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Recipes for Safer Household Cleaners Multi-Purpose
Be green when you clean Greener Cleaner
Toxic free tips for your
home, workplace, and 1 T. soap (flakes, powder, or liquid)
- not detergent
community ½ cup white distilled vinegar
12 oz (1½ cup) water
Add the ingredients to a clean
16 ounce spray bottle.
Tips courtesy of WA Department of Ecology Put the cap on and shake well.
www.ecy.wa.gov/toxicfreetips
Bathroom Mold Drain Greener
Greener Cleaner Cleaner
1 part hydrogen peroxide ½ cup baking soda
(3% solution) ½ cup white distilled vinegar
2 parts water Boiling Water
Mix hydrogen peroxide and water in To free minor clogs and help prevent
a spray bottle. Spray on areas with clogs, pour baking soda down the
mold. Wait at least one hour before drain, then add vinegar. Let it fizz for
rinsing or using shower. Be careful a few minutes then pour a tea kettle
with hydrogen peroxide; it can take full of boiling water down the drain.
the color out of fabrics. Repeat if needed.
Window & Mirror Tub & Sink Greener
Greener Cleaner Cleaner
Baking soda
Liquid soap (not detergent) Castile or
¼ cup white distilled vinegar Murphy’s Oil Soap are good options
16 oz water
Use baking soda in place of scouring
Pour ingredients into a clean spray powder. Sprinkle it liberally on
bottle. Spray on surface. Rub with a porcelain fixtures and rub with a wet
lint free rag, such as a diaper or rag. Add a little soap to the rag for
sheets of newspaper. more cleaning power. Rinse well to
avoid leaving a hazy film (baking
soda won’t scratch the porcelain).
Toilet Bowl Greener Oven Greener
Cleaner Cleaner
Baking soda
Liquid soap (not detergent) Castile or 1 cup baking soda
Murphy’s Oil Soap are good options Water
Sprinkle baking soda inside the bowl. Mix baking soda with enough water to
Add a few drops of soap. Scrub with make a paste. Apply to oven surfaces
a toilet brush. Finish the outside and let stand for 10-15 minutes. Use
surface with a rag sprinkled with a scouring pad for scrubbing. Use
baking soda. Use a pumice stone a spatula to get under large food
to remove hard water stains and deposits. (Not for use in self cleaning
buildup from inside your toilet. (Not ovens).
recommended for sinks).
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