An Easy and Allergy-Free

House cleaning detergent

When shopping in the supermarket, you can always see tons of cleaning detergents neatly arranged on shelves. While you are still deciding which brand name of dish detergent you are going to buy, have you ever thought about making one by yourself? Here are some useful tips to help you.

1) You want to clean your toilet?

Mix baking soda with vinegar or use 1/2 cup bleach

2) You want your furniture look brand

new? Mix 1 teaspoon lemon juice with 1 pint vegetable oil and use it the polish your furniture

3) You want to prevent mold?

Use white vinegar or add ¾ cup chlorine bleach into 1 gallon of water

4) You want to clean the greasy oven?

Place a small glass container filled with ½ cup ammonia in the oven and close the door. Allow it to stand overnight.

5) You want to clean ceramic tiles?

Add ¼ cup baking soda, ½ cup white vinegar, and 1 cup ammonia into one gallon warm water

6) You want to clean the painted wall and woodwork?

Put ¼ cup ammonia into 1 gallon of warm water or put ¼ cup liquid dish detergent into 1 gallon of water

7) You want to rub off the dirts?

Use baking soda

8) You want to clean glass or mirrors?

Mix 3 Tablespoons ammonia, 1 Table spoon white vinegar with 3/4 cup of water or combine 1/4 cup white vinegar and 1 quart of water. Wipe dry with newspaper

Common sources:

Baking soda: instead of using for your cakes, you can use baking soda to clean, deodorize, polish and remove stains.

Bleach: It can whiten anything and remove mold and mildew. But keep it away from your children.

Cornstarch: good for cleaning carpets and rugs

Ketchup: good for cleaning copper

Lemon juice: whitens and reduces grease and stains

Salt: use it to scour off dirt

Ammonia: cleans windows and remove wax

White vinegar: remove grease & wax, cleans and shines glass, mirrors and metals.

*never mix bleach and ammonia together because it will cause a serious chemical reaction.

Source: About.com