10 Best Cleaners You Should Completely DIY
When you make your own detergents and other cleaning solutions, you not only have control over the ingredients you use, but you can also save a decent penny. Often the ingredients are already in your home. Here are 10 cleaners and tools you can make yourself.
10. Means for cleaning car upholstery with your own hands.
Everyday life is ponderous with the upholstery of our car. Three ingredients – grated soap, borax and boiling water – can make your car rugs look new again .
9. Homemade carpet cleaner.
When it comes to home carpets , here is a mixture of different ingredients you probably already have: dishwashing liquid, white vinegar, water, and baking soda. We learned that these are magical cleaning ingredients.
8. Do-it-yourself magnetic scrubber.
It’s not a cleaning solution, but a smart cleaning tool: a magnetic scraper that makes it easy to clean narrow vases and other oddly shaped containers .
7. Cubes for garbage disposal with your own hands
Don’t throw away the orange or lemon zest when you’re done with the fruit. Place them in ice cube trays with a little vinegar and you can use the cubes to empty your trash chute.
6. Whitening solution for pillows.
When was the last time you washed your pillows? If they are similar to the ones shown on the left, try this bleach solution , a mixture of laundry detergent, powder detergent, bleach, and borax.
5. Do-it-yourself screen cleaning solution
Mix rubbing alcohol and distilled water in an old spray bottle for a simple cleaner for your monitor, smartphone, and other gadgets . Add some vinegar and you have a Windex replacement .
4. Household wet cleaning wipes.
Turn a roll of paper towels into a cheaper and equally effective DIY version of wet wipes . All you really need is vinegar and water (and bleach if you like).
3. Make the Swiffer WetJet reusable
The Swiffer WetJet is a great product, but once the solution runs out the container should be discarded and replaced with a new (expensive) one. Crack open the Swiffer bottle to refill it. One method requires a drill, hot glue, and some equipment. However, you can also do this with hot water and nail clippers . While you are doing this, use straw socks instead of disposable mop pads .
2. Means for removing dirt from the kitchen with your own hands
It is difficult to avoid the greasy mess in the kitchen. Clean the cabinets again using a mixture of vegetable oil and baking soda . (Yes, use oil to get rid of fat.)
1. When in doubt, use vinegar, baking soda, lemons, and other cleaning products.
It will take too long to list all cleaning solutions containing vinegar, baking soda, and other simple ingredients. Here are just a few: clean stainless steel with vinegar and oil , make your own citrus cleaner with vinegar and citrus peel, clean the oven vents with baking soda and boiling water, clean the oven with vinegar and baking soda, make your floor tile solution cleaner with vinegar and soap, make a homemade rag with baking soda, vinegar, and boiling water, and make dishwasher tablets with baking soda, vinegar (and a few other ingredients). Let’s clean up our cleaning cabinet: These are the only eight kitchen cleaners you really need (and they do around the house).
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