that it will
  strip certain grime, but will not be as useful as
  the alkaline solution of ammonia for things like
  tough grease.

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• If you really cant abide the smell of ammonia,
  you can combine it with two other natural
  products to create a cleaning solution thats
  more pleasing to your nose
• Ammonia, vinegar and baking soda
• Combine half a cup of ammonia, with a quarter cup
  of vinegar and a good handful of baking soda in
  warm water this solution makes a fantastic all
  round cleaner that can be used to remove dirt and
  grime from almost anything within the home.
• Add the juice of fresh lemons to your cleaning
  solutions to help make your home smell just as
  fresh as it should look, once youve cleaned it
  the natural way.

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