Green Cleaning
From Omlet Club Wiki
I've got a Homemade Furniture Polish recipe which is super.
3oz (75g) beeswax 5floz (150ml) real turpentine Lavender oil
Melt the beeswax in a double boiler over hot water (use an old bowl over a pan of hot water because the wax will stick to whatever you use). Stir in the turpentine and lavender oil. Pour into a screwtop jar and leave to cool. Apply sparingly to wooden furniture and buff with a soft cloth.
Antiseptic surface spray
This can be used anywhere - floors, toilet seats, walls, worktops, doorhandles etc. It's smashing!
Almost fill a plant misting spray with water, add 3 tbsp ecological washing up liquid and 15 drops tea tree oil and 15 drops lavender oil. Shake gently to mix then use where required.
Super window cleaner
If you can get rid of the residue left by commercial window cleaning products, simple Soda Water is a fantastically effective and cheap alternative.
To get rid of the commercial cleaner residue, wash windows with hot water with a little washing up liquid in then rinse with a capful of distilled white vinegar in warm water. Dry with scrunched up newspaper.
Once that's been removed, you can use just the soda water in a plant misting spray. Spray on, wipe with a cloth and dry with newspaper.
Brilliant!
Homemade Barkeepers Friend/Ajax substitute
Mix 1 cup bicarbonate of soda with 1 tbsp ecological washing up liquid and 1tsp of your favourite essential oil to make a slightly moist paste.
Store in a screw top jar and use wherever you need a scouring powder. It's smashing on sinks, hobs, stains in saucepans, mugs and teapots, on baths and toilets etc.
I found recently that you can buy bicarbonate of soda in bulk quantities really cheaply from Chinese supermarkets. You can also get large containers of distilled white vinegar and bulk bags of washing soda if you ask!
These work just as well as commercial products and are environmentally friendly too.
Bathroom Cleaner
1 & 2/3 cups bicarb 1/2 cup ecological washing up liquid 1/2 cup water 2 tbsp distilled white vinegar 30 drops lemon essential oil (use whichever oil you prefer)
Mix bicarb, Ecover and water so there are no lumps then stir in the vinegar. Add the essential oil and mix really well. Store in a squirty topped bottle like an old washing up liquid container. Shake really well before use as the bicarb does tend to settle at the bottom. If it sets, add a little hot water, shake well and it should become useable again. Use as you would Cif or Ajax.
Toilet Cleaner
2 cups bicarb 1/2 cup ecological washing up liquid 1/4 cup water 2tbsp distilled white vinegar 15 drops lavender essential oil 15 drops tea tree essential oil
Mix bicarb, washing up liquid and water so no lumps remain. Add vinegar and essential oils (both lavender and tea tree are antiseptic and are therefore excellent for using in the toilet) and mix really well. Store in an old squirty washing up liquid bottle and shake really well before use.
Homemade washing powder
6oz soap flakes 2 cups borax 2 cups washing soda
Mix together and use one mugful or so per load.
