* Except for when we are using the beautiful batch of soap my brother's girlfriend made for us. It's so nice!
Showing posts with label green cleaning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label green cleaning. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Laundry Powder - How we do
We just ran out of our trusty laundry powder, so this week I decided to try a different soap to go with it. Mostly because Dr. Bronner's is so expensive. And we usually use Val's for our bodies*, so why should we use the fancy stuff for just washing our clothes?! On the plus side, this Val's batch of soap was really crumbly, so instead of grating in little flakes, it pretty much turned into powder right away, which I feel like must be better for the wash.
* Except for when we are using the beautiful batch of soap my brother's girlfriend made for us. It's so nice!
* Except for when we are using the beautiful batch of soap my brother's girlfriend made for us. It's so nice!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Green Cleaning - Carpet Edition
I'm new to this whole carpet thing. We lived for nearly 8 years carpet-free. But now that we're in a basement suite (I just can't sugarcoat it!) and it's winter, I'm beginning to enjoy the perks of having some carpet. It's warm. It doesn't hurt your knees when you crawl-chase a toddler from one end of the house to the other. It's kind of nice to lay down on. Somehow (and I'm worried that this is because the carpet is a heck of a lot dirtier than it seems) the dirt does not seem to track all over the house the way it does when you have all hardwood and tile.
But the downside to carpet is the stains. Especially when your carpet is the colour of oatmeal. Everything shows up! Add 2 clumsy people, a toddler, and 2 cats, one of which is a habitual vomiter, and you have a recipe for disaster.
Not to fear my friends! I have discovered an aMAZing carpet stain remover: WATER. It's seriously amazing. And no weird chemicals!
Seriously. All in just 5 easy steps:
1) get any "bulky" materials off the carpet. Gross.
2) blot the stain with a terrycloth towel (No scrubbing though! This will work the stain deeper into the fibers)
3) wet the stain (I like to use a spray bottle with plain water)
4) blot the stain with a terrycloth towel
5) repeat steps 3&4 until the stain is gone.
Try it. I DARE you. If it doesn't work, you can always try whatever other chemical-laden stain remover you were already using. I also have this pink solution stuff, but have yet to try it, since the water method works so well!
But the downside to carpet is the stains. Especially when your carpet is the colour of oatmeal. Everything shows up! Add 2 clumsy people, a toddler, and 2 cats, one of which is a habitual vomiter, and you have a recipe for disaster.
Not to fear my friends! I have discovered an aMAZing carpet stain remover: WATER. It's seriously amazing. And no weird chemicals!
Seriously. All in just 5 easy steps:
1) get any "bulky" materials off the carpet. Gross.
2) blot the stain with a terrycloth towel (No scrubbing though! This will work the stain deeper into the fibers)
3) wet the stain (I like to use a spray bottle with plain water)
4) blot the stain with a terrycloth towel
5) repeat steps 3&4 until the stain is gone.
Try it. I DARE you. If it doesn't work, you can always try whatever other chemical-laden stain remover you were already using. I also have this pink solution stuff, but have yet to try it, since the water method works so well!
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