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21 days to a more natural home series part 7—floors

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Having little crawlers for the last 5 years of my life, I have spent many hours on my hands and knees hand washing my floors to make sure they were all  sparkly clean for my little ones.  At first I used tough commercial cleaners to get rid of all the bacteria on the floors, then I thought to myself, “this can’t be safe for my babies?!?!”  Then I started hand washing with vinegar everyday, the smell was not so pleasant day after day.  After making my all-purpose spray, that was my choice for washing each day. Needless to say, I went through much of it.

I have since discovered my cleaning “gem”.  My husband bought me a steam mop for Christmas a few years back and I could not believe that I had not purchased one earlier.  Hello???? cleans all natural with hot steam, no chemicals involved.  Wouldn’t you want your babies hands and feet covered in an all natural hot steam instead of chemical filled pine sol????

This was a no brainer for me, I recommend everyone to get one of these, they are great.  I own the Shark Steam Mop and it has worked for years, day after day with no problems. I am sure they have  a more advanced version, like one that vacuums would probably be great too, but this works great for us.

010100% all natural floor cleaning.

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21 days to a more natural home series part 5 –scouring powder

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all natural home seriesOn day 5 of our series I will show you how to make an all natural scouring powder that will replace your comet.

The problem area that we have in our household is the tub.  It can get real nasty fast.  I relied on comet to get all the soap scum off of the walls and then rinsed like crazy so that my children would not be sitting in those chemicals.  Even while giving them a bath I knew there were still chemicals in their tub water.  But no need to worry anymore.

This recipe is all natural, and works just as well as comet does.  We have hard water and it leaves rust stains in the tub.  I have found that if I use this on a daily basis it will remove the rust.   But if I wait too long then its harder to scrub off the rust, the key is maintenance.

Mix up the following 3 ingredients and then I place in a recycled parmesan cheese container.  I have found it is easier to apply it in tubs and toilets this way.

  •  1 cup baking soda
  • 1 cup borax
  • 1 cup salt

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That’s it, easy and simple.  The way life was intended.

Day 6 will be a recipe to clean your windows and mirrors

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