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Some of your basic Green Ingredients, says a 40+ year old Residential Cleaning Service in Evanston, Il., are as follows:
1. Baking Soda: This is used in baking cakes and bread, but it has many other household uses. Gentle, moderately alkaline, nontoxic, and abrasive, baking soda cuts through grease and oil because it reacts with the fatty acids to form mild detergents. Use baking soda to clean, deodorize, and to extinguish fires. You can even use it to clean your teeth! For a gentle scouring powder, blend 1 cup baking soda and 1 cup salt and put them in a salt shaker. For a creamy liquid cleanser, mix 1/4 cup baking soda with enough gentle dishwashing liquid to make a creamy lotion. Pour this into a clean plastic squeeze bottle and it's ready to use. A lot more gentle and eco friendly than any chlorine cleanser. Wash glass and stainless steel coffeepots with a solution of four tablespoons of baking soda in one quart of water. For badly stained pots, scrub with a paste of three parts baking soda per one part water or soak for one hour in a solution of four tablespoons baking soda per quart of hot water.
2. Lemon juice: This is a natural bleach that can be used for many purposes, including removing stains, deodorizing, and inhibiting mold.
3. Salt: A natural gentle abrasive and disinfectant, salt is useful for clearing drains and scouring kitchen utensils.
4. White vinegar: This type of vinegar has a key role in alternative home cleaning because of its acidic properties, although it is not a general cleaner. It is a moderately strong acid, which can remove bathroom scum and hard water deposits, as well as discoloration from metals such as aluminum, brass, bronze and copper. It can also remove rust stains and rust on iron. White vinegar makes an ideal cleanser for the bathroom. All of the above are green alternatives for cleaning, says a 40+ year old Residential Cleaning Service in Evanston, Il.
