non-toxic cleaning products that work

[nookins]

I have found a new product line that actually performs. Go to www.cleanroot.com and look at the products by Root Systems. I have used the Deep Clean and Super shine . These products actually perform unlike other so called green products. These are non-toxic and environmentally friendly. It makes using them a pleasure free from bad fumes, irratations and the threat that they are bad for the people and pets in your life. Not to mention what happens to the water once these goes down your drain. Check out Root Systems, the really work.

[greenteadrinker]

No mention anywhere on the ingredients from the site. If they're not willing to list them, what
are they hiding?
As consumers, we have no way of knowing it's
safe. "Because I said so" doesn't cut it.

[SoCalSolar]

greenhome.huddler.com has some great review material of a whole lot of "green" cleaning products - some more green than others... there is a thread on the forum there by a great poster that has been looking up the ingredients and making a sort of chart of who is organic, natural, or faking it.

[BirdTrouble]

Methinks someone is selling here

I don't trust any company that won't list it's ingredients.

[greenteadrinker]

Baking soda and vinegar has cleaned everything I need very well for years.
Sometimes, a little extra "elbow grease" is needed but I would rather scrub a bit longer than succumb
to more chemicals. Hurts me, hurts the water
systems, and the systems the water runs into.

[OrganicCat]

Same here, 2 thumbs up for vinegar and baking soda. Cleans everything, no stains, you can eat it if you want to.

[jcoffman]

I made a cleaner with water, vinegar, tea tree oil, and a little safe non toxic dish soap. It works REALLY well, and my wife is extremely picky about her cleaners. So far I have shown her how simple and effective these cleaners are even on glass.

She also likes the olive oil and lemon juice furniture polish. It makes the furniture look wonderful. It also is amazing on stainless steel! It make our refrigerator look wonderful as well as resists finger prints!

Straight vinegar in my toilets for a few minutes made them just as clean and sparkly as any of those poisoness cleaners.

Also, a gallon of vinegar only costs like $3 and takes the place of at least 4 or 5 different cleaners that are not only poisoness, but also much more expensive.

[munichtexan]

I made a cleaner with water, vinegar, tea tree oil, and a little safe non toxic dish soap. It works REALLY well, and my wife is extremely picky about her cleaners. So far I have shown her how simple and effective these cleaners are even on glass.

She also likes the olive oil and lemon juice furniture polish. It makes the furniture look wonderful. It also is amazing on stainless steel! It make our refrigerator look wonderful as well as resists finger prints!

Straight vinegar in my toilets for a few minutes made them just as clean and sparkly as any of those poisoness cleaners.

Also, a gallon of vinegar only costs like $3 and takes the place of at least 4 or 5 different cleaners that are not only poisoness, but also much more expensive.

And - if you don't like that bottle of wine you bought last nite, leave it open for a while and you have your vinegar!

[meep]

I too, use baking soda, white vinegar and lemon to clean. It works wonders & cleans everything! For people who don't think these natural ingredients work just need to scrub a little more! I will never, ever, go back to using commerical cleaning products!

[munichtexan]

I used the lemon juice and olive oil on my floors. Worked great, better than most products I have used. I also used straight white vinegar on the grass and weeds in my rock walkway. Worked as good as Round Up or other toxic products.

[eco-vert]

Does it matter what type of vinegar you use, ie cider, white, balsamic?

[LIBill]

Hi,

Odd problem -- I used Baking Soda and Vinegar in a spray bottle *the kind I have been using for oil soap, pine cleaner etc. for years). When I added borax to clean the bedding for my old -- now occasionally leaky dog, it clogged the sprayer (I tried two different ones ). Anybody know of a way to keep the extra deodorizing power of the borax in the spray? Some green additive etc.?
TIA

[tryingmybest]

MunichTexan wrote:

I also used straight white vinegar on the grass and weeds in my rock walkway. Worked as good as Round Up or other toxic products.

I'll second that. I did the same on my stone driveway, around the border. Worked like a charm.

[SoCalSolar]

Interesting about vinegar as a weed killer - I will have to try that... some solutions are almost too simple!

[greenteadrinker]

Does it matter what type of vinegar you use, ie cider, white, balsamic?

Probably not, but cider and balsamic are more flavorful, and are used more for salads, meat (ugh) tenderizers, and canning. Plus, you can get generic vinegar; works fine too. [Now that wall street
has tore us a new one- ]
I put about a 1/4 cup of baking soda [I was going to abbreviate to bs but it didn't look right] down
the various drains about once a month and add the same amount of vinegar. The bubbling helps
kill all those nasties that hang out around the rim and clears the pipes on it's way down. Safe for
septics too. I use baking soda like Comet for it's scrubbing ability in the sink/tub. I have a large
plastic bottle (I know, I know) that used to have coffee creamer in it (before I gave it up); I
punched several holes in the top, and use that shaker instead of Comet.