The no buying cleaning products challenge

candygirl

Hi hun, no didn't use half as they were a bit crumbly IYSWIM:D:DUsed half of the Astonish tho, and it worked really well:D:DThis is 4 in 1 lol ; washes, conditions, saves ironing, and can't recall the other claim it makes:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:What a load of BS;)

Living_proof

I would like to start a thread "No using cleaning products challenge".

candygirl

Living_proof wrote: »

I would like to start a thread "No using cleaning products challenge".

:T:T:T:T:T:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

WartimeScrapingofMarmite

I would like to join in but I am down to the bare minimum already!

At the moment all I have left in the house is:-

1 x bottle stardrops (which I use for cleaning the oven and in place of dishwasher tabs, since we ran out two weeks ago...actually the dishes are cleaner using this than the tabs and you only need a tiny bit:money:)
A very small amount of w/up liquid - but tend to use the dishwasher mostly so it'll probably last another week!

1 x tin of polish and a load of microfibre cloths

1 x box of washing powder which I will suplement with the bag of soda crystals I bought at the weekend.

1/2 a bottle of fabric softener

1/2 a bottle of window cleaner

1/2 bottle of antibac

Once this has all gone I might start using vinegar again for cleaning/germ killing as I used to - I only stopped because someone commented that my house smelled like a chippy!

candygirl

Hi WSOM, welcome to the thread:)white vinegar doesnt seem to smell here hun, is that what you're using ?:D:D

WartimeScrapingofMarmite

candygirl wrote: »

Hi WSOM, welcome to the thread:)white vinegar doesnt seem to smell here hun, is that what you're using ?:D:D

:wave:thank you!

Yes, it is white vinegar rather than the malt stuff. I didn't think it smelt that strongly - maybe this person just had a very sensitive nose!

candygirl

WartimeScrapingofMarmite wrote: »

:wave:thank you!

Yes, it is white vinegar rather than the malt stuff. I didn't think it smelt that strongly - maybe this person just had a very senstive nose!

lol just ignore em hun, I have a really strong sense of smell n never smell it :D

415SanFran

Hi,

I suffer from asthma really badly, so use as few chemicals around the house as I can.
When the children were small and I had huge patio windows I used to get through loads of window cleaners, till my husband handed me a chamois cloth.
Since then I have never used a chemical on windows, mirrors or any glass that I had had to clean.
Money saving as well, don't know how much a cloth is but, the one I have now is about 3 years old.

Kaz2904

I'm almost at the end of my bottle of stardrops :eek: but I have a spare in the cupboard . I love this stuff and it's going to make me struggle even more to use up the other flaming stuff which is in the cupboards. I think I might get out one horrible product and work my way through it and continue to do so until it's done. Same as I did with my toiletries when I realised exactly how many I had :eek:.
Have lots of cleaning to do in the next couple of days/weeks because I'm still painting and it needs cleaning afterwards. So at least that'll be a stash buster. And thankfully, the blasted 10L paint tin is nearly gone

candygirl

Welcome SANFRAN, and well done on the painting Kaz:j:j:jI diluted stardrops into a wul bottle yest and my OH thinks the new WUL is fab:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:It was a miracle in itself that he actually washed up:eek::eek::eek: