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Purdy & Figg cleaner
harlequinnyc
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Tempted by the promise of cleans everything smear free and leaves your house smelling like a spa but a ridiculous price. Anyone with good chemistry knowledge: could I make my own with:-
Isopropyl alcohol
essential oil (or zoflora?)
white vinegar
water?
Thanks.
Isopropyl alcohol
essential oil (or zoflora?)
white vinegar
water?
Thanks.
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I have read some good reviews about purdy and fig but it's so expensive.
I'm not a chemist so cant comment on that.
However I have recently discovered fabulosa
https://myfabulosa.co.uk/collections/all
I am impressed at the price, the fragrance and the effectiveness. I'm sensitive to many household products but this has been really good.
I know it may not be as "green" as purdy and fig, but a little goes a long way and the baby powder scent is gorgeous.
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Baking powder and white vinegar mixed made an excellent job of cleaning my badly neglected hob.Left it on for 20 minutes and I could not believe how effective it was.
If you prefer a perfumed product add lemon/lime juice.
The baking powder I am currently using is BB January 2007!!!! The vinegar costs about 40 pence so very economical.
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I use baking powder, washing up liquid and hot water, left for 20 mins to clean my airfryer. Works really well.TheEmerald said:Baking powder and white vinegar mixed made an excellent job of cleaning my badly neglected hob.Left it on for 20 minutes and I could not believe how effective it was.
If you prefer a perfumed product add lemon/lime juice.
The baking powder I am currently using is BB January 2007!!!! The vinegar costs about 40 pence so very economical.1 -
Thank you everyone. I have tried Fabulosa, being cheaper than Zoflora but I didn't find the smell lasted as much.JIL said:I have read some good reviews about purdy and fig but it's so expensive.
I'm not a chemist so cant comment on that.
However I have recently discovered fabulosa
https://myfabulosa.co.uk/collections/all
I am impressed at the price, the fragrance and the effectiveness. I'm sensitive to many household products but this has been really good.
I know it may not be as "green" as purdy and fig, but a little goes a long way and the baby powder scent is gorgeous.
I'll try making my own concoction and see how it goes
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I've used Neat rather than P&F - similar concept. It smells very nice, the metal spray bottles are great but it isn't actually that great at cleaning tea stains for example.My mortgage free diary: +++ Divide by Cucumber Error. Please reinstall universe and reboot+++
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