Comments on: Tightwad Tuesday: Homemade Cleaning Products

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:08:30 +0000

Window or glass cleaner used by my mother for years and now by me.

Equal parts of white vinegar, methylated spirits and water. Shake well before each use. Keeps well. Rub on and then “polish” off with a dry cloth.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:06:09 +0000

Window or glass cleaner used by my mother for years and now by me. Equal parts of white vinegar, methylated spirits, and water. Put in an old detergent bottle or spray bottle and shake well before each use. Keeps well. Rub on and then polish off with a dry cloth.

By: Cristina

Cristina — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:18:58 +0000

I like to use lemon juice to clean hard water build up in the sinks. I just let the juice sit there until the stains start to break up and then rinse it away. Plus, there’s nothing more fresh and clean smelling than lemons!

And another tip…for jewelry…I scrup rings and such with toothpaste to bring back that like-new luster!

By: ams

ams — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:16:01 +0000

how do you clean granite and natural stone surface.

i have been buying a really good cleaner made by METHOD HOME.
They have a website, a company based in Boston. They are available
at Lowes, Target. I just buy the REFILL bottle around $ 7.

I would really love to cut the cost of cleaning the GRANITE counter
top, and the Natural Stone floor to the bare minimum, if I could…

any suggestions of successful trial in the past?

Lynnae, thanks for this website. I will copy and paste some
of the suggestion above. Yes, indeed, cleaning supplies are the
most expensive items when I do my grocery, and the cost seems to be
going up. I almost fainted the other day, CVS has PALMOLIVE with
OXY for $ 1.00 (special price), the bottle seemed very small, its
a 10 oz indeed. I will def try to do my own cleaning supply in the
future…

Any suggestion on Granite and Natural Stones?

Thanks a lot!

Ams

By: Faerylandmom

Faerylandmom — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:37:53 +0000

Now, is this Dawn you use the ultra formula or the "original" original? Faerylandmom’s last blog post..Elephant Mental

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:46:28 +0000

Leslie said:

“has anyone ever thought of making it into one product and adding some scented oils to it or even lemon juice. All three would clean, deodorize and sanitize!”

What quantities of each would you use?

By: Leslie

Leslie — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:45:28 +0000

I had to clean my apt kitchen today and what better way to clean than to use Vinegar and baking soda. I liked the way it cleaned. I thought I was the only one but has anyone ever thought of making it into one product and adding some scented oils to it or even lemon juice. All three would clean, deodorize and sanitize!

By: kimi

kimi — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:03:32 +0000

You reminded what a great product Dawn is (I’m a waitress and grease stains come right out of my uniforms) It also reminded that newspapers work great on windows instead of paper towels and peroxide is a great pretreater for clothes (it can yellow whites if it sits too long). Rubbing alcohol can also remove ink stains.

By: Johnny Mitch

Johnny Mitch — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:05:16 +0000

Great site. I enjoy being told how to save money.

I live in the southern California desert and the concrete deck surrounding my swimming pool is stained with a white chalky substance.

Any suggestions to clean that stuff?

Thanks,
John

By: Janie Krukemeyer

Janie Krukemeyer — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:44:24 +0000

I paid a company to come out and clean my windows. I found that when they got there, they had an oblong sponge on a stick plus a squeegee. I asked the man what solution he used. He has been doing this many, many years and this is his only business. His answer surprised me. He said he puts a few drops of DAWN dishwashing liquid into water, applies it with the oblong spong on the stick, then squeegees the window. That’s all he uses!

He made my windows crystal clear.