Most commercial cleaning products you may find in supermarkets are expensive and are negative towards the environment. They also contain perfume and toxic fragrances that can be harmful to those with asthma or allergies. They may also contain hazardous ingredients that are probably not named on the packaging.

It isn’t necessary to expose yourself, or your family, or even the environment to the potential harmful side effects of using these harmful cleaning products. It is possible to do most of your home cleaning with eco friendly products that you may already have in your home.

Simple Eco Friendly Cleaning Products that you may need in your home.
Baking soda. All round, Eco friendly, multi-purpose solution for cleaning many things in your house. Borax \’sodium borate\’. Do not inhale borax when you use it at home, it is a natural substance, but it can irritate your lungs and is toxic if taken internally, so be careful! Use club soda.

Hydrogen peroxide – like borax, hydrogen peroxide should not be swallowed. Lemon juice. Salt. Vegetable oil. Vinegar. Vinegar is one of the best green cleaning products. But full strength vinegar can cause migraines in some people, and it’s better to be careful and avoid directly breathing near the fumes of any vinegar.

For Mildew Stains.
Most stain removers are not green and will not work very well. You will need to literally kill the mildew. Dampen each stain with real lemon juice and sprinkle salt on it. Place the clothing in direct sunlight until the lemon juice dries completely. Wait and the stains will be gone, just like magic, and your laundry will be smell fresh and lemon clean.

Eco Friendly Cleaning in your Kitchen or Bathroom.
For tough stains. It\’s best to use a mixture of equal parts of borax, normal table salt, and baking soda for tackling tough stains to clean on hard surfaces. You must omit the borax if the surface is used for food preparation purposes, or clean it thoroughly before use.

Cleaning stainless steel.
If you want to polish stainless steel to a high shine, make a paste from baking soda and tap water then rub gently on the metal.

For tackling hard water stains.
Vinegar works very well on most hard water stains in your kitchen or bathroom without any unhealthy chemicals. Just pour it on, let it rest for a few minutes, then clean/rub the white residue away with a sponge or cloth and be sure to rinse well afterwards.

Cleaning the toilet bowl.
Household vinegar and baking soda work well as a green toilet bowl cleaner and disinfectant. Just sprinkle the soda into the toilet water and then add some vinegar. It\’s best to use a tough toilet bowl brush to tackle stubborn stains and grime. But with any toilet cleaner, you must protect your hands with rubber gloves and flush after cleaning.

Kill Germs.
Borax has great natural germicidal properties to disinfect. You should add a half cup of borax to your washing machine cycle, especially if cleaning towels, dirty socks, underclothing or other grime laden clothing.

Using fabric softener.
Cotton fabric doesn’t create any static, so there’s no need to add a fabric softener to your wash when you clean clothing made from that fabric at all. As for other fabrics, you can eliminate the need for any fabric softeners by adding a cup of vinegar or a quarter cup of baking soda to the final rinse in your washing machine.

Clean the Windows.
You can recycle newspapers and use them to polish the glass when you’re cleaning your dirty windows. This works really well with car windows too, but no cleaning liquid required, green or otherwise, is needed at all for this.

It is not difficult, but it is just as simple to clean with green or eco friendly products, as those you would buy in a supermarket. Clean up accidents and spills when they occur or it might be too late to get stains out completely. Do flush out your drains at least once a week. If you keep on top of your housework, then you won’t be tempted to use harmful toxic cleaners to tackle the job at a later date.

Author Bio: Keep your home clean and healthy by using a quality vacuum cleaner with a good HEPA filter, like the Miele Solution S5281. On Ecovacuumcleaner.com

Category: Home Management
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