What cleaning supplies do you use?

dragonlily

I'd like to be able to minimise the range of cleaning items we have in the house, and make sure we are getting good value out of what we use.

We had been using a whole range of things but I have run down supplies and now need to shop as haven't a huge amount left of anything.

- I do still have two large bottles of the antibacc dettol spray (the one in the clear bottle we use in the kitchen though, so won't need to change that until out is all used up.

I have read on line that star drops is popular in a spray bottle diluted, so was thinking of getting some of that. Does anybody make their own?

Also does anybody use a cleaning caddy of some description to carry cleaning products around from room to room?

Any thoughts would be much appreciated, thanks x

Katzen

White vinegar is good for loads of jobs. I slosh some down the loo and use some in a spray for most surfaces and glass. The whole concept of different cleaners for different rooms is ridiculous really! There's not a lot that can't be ta joked with hot, soapy water really

Livelongandprosper

I use very few, I have a cat and the chickens wander in and out if the door is open, but my house is clean and no one has ever got ill

Kitchen

Fairy and flash for washing up and general cleaning
Microfibre cloths
Oven pride and astonish paste for the oven and hob
Bleach

Bathrooms
Bleach, bathroom cleaner for soap scum. We live in a soft water area so no lime scale, just soap scum

Around the house in general

Damp microfibre for dusting
Glass cleaner for Windows and glass
Tin of polish
Carpet shampoo

Each bathroom has its own cleaner and bottle of bleach. I don't carry a caddy, would just mean finding a space to put that

Ilona

I have a squirty bottle of diluted washing up liquid, that cleans everything. I have a bottle of the cheapest bleach for the toilets. I don't need a caddy for those.

Ilona

System

I love cleaning products. I have far too many.

caronc

I use a diluted mix of stardrops and for zoflora for most everything. A product called "Elbow grease" for tough stuff and bleach for the loo and sinks that's about it.

Linda32

I use bleach in the toilet, Flash in the bathroom - I've tried various others and it seems to be the best. Then zoflora in spray bottle for the kitchen. Sainsbury's Lavender furniture polish is quite nice. Whatever liquid for diluting in a bucket for mopping that is on offer at the time, these always something!

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dragonlily

Thanks for the advice.

White vinegar is good for loads of jobs. I slosh some down the loo and use some in a spray for most surfaces and glass. The whole concept of different cleaners for different rooms is ridiculous really! There's not a lot that can't be ta joked with hot, soapy water really

Katzen where do you get your white wine vinegar from to make it cost efficient. I have it in but in one of the small bottles from the supermarket that I use for making salad dressing and souring milk.

I did go and buy a few shopping items today and couldn't find original star drops so got the sort in a spray bottle (white wine vinegar one and the all purpose one).

Livelongandprosper I also bought some microfibre cloths (thanks for the tip, as haven't used these before and will be good to try them) and something I read about this morning called Bar Keepers Friend. I hadn't heard of that before. It is meant to be a type of stain remover.

I have a squirty bottle of diluted washing up liquid, that cleans everything. I have a bottle of the cheapest bleach for the toilets. I don't need a caddy for those.

Ilona, have you always been so minimalist in cleaning products or did you phase into that over time? I def want to have less items so quite interested in how to go through the process of letting go!

Judi lol, you and me both, although I seem to have a lot less now and it is quite scary!

I use a diluted mix of stardrops and for zoflora for most everything. A product called "Elbow grease" for tough stuff and bleach for the loo and sinks that's about it.

Caronc do you mix the zoflora with the star drops? If so, do you use the original star drops?

x

caronc

dragonlily wrote: »

Caronc do you mix the zoflora with the star drops? If so, do you use the original star drops?

x

Yes I do - in a spray bottle I put a squirt of stardrops with a few drops of zoflora and make up with water. For floors a couple of squirts of stardrops and a cap of zoflora in my mop bucket. I only use the original stardrops. I also use diluted Zoflora as a fabric freshner much cheaper than Febreeze when you have an elderly, somewhat smelly pooch

Livelongandprosper

dragonlily wrote: »

Thanks for the advice.



Katzen where do you get your white wine vinegar from to make it cost efficient. I have it in but in one of the small bottles from the supermarket that I use for making salad dressing and souring milk.

I did go and buy a few shopping items today and couldn't find original star drops so got the sort in a spray bottle (white wine vinegar one and the all purpose one).

Livelongandprosper I also bought some microfibre cloths (thanks for the tip, as haven't used these before and will be good to try them) and something I read about this morning called Bar Keepers Friend. I hadn't heard of that before. It is meant to be a type of stain remover.



Ilona, have you always been so minimalist in cleaning products or did you phase into that over time? I def want to have less items so quite interested in how to go through the process of letting go!

Judi lol, you and me both, although I seem to have a lot less now and it is quite scary!



Caronc do you mix the zoflora with the star drops? If so, do you use the original star drops?

x

A word to the wise

Vinegar is not the cleaner everyone seems to say it is. Yes it does work, along with a bucket of elbow grease

You need to weigh up what is important to you. To me it's my time and as little time cleaning is my goal

I do use vinegar for a fabric conditioner for example, but cleaning my oven? Nope, oven pride works and is cheap as chips

Another thing, not all microfibre cloths are equal. Those cheap 10 for £1 , are nothing but plain cloths. I do use microfibre, but for glass and polishing, they are the expensive named brands.