[A Gipper Girl]

I like this one so much I thought I'd pass it along:

(Always check for color fastness)

I have been experimenting making laundry pre-treat mixtures like Shout, Spray N Wash, etc. They are so expensive if you use them a lot. I make my own windex, bathroom bleach scrub and laundry detergent, too.

Here's a REALLY good recipe for my favorite one. I use it on everything from laundry stains to spot cleaning delicates or dry clean only pieces and even on carpet(got some nasty black grease out easily yesterday):

3-4 tablespoons fine soap shavings(I like Fels Naptha but Ivory is good too...I use a cheese grater)
2 tablespoons baking soda
1/8 cup ammonia
add enough hot water to make a spray bottle size(32 oz)

shake all ingredients together until the soap is dissolved

You can also substitute the ammonia with hydrogen peroxide and add 15-20 drops of an essential oil like lavender, citrus or geranium(real essential oils wont leave the surface oily). If its for use on a fabric where babies, young children or animals come into contact with that you spot treat and cannot wash. I keep a bottle of both under my sink and have them labeled with and without ammonia.

[NavyEagle#1]

Cool idea

[GeorgiaTornado]

I got one for the Bathroom cleaner! Works like a freakin champ!

12 or 14 oz bottle of regular blue Dawn
1 1/2 - 2 cups of White distilled vinegar

Heat Vinegar in the microwave until boiling (or close) Then mix it with the Dawn in a spray bottle... (you can cut the ingredients if you need to)

Spray it on your tile, tub or sink! Wait a little bit then wipe it off with a cloth.

This post has been edited by GeorgiaTornado: 24 February 2012 - 04:51 PM

[A Gipper Girl]

GeorgiaTornado, on 24 February 2012 - 04:49 PM, said:

I got one for the Bathroom cleaner! Works like a freakin champ!

12 or 14 oz bottle of regular blue Dawn
1 1/2 - 2 cups of White distilled vinegar

Heat Vinegar in the microwave until boiling (or close) Then mix it with the Dawn in a spray bottle... (you can cut the ingredients if you need to)

Spray it on your tile, tub or sink! Wait a little bit then wipe it off with a cloth.

That sounds great. Gonna make it tomorrow .

I really prefer Dawn in making my own cleaners when it calls for liquid dish detergent. I was always a Palmolive fan but the new, blue Overnight Soak Power dawn cannot be beat(and I wash all my dishes by hand). I can see how it would really work in the bathroom on soap scum which is my big peeve with other cleaners-so many of them do not to get rid of it.

[Marteen-J]

"household chemistry"

[logansmom]

Would you share your recipe for laundry detergent. I am looking for one that has been tested and liked.