I want to start cleaning with vinegar and baking soda, but my problem is I don't know how to go about using them. I need all suggestions on how to mix and use baking soda and vinegar for cleaning.
Here is a great site that I use
www.lakelivingston.com/vinegar-tips.htm (08/27/2006)
By vee
care2.com will tell you how to use natural things for everything, including baking soda and vinegar. But I will say that I use baking soda in place of cleanser/scrub .make a paste with water. If something wet spills on your carpet put a lot of baking soda on it and it will pull up the liquid from the carpet. White vinegar is good in place of fabric softener. And it's a deodorizer and disinfectant. Then you can also use them together. To clean drains,etc. pour down some b.soda and then some vinegar. It bubbles and foams away and cleans inside of drains. There are so many ways to use them you will be surprised. You can even use them on yourself.Good luck. (08/28/2006)
This might be more than you wanted but also good info to have.
All Purpose Cleaner
Mix one quart of hot water with 1/4 cup sudsy ammonia, 1/4 cup white vinegar and one tablespoon of baking soda
Brass and Copper Cleaner
Mix salt and either lemon juice or hot vinegar
Carpet Cleaner
Sprinkle cornstarch on dry carpet and vacuum after five minutes.
Carpet Shampoo
Mix 1/2 cup of pure liquid dish washing soap and two cups of boiling water; let it cool and then whip to jelly. Rub carpet gently with mix and dampened sponge. Then rinse with cloth and one quart of water with one cup of white vinegar. Wipe carpet dry with a clean cloth.
Mildew: Rub strong soap and salt on spots; place in sunlight while keeping spots moist.
Rust: Soak with sour milk or lemon juice and rub with salt; dry in sun and wash.
Scorches: Boil the article in one cup of soap and two quarts of milk.
Drain Cleaner
Pour 1/4 cup of baking soda and 1/2 cup of vinegar into the drain. Cover the drain until fizzing stops and then flush with boiling water.
Oven Cleaner
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Put a non-aluminum pan with 1/4 cup of ammonia and water in the oven, with door closed, overnight. Scrub clean with baking soda in the morning.
Toilet Bowl Cleaner
Apply a paste of lemon juice and Borax. Let this stand for two hours.
Tooth Cleaner Phosphate-Free
Use baking soda with lemon juice and mint extract.
(08/29/2006)
By Sqauw2000@yahoo.com
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Hello ! I am a great fan of white vinegar for cleaning nearly everything in the house, but I got a bit over enthusiast and cleaned a crystal made glass and a glass made glass with white vinegar. The two had lost a bit of brightness because of limestone. The two glasses where ruined in a second, and no long rinsing with water or use of others products gave them back their brightness. They are not transparent and shining anymore and look as if they had contained flour. Since then, I learned that crystal glass, and sometimes glass, and specially antique glasses, contain a certain amount of lead and that it is the chemical reaction of lead to vinegar (acetic acid in fact) that gave this horrible result. I, now, always check the percentage of acetic acid written on the bottle of vinegar and dilute vinegar with water accordingly, and to be sure I always use pickling vinegar only for cleaning glasses as it is already diluted.
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