Homemade cleaning products/tips

theoretica

Citric acid (the acid in lemon juice) is better on limescale than vinegar is.

APennySaved

Ha-ha! As what I need is advice re how to get RID of lemon juice! Rather than advice re how to use lemon juice to get rid of OTHER stains!

As I wore a brand new top out to a restaurant, only to get lemon juice on the top I was wearing, when the squeezer that was supplied with the salad sprayed the juice from the lemon segment all over the top. :sad:

And it was the first time I had worn the top: brand new - and WHITE! So I knew that, although lemon juice is an organic substance, the stain would no doubt take some getting out of the tee top i.e. would need some soaking. As it is of course:
(i) citric ACID!
(ii) a bright yellow stain on white
Yikes! :eek:

It's a stylish top with lovely crochet detail/edging, so I don't want to have to bin it.

What larks! (Not!)

So the next day I soaked the top in a solution of hot water + Persil Non-Bio liquid detergent. The tee-shirt part of the top is made of cotton material; that is the stained part. (The crochet-lace edging is, fortunately, untouched.) Then some hours later I washed the top as per the usual washing machine process for such a top.

But those 2 processes haven't done the job, as the main part of the stain is still on the top, & the yellow is visible on the white material !!

So does anybody have any Old Style ideas - or new ideas, for that matter! - as to how to get rid of this yellow stain.

All help appreciated!

robotrobo

camNolliesMUMMY wrote: »

Thank you
Anyone else have any tips?

i came across some stuffing from inside a cushion or something that i had in my garage, & i can only describe it as like a brillo pad without the cleaner in it, im not kidding you , its fantastic for general washing & cleaning . & can be used over & over again.
i use it for various cleaning projects , from car !, washing up , window cills , infact more or less anything & it is very gentle , & leaves only minor surface scratching, which polish out afterwards, no more brilo pads for our house for a few years, it really is gentle on surfaces , but also gets rid of the top muck easily & i use a bit of the cleaning kitchen non scratch paste with it for the finer things to finish off.

Aril

Hi I'm a cleaner [or housesparkler as I call myself too]. Are you planning to take your own cleaning products with you- just wondered if your insurance would cover it if you had an accident at a client's house?

With regards to cleaning windows the best way I have found is to use hot water with a drop of washing up liquid. Dry the windows with a lint free cloth- an old cotton t towel is perfect for this.

I use whatever product my clients want me to but I do take all my own microfibre cloths and old toothbrushes so that I'm not adding disposable one time dish cloths or the wipes to landfill [my decision- I am aware that my solution isn't perfect but it has less of an impact.] Over the three years I've been doing it I've made it known that I'm very happy to use old cut up clothes as rags for polishing etc and now many of my clients give my all manner of bits to do the muckier jobs with.

At home I've just made my own cream cleaner. I'm going to give it a whirl once my current bottle runs out. I don't have many cleaners at home save for a bottle of bleach, loo cleaner and disinfectant [for occasional use the bleach and the disinfectant] I manage mainly with vinegar and washing up liquid!

I too love my work!

Arilx