The first thing I've ran out of is Pledge. Since I rarely dust it's probably the first can I ever bought. Just kidding, I don't dust that infrequently. So I went online and found a recipe for "Natural Dusting Furniture Polish" for a website called the Kitchen Herbalist.
1/2 Cup filtered water (I used regular tap water)
1/4 Cup white distilled vinegar (already had a big bottle!)
3-4 Tbs. almond or light olive oil (I went with the olive oil so I could use it for other things)
40-60 drops lemon essential oil (bought at the health food store down the street)
20-30 drops cedar essential oil (also from health food store)
20-30 drops sweet orange essential oil (the health food store didn't have this but I think it's just for smell)
Mix all the ingredients in a spray bottle, shake well, use like Pledge.
Tap water my leave a residue. Let me know.
ReplyDeleteOk 2 questions for you: when it's time to make an all-purpose cleaner/disinfectant, do you plan on using Borax? Because I can't seem to find an all-purpose cleaner recipe that doesn't unless it's just water and vinegar. And I wonder how clean that's making my kitchen counters.
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Have you found any other good sites other than the Kitchen Herbalist which appears to no longer exist (unless maybe your link is wrong)?
A friend of mine is very "green" to a fault almost ;-) Here is her blog, take a look I'm sure you'll find it interesting!
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How is it working for you Shannon? also, tara, check out www.miserlymoms.com. Jonni has recipes for cleaners but most of them include Borax.
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