{"id":1064,"date":"2001-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-09-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/mind-body-go-green-when-you-clean-to-save-some-green\/"},"modified":"2001-09-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2001-09-10T00:00:00","slug":"mind-body-go-green-when-you-clean-to-save-some-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/mind-body-go-green-when-you-clean-to-save-some-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Green When You Clean to Save Some Green"},"content":{"rendered":"
123RFUsing toxin-free, all- or mostly natural cleaning products isnt just a good idea for protecting the environment inside (and outside) your home—it can actually save you some dough. I havent done the math, but over a years time, Ill bet you could piggy-bank the cost of a couple of nice massages if you swap homemade cleansers for the pricier kind that come laden with chemicals. And its easy! Here are a few of the cleansers I make for my house:<\/p>\n
My Mother-in-Laws Shiny Floor Cleaner<\/strong> Simple Dish Scrub Powder<\/strong> All-Purpose Cleanser<\/strong> Vinegar and Newspaper<\/strong> 123RFUsing toxin-free, all- or mostly natural cleaning products isnt just a good idea for protecting the environment inside (and outside) your home—it can actually save you some dough. I havent done the math, but over a years time, Ill bet you could piggy-bank the cost of a couple of nice massages if you swap homemade […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
My beloved, 90 year-old Italian mother-in-law, Nonnie Maria, has a simple potion that cleans and shines her wood floors, and now I use it on mine (also nice for wooden cabinets and furniture). She adds about ¼ cup of Murphys oil soap (an all-natural product made from tree oils) and a splash of white vinegar to a gallon of hot water, and mops her floors with the milky liquid. You dont have to rinse, and the lemony aroma smells like a summer night in the Italian countryside.<\/p>\n
It doesnt get any simpler than this: use baking soda as you would any commercial scrub powder. It wont scratch non-stick or other surfaces, and it tackles all but the most serious baked-on messes. Just follow with a hot water rinse to kill germs. As non-toxic alternative, try Bon-Ami, an inexpensive scouring powder made from mineral abrasives and biodegradable detergent; it shines without scratching. I use this to clean lightly soiled pans and countertops.<\/p>\n
Mix a couple of tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice with a teaspoon of borax in a spray bottle filled with warm or hot water. Spritz on surfaces and wipe clean.<\/p>\n
To make your windows sparkle, just fill a bowl with white vinegar, and use newspapers instead of rags to apply the vinegar and wipe the windows dry. I dont know if some magical synergy between the newsprint and the vinegar makes this work so well, but nothing makes glass disappear like this combo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"