Inexpensive "GREEN" cleaning Products?
November 22, 2009 by admin
Filed under Green Cleaning Products
I am VERY interested in converting my house over to “GREEN" products. Not just for the environment but for the health of my family. But I have found that the products seem to cost a lot more and that most are found online and you have to pay high shipping cost. If you have found quality, inexpensive "green" products can you please share where you purchased them?
Try www.green-kits.com. I got a kit of theirs and it is pretty inexpensive for all the stuff you get.
Baking Soda, Vinegar, Washing Soda, Liquid soap (not detergent), and a disinfectant/mold killer such as tea tree oil, lavender oil, grapefruit seed extract or clove oil. These 5 things are the basics of any inexpensive, natural cleaning kit. For more info check out http://www.care2.com/greenliving/healthy-home/nontoxic-cleaning
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wow, thats an oxymoron
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Avoid Simple Green and citrus cleaner. They are not as green as people say. Most people don’t know that citrus cleaners rely on the natural turpentine of the outside of an orange. That same chemical when made by a factory is a highly regulated chemical. People who are frequently exposed to it often get cancer. It is now difficult for furniture refinishers to buy turpentine in many states because of all of the controls placed on the chemicals. However, you can buy turpentine by just buying "Natural Citrus" cleaner. That "Natural Citrus" cleaner contains the same chemical which was banned in many states.
Window cleaner is very green. It contains only ammonia which helps plants grow. The only problem is many people don’t like the smell of it.
Ammonia has been used for over 100 years to cut through grease and grime. New formulas of window cleaners also add inexpensive rubbing alcohol to give the cleaned surface a "streak free" shine.
How to make inexpensive "Streak Free" window cleaner :
http://www.mrscleannw.com/tips/make-glass-cleaner.html
For disinfecting large areas, highly diluted household bleach continues to be the safest disinfectant. It is used by water companies and swimming pool maintainers. Also bleach can be used in a disaster to disinfect water.
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Simple Green
Over 30 years ago, concentrated Simple Green® All-Purpose Cleaner/Degreaser was formulated for the industrial marketplace….but it kept finding its way back home! Customer satisfaction, loyalty and demand have since put the Simple Green "family" of popular convenient sizes in retail stores nationwide! The makers of Simple Green have spent over $3 million to verify the safety claims and unique formulation. Concentrated Simple Green had it right from the start. An environmentally-sensitive non-toxic cleaner/degreaser that really works and can be economically custom-diluted for many, many different uses. From floors and walls to pots and pans, from windows to sinks and drains, from stained carpets to greasy tools, it only takes a little Simple Green to get big jobs done around the house.
Simple Green is one of the most versatile all-purpose cleaners you can buy! It’s non-toxic and biodegradable, without harmful bleach. Because it is a concentrate, you can custom dilute Simple Green to clean just about anything dirty. It replaces most cleaners, detergents, degreasers and laundry pre-soaks you’re using now!
Discover the value and power of Simple Green. And your green will go a lot further too.
Where to Use
Simple Green All-Purpose Cleaner/Degreaser can be used on any washable surface, from floors and walls to laundry and vehicles (see Applications/Dilution Ratio Chart). It removes the toughest stains including dirt, grease, oil, pet stains, coffee & juice stains, lipstick, blood, adhesives & much more!
MPF® Animation
Micro-Particulate Fractionalization™ (MPF) is the process whereby Simple Green All-Purpose Cleaner/Degreaser breaks down large globs of oil, grease and fat into increasingly smaller microscopic droplets called "micelles." View this animation of the MPF process.
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Cleaning Tips and Uses/Dilution Chart
Need to know how to clean something? Download our Applications/Dilution Ratio Chart (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). Or go to our Cleaning Tips section.
pH Scale
Simple Green All-Purpose Cleaner/Degreaser has a mild pH of 9.3 to 9.5. Click Here to see how this compares to other household cleaners. (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Material Safety Data Sheet
Download the MSDS related to this product (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Question on our Non-Toxic Cleaner/Degreaser Products?
Have a question? Need more information? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions section for detailed information about Simple Green products, applications, cleaning instructions and other helpful tips. Or try searching our website.
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http://consumer.simplegreen.com/cons_prod_ori.php
Use drops of eucalyptus, peppermint oils or pure vanilla extract as a room freshener. Just place a couple drops on a piece of scrap card board and tuck behind something. Or drop in your vacuum cleaner bag.
Vinegar and baking soda is a great way to get stains out of tile or concrete.
Ammonia or vinegar in water is a great all-purpose cleaner, make glass really sparkle.
Apple cider vinegar is great for your hair, too.
Don’t laugh, but vodka is great for cleaning your diamond jewelry. Toothpaste is a great jewelry cleaner, too (just not the gel kind),
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Seventh Generation products work well and are green products. They are not cheap, but also not horribly expensive. You’re paying a little more to do your part, I guess. They also have great laundry detergents.
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http://www.seventhgeneration.com
you pay out the nose for most anything you buy, they will find away to make the money you want to save.
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product called e-cover google it
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http://www.google.com
Simple green also works great for pipes and bongs. Let it soak while you are at work, then rinse it out with hot water.
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Here are a few healthy recipes for cleaning your house.
Clean your windows and mirrors with 2tsp vinegar and 1qt warm water or 2tsp borax and 3cups water. Place in squirt bottle and use newspaper to rub dry and to avoid streaking.
Disinfect with ¼ cup borax and ½ gal. hot water.
Clean your oven with ¼ cup baking soda, 2tbsp salt, hot water as needed to make paste. (Let paste sit for 5min.) Caution keep off wires/heating elements.
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2tbsp liquid soap, 2tsp. borax, 1qt warm water (spray on oven and wait 20min, then clean. for tough stains, scrub with very fine steel wool and baking soda.
Toilet bowls clean with ¼ cup baking soda poured into bowl and drizzle with vinegar. (let sit for ½ hour then scrub and flush, add borax for stains.
Air fresheners just simmer cinnamon stick, orange peel, cloves and water.
Clean ceramic tile with ½ cup vinegar and 1 gal warm water.
Mildew remover just dissolve ½ cup vinegar ½ cup borax in warm water. Apply with sponge or spray bottle.
A carpet cleaning foam mix ¼ cup vegetable oil base liquid soap 3tbsp or more water, whip in a bowl and rub foam in problem areas of rug and rinse well with water.
Floors clean with ½ cup white vinegar 1gal warm water.
I have not tried all of the cleaning recipes above but I know growing up most of them mom used to clean our home…
We all have gotten a custom to using the produce in our stores and have forgotten how important it is not only to clean our homes but to clean them in a healthy way for us and our Environment…
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http://www.ecocycle.org/hazwaste/recipes
Why buy them when you can make your own??
Just use a little bit of vinegar and baking soda or vinegar, hot water, and ammonia.
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Simply Green
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Your concern is the same that my whole family evaluated. Look at http://www.makeusgreen.com
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http://www.makeusgreen.com
Baking soda, while not neccessarily cheap, is a good scouring powder for most jobs. Regrettably, thats the only one I know of.
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Personal experiance.
I currently use a product for cleaning my house and it is called
"SIMPLE GREEN". It works really well and is supposed to be very easy on our environment…..it is something that can be purchased in a grocery store, home depot, hardware store and just about anywhere nowadays. i just found out that there is a new product out that’s supposed to be very environmental friendly along same lines. It is called "Simple Orange" and apparently it can be found just about anywhere, also. I want to wish you the best of luck in finding your "Green" products for your house and may God bless and keep you safe and happy…..and i want to thank you for doing your part in helping to save our planet !!!!! Luv, Sweetness #1
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fruit and vegetable wash
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Try http://www.green-kits.com. I got a kit of theirs and it is pretty inexpensive for all the stuff you get.
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