Which is cheaper homemade cleaners or store bought cleaner?

[geckoace]

we mainly use vinegar/water, microfiber cloths eliminate alot of the multipurpose cleaner use but i do buy a gallon of concentrated simple green about once a year and dilute it in different concentrations. also we use baking soda or bon ami for an abrasive. we spend very little on cleaning products.

[lullaby80]

the Ecover brand cleaning products. They are awsome! I have to order them, but they last forever. They are ecological cleaning products and they are not hard on my hands or lungs with fumes. I don't even own a bottle of any kind of bleach. The cream scrub is awsome for cleaning my cooker top and the spray is great for glass, counters, the sink, mirrors, etc... I am sure I could make some cleaners perhaps cheaper, but I can't seem to make them do what I want everytime!

Think Green - Give Used for Christmas!

Dianne

I LOVE Ecover products! I keep one of their glass & surface cleaner bottles in the bathroom, I love the "smell" so much I clean the bathroom every day now. Can't wait to try their other products, the natural food store in town sells the brand but I bet it is cheaper to order them.

[Denvergirlie]

it's cheaper forme to make my laundry detergent, but not the other cleaners.

I find excellant deals on windex, 409, comet, etc that it is far cheaper than vingear and baking soda, etc. I do however have to get over the fact that I am using toxic chemicals to clean my house instead of safe nuetral items like vinegar, etc.

I do make my own laundry detergent, that is way cheaper than store bought stuff, but when I can get a good deal on store bought, I do buy it then.

[mikandmari]

Denvergirlie, I'd love to hear your recipe for laundry detergent! I've never done this, but would like to try. I do a ton of laundry

[Denvergirlie]

Denvergirlie, I'd love to hear your recipe for laundry detergent! I've never done this, but would like to try. I do a ton of laundry

Powdered Laundry Detergent

1 Cup Grated Fels Naptha Soap
1/2 Cup Washing Soda
1/2 Cup Borax

For light load, use 1 tablespoon.
For heavy or heavily soiled load, use 2 tablespoons.


I find all of these items in the laundry asile of my local Kroger grocery store.

I use my food processor to first grate the bar soap, then switch blades and blend the rest of ingrediants until it's all crumbly. I also usually add 1/2 cup of OxyClean to the mix as well.

I make it all up every few months and keep in a larger tupperware type container.
Works for us.

Good luck

[PB&J]

I mostly make my own, though I do buy a few cleaners. I make my own because it is cheaper and because I think the store bought full of chemical cleaners aren't particularly good to use in a household full of children.

The cleaners that I do buy are either Method, 7th Generation or Mrs. Meyers. I make my own cleaners out of vinegar, tea tree oil, water, baking soda, etc.

[Hardy1]

I do the flylady thing of swish and wipe your sink and toilet when in bathroom in the morning. For the sink I use a squirt of (expensive!!!) shampoo which had ended up giving me an itchy scalp and was no use. I also use it to clean the tiles around the shower and the bath. Sometimes I'll put a squirt of it down the toilet and scrub but often put bleach down there. Sometimes I think it is about using something that you might not have thought about. Another thing I've done is use olive oil from the pantry on my face if i run out of cleanser or for a quick slap of moisturiser
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