Home made cleanser frenzy

In the last few weeks, I wrote many posts in my head, clever and inspirational things about Christmas, but I was busy, and then my computer crashed, I mean really crashed. It's ok, Dell gave me a new hard drive, but I have not yet been able to retrieve my data from the old one. What that has to do with this blog is this; all of my usernames and passwords were saved on the old hard drive, not so much in my memory. So, I finally figured out how to write and post something. I have plans to wrote something about the new year, but I can do that later.

I have become obsessed with making cleansers! yes, I have. I have always used the newest , strongest chemicals for cleaning. Generally, I have felt that if I could still breathe easily and was not dizzy, then my house could to be truly clean. But, Pinterest has changed my life. I saw a shower cleaner that had rave reviews. I made it and used it, and my sinks and tubs sparkle. I am especially happy about finding this natural cleaner to use on my fiberglass jacuzzi tub that I am not supposed to use chemicals on.
Ready? Here is the secret recipe: (from food.com)
12 oz vinegar
12 oz Dawn dishwashing soap
Heat the vinegar in the microwave, put it in a spray bottle, add the Dawn, shake. USE it on everything. It's like magic.

I was so inspired I tried a few more.

Stain remover. Two parts hydrogen peroxide, one part blue Dawn dish liquid. This worked great on some stains on the carpet, and took grease stains from a dressy tshirt.

Detergent (a little more complicated, but really good and cheap), from Being Creative to Keep my Sanity.
76 oz box of Borax
4 lb box of baking soda
55lb box of Arm and Hammer washing soda
2 bars pink Zoe soap or 3 bars Fels-naptha soap, grated (I tried several things, ended up using my salad shooter)
1 or 2 small containers of powdered oxyclean.
Mix everything together. I used my big Tupperware cake taker and it completely filled it.
Use 1 or 2 tablespoon per load. I got all of the ingredients at Walmart for les than $15, and it will last a loooong time.

While at that blog, I checked out a recipe for dish detergent:
1 box Borax
1 big box baking soda
3 cups Epsom salt
24 packages unsweetened lemonade mix ( yes, those little koolade type packs)
Mix together in a LARGE bowl. se 2 tablespoons.
Important NOTE- you MUST use a rinse aid such as Lemi shine with this. If not, all the dishes have a film. It still saves a lot of money.

Then, I cleaned my toilets; I shook some baking soda in, poured some lemon juice, then some vinegar and scrubbed! Clean and shiny!
And, for furniture polish, I mixed a little olive oil and lemon juice, beautiful.

I am pretty excited about using these natural cleaners. A note to my daughters, this is really me. Michelle Dugger didn't take over my blog!