Get a Clean Toilet in Minutes

Of late, I am thinking of buying baking soda from a wholesale outlet! I never knew baking soda was so helpful for cooking as well as cleaning, unclogging drains and what not! Here is another use.

Put some baking soda in the toilet bowl. Drizzle some vinegar over it and then rub it thoroughly with a toilet brush. This will help in giving you a cleaner, fresher and deodorized toilet bowl in no time.

This clean-up operation will cost much lesser as compared to the expensive liquid toilet cleaners available in the superstore. Try it and tell me if it works!

Shine Your Leather

I have a fetish for leather shoes, purses, belts and everything leather! It looks rich and is classy to own and wear. If you too love leather bags and other products like I do, you might have noticed that it starts losing its sheen after a while. I found this secret home remedy that I will share.

Take a lemon peel that is left over after extracting the juice and rub it over the whole leather bag or purse which you wish to shine. Lemon works excellently to add brilliance to the leather and will dazzle your leather items in a jiffy!

Care for Your Crystal Ware

I love my crystal ware and China tea cups and saucers. But sometimes I start worrying about them when the kids are home alone, as they might dash on to my crockery unit and damage my precious crystal while they are running around! Who will like this?

I found a great remedy for this! If you wish to avoid your crystal or China ware from falling from the glass shelf, stick it properly with a scotch tape in such places that would not be seen from outside. This way the glass ware is secured and will not drop in any case!

Shine Silver Yourself

Hope the earlier tip was useful. Why waste money by taking the silver articles to a jeweler when you can do it yourself?

A paste made of baking soda and water can be used to clean silver articles effectively. Use a soft cloth to rub them and then rinse well with water. Let it dry for a while before using. Take care to wear cotton or plastic hand gloves while cleaning silver. Do not wear rubber gloves anytime.

Impress your friends with these dazzling silver articles that you have cleaned yourself. Throw a party to show off your silver ware this weekend!

Get Rid Of That Soap Residue

We all have the experience that there is at least some trace of soap after a wash cycle. You can avoid this residue by pouring one cup of white vinegar to the last rinse cycle water. Take care not to use chlorine bleach and vinegar at once as this will lead to hazardous vapors.

If you wish to make your clothes smell fresh and soft without using a fabric softener, adding about half a cup of baking soda to the rinse cycle will work wonders!

Be ready for some more of such nature-friendly tips from me in the next few days!

How to Clean the Floor

Before you move on to actually wiping the floor clean, it needs to be vacuum cleaned well. This applies for non-carpeted flooring as the tiles also have dust lodged on them. Once the floor is free from dust, take a damp cloth to clean the tile surface.

If you have brick, slate, ceramic tile or no-wax floors, mix about half cup of white vinegar in half a gallon of warm water for best results. This is another tip on the lines of my eco-friendly alternatives!

Get back to me if you can share some tips like these that help the environment!

Get a Clean Home with Vinegar

Vinegar is truly a wonderful cleaning aid. You can clean the interiors of a fridge, microwave oven and even the kitchen counter using vinegar and water. They come out spotless and free from any food stains and smells. It is very helpful for cleaning glass panes too. White vinegar that we use for cooking can also be used as a cleaning agent.

If you have greasy vessels and cooking pans, scour the surface with a little vinegar. It will remove the sticky food particles that lodge on the utensils easily. After the vessel surface is free from such grime, wash with the regular dishwashing liquid.

Your Organic Room Deodorizer Recipes

The ingredients needed for this room deodorizer are about 4 tablespoons of baking soda or a cup full of vinegar to be placed in a dish. This is useful for absorbing bad odors in the house. Ensure that your home has cross-ventilation and free flowing air.

Potpourri with lovely floral fragrances also freshens up the air. It lasts for about three months which is not a short period of time. You can also boil cinnamon sticks and cloves in a sachet of cheesecloth for making the air aromatic in the house.

All these options are eco-friendly and free from chemicals as you have seen!

Remedy for Yucky Fruit Flies

Those who stay in humid regions know the nuisance that fruit flies cause. They make you feel that you are living in some unhygienic home, though that is not the case. I will tell you the best solution for driving away these fruit flies today.

Take a small glass jar and fill it with white vinegar till it is half full. Then add two teaspoons of dry yeast granules. To this mixture, add a drop of any dish washing liquid. Remember that you don’t have to mix all of this. Just let it remain that way for a while on your kitchen work counter.

Get Rid of Ants Nest

Sometimes ants find your backyard a nice and cozy place to settle down. Soon they build up ants nests and have a long term plan of staying near your home.

Nobody likes these ants’ nests as they can cause the ants to enter the home. So we simply spray some harsh germ killer and end up affecting the environment! There is another way to do this. Just pour lots of boiling water on the nest. Though some of the ants will be killed this way, the others will get a warning that their life is in danger. They will quickly shift to a new nesting spot!