Comments on: Frugal Homemade Natural Cleaning Supplies

By: Financial | Get Loans and Grants

Financial | Get Loans and Grants — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:44:49 +0000

[…] than purchasing high priced, chemical laden cleaning products, make your own! (Check out my own homemade cleaning kit.) By cutting out one convenience item at a time, you’ll be making little strides towards your […]

By: Eleanor Garcia

Eleanor Garcia — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:59:40 +0000

In reply to Julie.

Hi Julie,
My mom swears by Shaklee’s, but I don’t know how to get it. Would you send me a sample?
Thanks, Eleanor
PLease email me at steve.eleanor@gmail.com

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:02:58 +0000

I make my own laundry detergent, very inexpensive, cleans well, and is hypoallergenic. It is low-sudsing which may be hard for some people to get used to. It blends washing soda, borax and a bar of soap such as Sunlight. Email me if you want the recipe – it makes a large amount, so save your liquid laundry bottles before you make it, unless you want to keep it in a 5 gallon covered pail !!

By: Tanya

Tanya — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:33:05 +0000

Norwex is awesome! Use the antibacterial enviro cloth with just water to sanitize your house. The Norwex laundry detergent is awesome too! For windows and mirrors all you need is the Norwex window cloth and water…it is also antibacterial…you don’t even need the vinegar 🙂

By: Thrifty Lady

Thrifty Lady — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:58:11 +0000

In reply to Nicole. My husband has the same problem with the vinegar smell. What I did was switched to Dr Bonners scented castile soaps, like the peppermint or the citrus. I find those two in specific strong enough to cover up the vinegar smell when mixed with it. I even use castile soap alone to clean, and for tough stains I mix with a little baking soda.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:15:21 +0000

Norwex all the way for most of the house!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:25:50 +0000

I have been using small planet products. They contain the exact same ingediants as these minus the borax. I am going to try making my own, just got the supplies today. They work great I have been using them for 2 years and honestly have never has anything work so well even chemical brand name garbage. Thanks for this u now have the recipe and can go from paying 10 bucks a bottle to prob 50 cents or less.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:13:44 +0000

In reply to Sabrina. I wanted to give this recipe a try. Just curious when you say leave it in the powder form, do you just mix those dry ingredients and that's it? Is one more effective than the other? And does it matter what kind of bar soap you use?

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:41:22 +0000

In reply to Sabrina. I use DOVE for my bar soap..it smells great, but there are NO perfume smells on your clothign when they are washed. Also I use the blue dryer balls not fabric sheets. Clothes dry quicker and the chemicals in dryer sheets make your towels less absorbant and kids clothing is no longer fire retardent!!

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:39:33 +0000

I have been doing homemade laundry soap for the better part of 2 years now. I am allergic to a ton of detergents, but this is safe on my skin. I use it in liquid form, but you can just do it in a powder.
1 cp borax
1cp Arm and Hammer Washing Soda (in laundry isle)
and 1 bar of your favorite soap or you can buy the sunlight bar.

melt grated soap in water on stove stir to make sure there are no lumps, place in a good sized container ( I have a 20L rubbermaid bin). Boil the kettle and have it sitting and waiting to go. Add Borax and Washing Soda to soap and then put in boiled water, mix to disolve. Top up comtainer with warm tap water and stir. Put the lid on and wait 24 hours and you will have a nice thick laundry soap. Use as normal. I store mine in old 5L detergent (cheer) jugs and I usually get 3 jugs out of a batch. If you are using it in powder form use only 1-2 tbspn per load for HE and 2-4 for regular machines. I tend to use more because I have a 12 year old so I use 2cps of each borax and washign soda lol..his clothes are always BAD in stains and smell lol.

By: Suzanne L

Suzanne L — Sat, 21 May 2011 22:47:11 +0000

As someone who has used a lot of natural stuff for all my life, I want to say that vinegar is strong and don’t use too much of it on floors and other surfaces that might be etched by it and less shiny. A dash of all purpose home made stuff is good.

We were raised in a television era to believe that all we had to do was buy some stuff and use it. How you clean is more important than what you add to the mix.

Another fave of mine is the microfiber cloths from the dollar store. They pick up a lot of crap without even needing any other product!

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:29:34 +0000

I don’t want to be excused of plugging myself here, but I am a regular subscriber to this wonderful site. I am responding to Nicole, as I also am not a fan of the vinegar smell. Shaklee has a Basic H cleaner that has literally over 1000 uses, and is cheaper than vinegar. One 15.00 bottle with taxes etc, will make over 5500 bottles of window cleaner alone! It also works as your all purpose cleaner and your degreaser etc.

If you want me to mail you a sample to try, just contact me at julie@juliedianne.com

I am all for ANY natural, environmentally better products that are out there – and kudos to anyone who is trying to impact the environment for the better!

By: gaiagirl

gaiagirl — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:28:51 +0000

Love this posting! crunchybetty.com also has some great recipes, including oven cleaner and a daily shower spray. Her main focus is making natural health and beauty products, but her cleaning products rock!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 17 May 2011 22:21:12 +0000

The smell of vinegar makes me naseous. Is there anything i can use instead of vinegar to clean everything? I dont like the toxic chemicals, but its a whole lot better than having the house stink like vinegar for 4 days.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 17 May 2011 17:42:28 +0000

I am in love with vinegar for cleaning too, it’s been my main cleaner for years. Frugal, and green, it does a great job!
I started making my own laundry soap about a year ago, and am completely in love with it! Just a word of encouragement, in case you do want to try making your own, it’s EASY! I used the recipe I found in the Duggar’s book, and have copied on my blog too. (http://onepennie.blogspot.com/2010/10/laundry-soap-update-with-recipe.html)

By: Suzanne L

Suzanne L — Tue, 17 May 2011 17:13:39 +0000

This is so good! And, much less toxic than the stuff we usually get for cheap.

BTW here is a non-profit site with some other homemade ideas to replace the toxic stuff. http://lesstoxicguide.ca/