Kiss Bleach Goodbye with 3 Natural Substitutes

Bleach is great. We've been a relationship ever since I was old enough to show interest in how mother cleaned around the house. We didn't really live in great luxury and the house needed extensive cleaning every week. Bleach turned out to be the greatest tool to clean it. Cheap and efficient, but honestly not quite the healthiest cleaning chemical. Its high toxicity caused quite a few health complications in our family. In the end, cleaning with bleach was not worth it and I have always sought a different kind of product to use in my household since I moved out. 

Natural substitutes have a bad rep, because the results you achieve don't seem to match what bleach and some water can achieve. Cleaning remains an often loathed task and I'm really one of the people looking for shortcuts, but cheating time shouldn't come at the expense of good health. I've done research to find an alternative to bleach and discovered quite a few, which will get results and cost your health nothing. 

I start with the selection closer to home: Oxy commercial bleach. It's the diet coke of bleaches with a reduced chemical recipe promising excellence and health preserving effects. You save nature, while you clean your home, which is a win-win situation all around. Yes, it's still a chemical, but a step in the right direction for you, your family and nature. This is how I started to experiment with alternatives to bleach, moving from the man-made to the natural. I keep hearing more and more end of tenancy cleaners from London use these nature-friendly products when treating properties.

Every grandmother knows of vinegar and baking soda. Vinegar eats through grease at an excellent speed, while disinfecting surfaces, so it makes for a fantastic addition to your arsenal. You will have a great time using it in the kitchen, where grease stains and bacteria are a regular occurrence. Apply vinegar as liberally as you like - it's a natural product, so it cause any serious side effects. 

Baking soda on the other hand works best as a whitening paste for metals and stain remover. Mixed with enough water it creates a mildly abrasive paste, which exfoliates surfaces and lift dirt particles with certain ease. What you need to learn is how to pre-treat surfaces and incorporate it in your routine.       

I hope these tips have been interesting and helpful.