After my homemade laundry soap experience I ordered a book (don't remember where I saw it recommended) the Naturally Clean Home, 150 Super-Easy Herbal Formulas for Green Cleaning by Karyn Siegel-Maier. I've been making my way through the chapters organized by areas in the home: Bath, Kitchen etc. The first chapter, Why Clean with Herbs?, included a starter kit list for the recipes in the book. I ordered some liquid Castile Soap and several essential oils that I was missing and continued to read while waiting for my products to arrive. When the order arrived in the mail box I organized my herbal cleaning kit and made my first concoction; Tough Dirt & Grease Formula kitchen floor cleaner. Typically I use a splash of white vinegar in a bucket of warm water to clean my kitchen tile. This recipe used the hot water and vinegar along with castle soap, washing soda and essential oil (I used peppermint). I enjoyed washing the floor knowing I had the scrubbing value of the washing soda as well as the healing properties of the peppermint. I even got rid of some skid marks that have been hanging around. Now I'm excited to try more healthy cleaning formulas.
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just in time for spring cleaning!=) sounds like my kind of cleaning. thanks for sharing.
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