Natural Cleaning for the Updated Home

Home improvement television is all the rage. People can't get enough of watching people search for homes on the beach, or fix up the homes they already have. A whole generation of Americans now knows what shiplap is and where it can best be used.

An offshoot of the interest in home improvement is an interest in creative home maintenance. This includes the process of cleaning a newly refurbished homes. Many surfaces look beautiful but seem difficult to keep clean, such as stainless steel appliances, glass cooktops, or marble countertops in Alpharetta, GA. It may be doubly difficult if you want to stick to natural cleaning products. 

Fortunately, there are a few simple products that can serve multiple purposes when you clean your home. As an added bonus, these products are usually much cheaper than commercial cleaning products as well.

Raid the Kitchen

You may already have the key ingredients for natural cleaning products in your home. Simple items like baking soda, table salt, corn starch, lemons, and white vinegar can be combined to make powerful cleaning agents. All it takes it some knowledge of the properties of these products and how to combine them.

For example, vinegar is an all-purpose disinfectant. Its acidity also makes it good at cutting through oily spots. Table salt and baking soda are both mild abrasives, excellent for built up dirt and grime. 

Start Combining

One of the most satisfying combinations has to be baking soda and white vinegar. When these two items are combined, they produce the chemical reaction that many a middle school student has used for their volcano science project. Apart from the dramatic bubbling, the combination of baking soda and white vinegar cuts through stubborn grease very quickly, particularly in sinks and drains. To use, put a couple of tablespoons of baking soda into a drain. Slowly pour a cup of white vinegar over it. (Enjoy the fizzing!) Follow this with about a cup of very hot water. 

Baking soda also takes center stage in the recipe to remove stubborn yellow stains from shirts. Combine half-cup of baking soda, one tablespoon of salt, and one tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide. Spread this paste over the stained portion of the shirt and let it sit for at least a half hour. After this, wash the shirts normally. 

Little Extras

These basic kitchen supplies will get you a long way to a clean house. If you want to get fancy, consider adding essential oils to your cleaning products to boost the clean feeling.

Caring for your gorgeous marble countertops in Alpharetta, GA, can be good for the environment and easy on your wallet with a few simple products and creative recipes.

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