My Compiled List of Simplified Cleaning Products

**MomToTwoBoys** · 02-03-2009, 12:47 AM

I spent about half an hour thumbing through my Reader's Digest Homemade book. There's an entire chapter devoted to cleaning products for the house and car. I figured that I'd scan the recipes of the things I use to clean both the house and car, then make the list and publish it here. This will, no doubt, go in my book also as my stockpile basics cleaning list.

Ingredients:

white vinegar
rubbing alcohol
citrus peels (orange, lime, etc)
clear ammonia
mild dishwashing liquid
lemon juice
Borax
baking soda
soap flakes
washing soda
pine oil
essential oils
cloves
cinnamon sticks
dried orange peel
olive oil
linseed oil
glycerin
limes
16-oz and 32-oz spray bottles

These are the key ingredients in the following recipes:

Basic and Super Window/Glass Cleaner
Citrus Disinfectant
Multipurpose Cleaner
Wall and Cabinet Cleaner
Interior Wall Cleaner
Pine Floor Cleaner
Carpet Freshener
Pie Spice Room Freshener
Lemon Oil Furniture Polish
Cabinet Polish
Spot Mold and Mildew Remover
Paint and Tile Mold and Mildew Remover
Leather and Luggage Mold Remover
Automatic Dishwasher Detergent
Dishwashing Liquid
Microwave Oven Cleaner
Basic Oven Cleaner
Oven Floor Cleaner
Scouring Powder
Fabric Softener
Laundry Soap
Stain Remover
Washer Disinfectant
Multipurpose Disinfectant Cleaner
Soft Scrub
Nontoxic Bathroom Cleaner
Showerhead Cleaner
Rust Remover
Toilet Bowl Cleaner (both Nontoxic and Tougher)
Drain Opener

I just need to find where I can get washing soda, linseed oil, glycerin, and pine oil.

Once I buy all of the ingredients and compile the cost to make each recipe, I'll post that here too.

**phoeny_moonstar** · 02-03-2009, 02:20 AM

Thanks!!

**thefrug** · 02-03-2009, 07:37 AM

linseed oil you may be able to find in a real hardware store. ( not a super box store like Home Depot, Lowes, etc), glycerin might be at your pharmacy, or maybe even at a walmart, kmart, etc. Washing soda should be in the laundry isle in a store.

wouldn't wanna share those recipes for those cleaning products would cha???

**NewLeaf** · 02-03-2009, 08:26 AM

I would love some of those recipes.....

**Momto2Boyz** · 02-03-2009, 08:30 AM

The frug is right on with where to get most of those! You may also find pine oil at a real hardware store or even a furniture store that sells cleaners. Pine oil on it's own is a great furinture polish!

I've been searching for citric acid and can't find it anywhere. I think I am going to have to purchase it online (I'm going to be using it in bath muffins...but it's also used in homemade cleaning products, so I'm surprised it wasn't on your list anywhere).

**MoonMommy** · 02-03-2009, 08:52 AM

I found pure glycerine at the pharmacist's window once. The pharmacist told me that I could melt down some suppositories to get it as well. Not sure if that is cheaper in the end. You might want to ask the pharmacist.

**MommyTrap** · 02-03-2009, 09:42 AM

I am very interested in getting back to basics when it comes to cleaning products! I will keep a close eye on your threrad.
Here is a site I found with info on how to make a non-toxic cleaning kit.

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/mak...aning-kit.html

**MomToTwoBoys** · 02-03-2009, 10:17 AM

I'm more than happy to share some of these recipes with you all.

I'll have to see where we have a real hardware store around here that's easy to get to. The next time I'm at Superstore's pharmacy, I'll check then too. I need to take ODS' prescription over for a refill anyways at the end of the week. I'll also have to check Superstore's laundry aisle and see if I can find the washing soda. I know they have Borax, so Borax is an easy find.

**jas** · 02-03-2009, 10:52 AM

I just found washing soda at my grocery store Publix. I would not have looked there except some great posters here mentioned they got some there. I bought 3 boxes @ 2.19 each.

All I could find at Walmart was a very large baking soda.

**MomToTwoBoys** · 02-03-2009, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by Momto2Boyz

The frug is right on with where to get most of those! You may also find pine oil at a real hardware store or even a furniture store that sells cleaners. Pine oil on it's own is a great furinture polish!

I've been searching for citric acid and can't find it anywhere. I think I am going to have to purchase it online (I'm going to be using it in bath muffins...but it's also used in homemade cleaning products, so I'm surprised it wasn't on your list anywhere).

Look what I found!

http://www.soapgoods.com/Washing-Sod...FQIfswodw1Y7Yg

Scroll down the left side with all of the cleaning products listed and citric acid is there.