Natural cleaning products, or homemade natural cleaning products, can be a great way of effectively cleaning your home without the use of commonly used chemicals or solutions. There are many natural resources that serve another purpose to the one they are originally intended for. We have put together our list of the 10 best natural cleaning products you may have in your home already.
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Baking Soda
Perhaps the most commonly used homemade natural cleaning product, baking soda is well known for its cleaning abilities. Not only does it contain deodorizing features that are great for getting rid of bad smells, but it also can work wonders when mixed with water and scrubbed on dirty surfaces.
Use baking soda on damp cloths or sponges and put it to work on areas such as kitchen worktops, showerheads, faucets, ovens, sinks, basically anything you can scrub. Baking soda is the perfect multipurpose natural cleaning product due to its versatility and ease of use.
White Vinegar
When mixed and diluted with water to reduce the overall acidity, white vinegar can be a great household cleaner. Whilst it is not as versatile as baking soda, it does contain antibacterial properties that are proven to kill the potentially dangerous bacterium and pathogens.
White vinegar, whilst strong, is not as strong as common domestic cleaning products. This is an advantage. It does not release any potentially harmful fumes whilst still providing amazing cleaning results. This provides a great alternative to stronger, more common products. Do be careful when cleaning with vinegar, you should never use it on kitchen surfaces, hard floors or white goods as they can potentially be damaged due to the acidity of the vinegar.
Lemons and Lemon Juice
Lemons and lemon juice are one of the best natural cleaning products you can find. Much like baking soda, lemons are incredibly versatile for all manner of household cleaning jobs. Not only do they provide a fresh smelling scent, but the juice of lemons also is acidic enough to kill bacteria and disinfect surfaces.
You can mix lemon juice with other natural products, like baking soda, to create a super-household cleaner. Or simply squeeze the juice of a lemon into some warm water to create a low-level disinfectant, perfect to be used in spray bottles. Lemons are great for use on wooden products, stubborn stains, faucets and other stainless steel, metal or chrome products.
Vodka or High Strength Alcohol
Vodka or some form of strong alcohol is commonplace in a lot of homes around the world. But not many people know that you can in fact clean with it. Rubbing alcohol is great for cleaning all manner of household objects from disinfecting mobile phones, keyboards and mice, to cleaning chrome products such as faucets and sinks.
Another great use for vodka and high strength alcohol is to clean blinds. A piece of natural cleaning equipment that you can create is simply soaking a rag in alcohol and wrapping it around a wooden spoon or spatula. This provides the perfect household cleaning tool to get into that tricky gap in between your blinds.
Steam
Steam cleaning is often undertaken with a steam cleaner. Steam cleaners are a form of natural cleaning equipment that is great for a variety of uses. Steam cleaners use an isolated water tank that creates hot jets of dried steam onto the surfaces you are cleaning. They are great for using on flooring, windows, upholstered furniture and even in your car on your floor mats and seats.
Steam is a completely natural cleaning agent. It uses no chemical products whilst providing similar results. The mop head on the steam cleaner collects dirt from surfaces and the heat of the steam effectively kills the bacteria and germs in the dirt.
Toothpaste
Regular, commonly used toothpaste is also a mild abrasive. In the same way that toothpaste can remove stains from your teeth, you can also use it to remove stains from a wide variety of surfaces. Toothpaste is perhaps the best natural cleaning product for removing stains from items such as shoes/leather products, chrome fixtures and fittings and car headlights.
Toothpaste is essentially a homemade natural cleaning product already as it has been specifically designed to clean, it just so happens that you can clean much more than your teeth. You can even combine toothpaste with other household products such as baking soda and water to create mixtures for cleaning a whole manner of surfaces and materials in your home.
Salt
Almost every household will have some form of salt. Whether it is your everyday table salt for your chips or larger grain sea salt in a grinder, you have a cleaning solution right in front of you. As table salt is in small grains it can be a great way of getting cleaning results by rubbing on stains on clothes, wood or upholstery.
A large grain of table salt can almost act like an abrasive brush or sponge on a rag. It also has properties that help it to absorb liquids. One of the most common questions about household cleaning is how to remove wine stains from clothing or carpets. Salt may be the answer. It is suggested that you pour salt onto the stain, allow it to sit for half an hour to an hour and then wash on a gentle cycle.
Olive Oil
Olive oil is a natural cleaning product that is perfect for more than just frying your food. Oil has properties that make it great for cleaning surfaces such as stainless-steel appliances, pots and pans, or rebuffing leather furniture or shoes. Whilst oil itself is not antibacterial, it is great for polishing and shining up all of the materials previously mentioned.
Olive oil can also be used to create homemade natural cleaning products when combined with other items. Mix olive oil, water and salt into a spray bottle, shake gently and allow it to settle and you will have a bottle of leather shoe polish in no time. You can also use olive oil to loosen grease and grime from used pans!
Essential Oils
Whilst essential oils may not be common in every home, they are a great natural cleaning product thanks to several factors, including:
- Leaving your home smelling fresh
- Killing bacteria and germs
- Breaking down grease and settled dirt
Essential oils that are great for cleaning include: tea tree oil, which is perfect for fighting bacteria and viruses; lemon oil which fights harmful bugs and leaves your home smelling fresh and clean; lavender oil for a beautiful, welcoming smell in your home; and peppermint oil, which is a great smelling, antibacterial natural cleaning product.
If you would like any further information on any of the natural cleaning products that we have mentioned, or if you would like to ask any questions regarding Panda Soft toilet roll, get in touch with our friendly, helpful team today. Or, if you would like to purchase any natural cleaning equipment tools, such as microfibre cloths or kitchen rolls, shop online with Galleon today.
