How do you make a home made kitchen cleaner?

Queenie

In our Mega Index there is a section on Cleaning

a large thread full of cleaning tips and home made recipes which has been indexed separately to help you find things

In Our Oldstyle Indexed Collection, there is a thread called "Save Zillions On Cleaning Costs"

for hints and tips on how to reduce the number of cleaning products you need to buy plus homemade recipes for home and beauty care

These are an accumilation of topics, remedies etc., that have been put together from all the threads since Old Style began, so there is sure to be plenty of useful information that it would be a pity to miss out on.

Enjoy

black-saturn

All those self made OS cleaners never work as good as the shop bought ones. Be prepared to get your elbow grease out.

Jo138

When I read this I saw it as 'How to make a home-made kitchen look cleaner' - I'd assumed someone had made a mess of building the cupboards and you wanted some advice on hiding all the mistakes and filth left behind by the carpenter's fingers! Ooooh dear - is anyone giving out brains on freecyle cos I need one please?

pauleyc

I have just bought stuff to make my own too:)
Have bought white vinegar, bicarb of soda and already have some essential oils to pop in when im ready to make up - need to empty my whop bought versions so i can use the bottles

krlyr

You can buy white vinegar cheap from asian supermarkets (might be known as 'distilled vinegar'). I paid about £4 for 5 litre bottles - you tend to dilute it for cleaners too so it lasts ages.

geri1965_2

I also use a mixture of Stardrops, Zoflora and water. In the bathroom I use Stardrops, white vinegar and water.

Linda32

Linda32 wrote: »

My kitchen cleaner is a squirt of stardrops and about two table spoons of zoflora approx, (really concentrated disinfectant from Wilkinsons in a glass bottle and box 50p at most) in a squirty bottle and topped up with water.

I'm happy with this and used to use dettox everywhere before seeing the light

And 7 years later, I'm still here and don't even buy those two anymore, I just wipe around with the dishcloth.

midnightraven3

spray bottle, 1 part vinegar, 1 part lemon juice (bottled) 4 parts water
i use a few drops of lemongrass oil for smell but its not needed
i use that for everything apart from floors

stardrops breaks my hands out:(

WantToBeSE

midnightraven3 wrote: »

spray bottle, 1 part vinegar, 1 part lemon juice (bottled) 4 parts water
i use a few drops of lemongrass oil for smell but its not needed
i use that for everything apart from floors

stardrops breaks my hands out:(

Does that work on everything?

Justamum

Astonish products are quite cheap, and not harsh on the skin either. Chemists often sell them, and they are about 99p a bottle.