When our grandmothers made the house, there were no chemical products, so polluting. Follow his method and make your sustainable cleaners.
Tips for the manufacture and development of sustainable cleaners. Simple and economical solutions will help you have your house bright using products free of toxicity and respectful of the environment.
Industrial detergents are made with ingredients derived from petroleum, a non-renewable and highly polluting resource in extraction, transport, processing, and disposal.
Modern kitchen with wooden
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1- CLEANERS WITH SALT
He is one of the best allies in cleaning the kitchen. He mixes 250 g of salt in 1/2 liter of water and cleans the oven walls and trays while they are still hot. Let it act and remove with soap and water. It is also handy for cleaning pots or pans when food has burned. Cover the bottom of the container with salt and a little water. Leave 20 min and rinse.
2- LEMON
Perfect for disinfecting and eliminating nasty odors. Slash one in half and rub it on a wooden cutting board with a little coarse salt. You will kill all the bacteria. It is also very effective for cleaning the microwave. Put a bowl with 300 ml of water, the juice of a lemon, and the peel at maximum power between 3 and 5 minutes. Pass a cloth to remove all the remains detached from the walls.
3- WHITE VINEGAR
Use it to polish stainless steel sink and faucets; remove rust from knives or scissors, disinfect rubbish bins or revive the colors of clothes.
And where to store household cleaning products?
In well-rinsed industrial containers that you already had at home. Thus, you will avoid throwing more plastic garbage on the planet. Group the specific cleaning products for each of the rooms in the house in small colored baskets. A solution to comfortably carry everything in one hand and save yourself the hassle of looking for gloves or any other product.
Slide the screen to discover the best tricks to clean your house in a much more sustainable way than you have been doing until now, the planet will thank you, and your pocket will notice. You will save on your shopping list by dispensing with industrial cleaners.
4- GET OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT
Braided rope doormat
The doormat is one of the great forgotten when cleaning the house. If it is made of natural fibers, shake it to remove dust and surface dirt. Spray with a water and salt solution and rub with a long bristle brush. Rinse and dry.
5- FLOORS TO DRINK SOUPS IN THEM
Clean hydraulic floors with vinegar
It was one of the favorite phrases of grandmothers or great-grandmothers if you are a millennial. To leave ceramic and wood gleaming, Green Your Life recommends pouring a cup of all-purpose cleaner into the mop bucket.
And how is the cleaner prepared? Heat 75% water and, when it boils, add 25% vinegar. But don’t use it on a marble floor, as its acetic acid could damage the surface.
6- YOUR TOOLS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION
Garden shears easy prune
After setting up your terrace or garden, it is always necessary to clean the house and tools. Please place them in a large container with warm, soapy water, after a few minutes, clean with baking soda and a steel wool pad.
7- CRYSTALS
Green display case and fiber basket
The windows have been our door to the world during confinement. The glass fronts of showcases and mirrors are dazzling with a mixture of 2 cups of vinegar, four water, and half a lemon juice. Apply and dry with a clean cloth.
8- A LOOK AT THE RUGS
Instead of vacuuming them, they can be swept with a soft broom in the direction of the hair or grain. If you have a sturdy, airy place to hang them, hit them with the beater.
9- CLEAN THE MIRRORS
Mirror with pink frame
Show them off by preparing a solution with the juice of 1 lemon, three teaspoons of white vinegar, and a mug of warm water.
Spray the surface and dry with the newspaper. You can also clean with a split raw potato and wipe with vinegar.
10- WASHING MACHINE DETERGENT
Laundry room and iron
Homemade detergent is simple. For 5 liters of water, cut 245 gr of natural soap, yours or Lizard type. Heat as much water as possible, add the pieces of soap and five tablespoons of baking soda. Stir until you get a gel texture. Remove and let it cool. Pour the content into a carafe and add the water that has not fit in the pot.
11- BASIC EQUIPMENT
Making sustainable cleaners
Your grandmother had clothes, a basin, and little else. And is that for sustainable cleaning, not all the chemical products that clutter the cupboard under the sink are necessary? Ikea’s Borstad collection includes eco-friendly utensils. Broom sets with a galvanized steel dustpan: high and low with the brush. Basket with handles, Carpet beater, Beech clothesline, Galvanized steel basin.
12- HOW TO CLEAN WOODEN FURNITURE
Natural decoration baskets, rugs, and decorative leaves. There are different formulas. Mix 90 ml of water and 10 ml of almond oil to polish them. Please put it in a spray bottle, apply it on the furniture and dry with a chamois.
If you want to repair a scratch, add 30 ml of lemon juice to 70 ml of vegetable oil and apply with a cloth, but never on varnish, because the acidity could damage it.
13- YOU HAVE MADE SO MANY BISCUITS AND BREAD THESE DAYS…
Kitchen with vintage oven
That you haven’t given your oven a break, most specific cleaners contain toxic substances, and the idea of them remaining there when you prepare the next cake is somewhat unsettling.
An eco-friendly alternative is to mix a few tablespoons of baking soda and water to form a paste. You spread it inside the oven and leave it overnight: it will turn brown, don’t be scared. The next day you remove it with a damp cloth. Where there are baking soda stains, apply vinegar with a vaporizer.
14- USED OLIVE OIL SOAP
Sosa, mold, and essences, in Great Evening
One liter of unrecycled oil pollutes 1,000 liters of water in rivers and seas. But you can make it into soap with caustic soda.
Its handling requires protection: work in a room ventilated by the vapors it gives off, gloves, goggles, and a mask to avoid burns. In a saucepan, put 285 ml of water. Pour 122 g of caustic soda, stir and let it cool in an airy place. Strain 800 gr of used oil and heat it to 60 ºC. Remove from the heat, add the water with the previous soda and mix with the blender. You can add some aromatic essence. Pour into a soap mold, cover with film and cover with a cloth. Two days later, unmold, cut the pills and let them cure for 40 days.
15- IN THE BATHROOM
Green bathroom with industrial furniture
Neither bleach nor ammonia that, through the drains, reach nature and degrade it.
Citric acid has disinfectant and anti-limescale power. Put a spoonful in the toilets, let it rest for 15 minutes, spread it out with a scouring pad, and rinse. But avoid contact with the marble! And chamomile infusion is a powerful fungicide to eliminate fungus.
16- HANG THE CLOTHES IN THE FRESH
Laundry room with wooden table
It’s all advantages: you avoid the cost of electricity that a dryer needs, suitable for your sack and better for the environment. But, in addition, if you shake it vigorously before hanging it, it will wrinkle less and you will reduce ironing time.
Put white clothes in the sun —natural bleach— and colored garments in the shade to keep the tones bright. Use wooden tweezers: recycled; they are used to make compost and chipboard.
On the patio, a folding clothesline; Extended, it measures 174 x 57 x 92.5 cm, but it can be hinged on the wall, with Wooden clothespins, Basket lined with fabric.
17- TOWELS WILL NO LONGER SCRATCH
Flodalen towels
And without the compounds that are usually part of industrial softeners, the WHO considers unhealthy: alpha-terpineol, benzyl acetate, benzyl alcohol, ethyl acetate, and even chloroform.
A harmless alternative is to grate the soap and heat it in 1 liter of water. When it dissolves, add 4 liters of cold water, four tablespoons of glycerin, and 2 of rose milk. Mix and pour it into a bottle.
18- DELICATE PORCELAIN
Pink Mugs
Cups and lid —in the image with macaroons— cover the cup while preparing an infusion. Wash the porcelain pieces in a plastic basin so that fragments do not fly out when they hit the sink, and use lukewarm water because excess heat can break them. Submerge the pieces in water with household soap and add one teaspoon of baking soda if they have lipstick, tea, or coffee stains.
