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Expensive household cleaning products can add a tidy sum to your grocery bill plus they are not always the greatest for the environment. Well, the book “Saving Money with the Tightwad Twins:  More Than 1000 Practical Tips for Women on a Budget” by Ann Fox and Susan Fox has some great suggestions. The twins have some very good recipes for homemade  cleaning products. The syndicated column Hints From Heloise also contains many recipes for homemade cleaning products.

All purpose household cleaner – Mix ½ cup white vinegar, 1 cup ammonia, ¼ baking soda and 1 gallon water.

Automatic dishwasher detergent – Mix 1 cup borax and ½ cup baking soda with 3 cups cheap automatic dishwasher detergent.

Cleaner for garbage disposals – Mix 1 cup baking soda, 1 and ¼ cups water. Mix ingredients and pour into ice cube trays and freeze. Turn off the disposal (no water running) and dump about 5 to 7 ice cubes down the drain, allowing the machine to grind them up.

Powdered carpet cleaner – Mix 2 cups baking soda, ½ cup cornstarch, 1 tablespoon ground cloves. Sprinkle over carpet leave overnight and vacuum as usual. You could also mix in a few drops of lemon or lavender essential oil for a different scent.



Laundy pre-stain – You can use a spray bottle for this one. Mix ½ cup white vinegar, ½ cup ammonia, ½ cup of a store bought liquid laundry soap and ½ cup water. Spray stain, rub in mixture, let garment sit for a bit, then wash.

Stain remover for fabric -  Mix ½ cup dishwashing liquid, ½ cup baking soda, to 1 gallon boiling water. Let your clothes soak in this overnight then wash as you usually would.

Basic cleaner - Mix 1 gallon of hot water with 2 tablespoons baking soda and ½ cup of detergent.

Furnisher polish - 1 part lemon juice and 2 parts vegetable oil. Polish as usual.

Toilet cleaner – Use a 1 to 3 ratio of vinegar to water. Vinegar will remove many rust stains because it is a natural acid .

Glass cleaner - Add 2 tablespoons cornstarch to a ½ cup white vinegar  and mix with 1 gallon of warm water. I sometimes use just vinegar and water to clean glass.

Car wash mixture –  Mix ½ cup liquid detergent, 1/3 cup baking soda, 1 gallon of water. It only takes a cup of this solution in a bucket of warm water to wash a car.

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