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Post by Sheila on Nov 22, 2010 20:19:40 GMT -5
All Purpose – Antibacterial Spray Cleaner For Kitchen, Bathroom, Window’s & Mirrors
(makes 1 gallon)
This one is my all time favorite, I use this all the time, it smells great, kills germs, shines everything, won’t leave streaks.
2- pint (or 2full bottles of average size) wintergreen rubbing alcohol which is near the regular alcohol 4- tblspns dish liquid 4- tblspns Lemon ammonia 4- tblspns vinegar Pour all ingredients into a clean large gallon size jug (an empty gallon size vinegar jug is great). Add cold water till jug is most of the way full. Cap & swish to mix, and then clean to your hearts desire.
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Post by Valerie on Nov 23, 2010 7:11:54 GMT -5
Thanks so much for posting this!
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Post by Valerie on Nov 28, 2010 16:31:07 GMT -5
Just made up a batch of this. Put it in my empty greenworks bottle. Haha! It looks just like greenworks!
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Post by Granny Smith on Dec 1, 2010 15:47:27 GMT -5
I just mixed up a batch of this and all I can say is 'WOW!' This stuff works great, even on mirrors! Not a streak in sight and everything I've tried it on is squeaky clean! Thank you so much for posting this recipe, Sheila!
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Post by Valerie on Dec 1, 2010 16:16:45 GMT -5
I love it! I clean my counters with it every night, and my glass stove top. In a minute, I'm using it on the floor with my wetjet. (Poor wetjet; it's really just the handle now. I use spray cleaner in a bottle and a microfiber cloth cut to fit the head instead of those costly wetjet pads.)
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Post by Granny Smith on Dec 1, 2010 16:24:38 GMT -5
I was too cheap to buy a wetjet. Instead, I made a Cuban mop. I made it out of a 2" dowel for the head and a 1" dowel for the handle (and some wood glue) Those things are like $20 to buy! Crazy!
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Post by Sheila on Dec 1, 2010 18:04:01 GMT -5
Glad ya all like it sure saves on all those needless cleaners.
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Post by Valerie on Dec 2, 2010 6:42:17 GMT -5
I hate spending money on all that toxic stuff! And I like having one cleaner to do everything. Gayle, that's a cool mop! I bought my wetjet back when they first came out. Back when they were $40! (My son still teases me about that!) I wore that puppy OUT! The motor has died so it doesn't spray any more, but as long as the velcro part on the head will still stick to a cloth, I'm not throwing it out.
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Post by Granny Smith on Dec 2, 2010 11:01:55 GMT -5
Nope, I wouldn't throw it out, either. No sense replacing something that's still serviceable.
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Post by Cyngbaeld on Jan 16, 2011 14:48:04 GMT -5
Gayle, how do you keep the towel on that thing?
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Post by Valerie on Jan 16, 2011 17:13:09 GMT -5
I think the handle just sits on the towel and pushes it around. Like if you were down there on your knees and that handle was your arm, only you get to stand up.
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Post by Granny Smith on Jan 17, 2011 13:18:27 GMT -5
Yep, that's how it works. The main advantage of the mop over hand-scrubbing is that the mop has more surface for applying pressure - plus you can stand up. I've been thinking of making one with a flat board, instead of the big dowel. The only advantage of the dowel, as far as I can tell, is that you can reverse the direction you're mopping, without lifting the mop or turning it around. You just flip it over and keep going. If you were handy, you could hinge the handle on the board and that would solve those problems.
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Post by Granny Smith on Jan 17, 2011 13:21:19 GMT -5
Forgot to mention, I made this cleaner on Dec. 1st. We've been using it everyday to clean both bathrooms, all the mirrors, and fingerprints and we still have enough left for a couple more weeks.
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Post by Valerie on Jan 17, 2011 14:07:34 GMT -5
I love being able to take the one bottle and clean everything in the bathroom with it, except for putting bleach in the bowls.
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Post by Granny Smith on Jan 17, 2011 15:12:44 GMT -5
I don't use bleach in our bowls because of the septic tank. Instead, we scrub them with either borax or baking soda (if we're out of borax).
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