Quick Tips on Cleaners

It's no big big deal, I guess, but I do wish I knew when I was younger......... Now, 'need to give credit to MY Grannie.  From my Grannie, I learned that a plenty fine GLASS CLEANER is white vinegar as the liquid, and yes it's true:  NEWSPAPER as the towel.  Newspaper is almost a novelty now, so I will let you go figure on that one, but I will add that in recent years, I have learned that for cleaning the surface of my counter and painted wooded table, a MIXTURE of white vinegar and water works (instead of the some of the leading surface cleaners, which should be out of the reach of children................).  I probably use the mixture about 50%/50%.  Honestly, I might do it more like 1/3 vinegar, 2/3 water.  If it works, it works, and you don't have to worry about dangerous chemicals, and it is ECONOMICAL.

The thing my Grannie did not teach me, which I have learned along the way, is that hydrogen peroxide works super good as a spray cleaner as well !!  In the bathroom, I spray it on the mirror and wipe with a clean washcloth (no wasted paper towel), it makes a fabulous fresh clean eye glass cleaner.

See how clear my glasses are !!

OK, next quick tip is BAKING SODA, is cheap and non-toxic, and makes a GREAT surface cleaner for the tough jobs.  All I used was baking soda, and here is my kitchen sink before, during, and after:

Honestly, bleach or vinegar would get every-bit of the dingy color out, and I do that occasionally, but for common cleaning, baking soda does wonders, and you need to know because it is cheap and non-toxic.  Happy cleaning gals!

By the way, there is no shame in being the "cleaner" of the home.  I get really sick of people making a big awful deal about gender specific roles.  I said "gals" here because I imagine that is the audience that would most often be my reader. Period.  Personally, I am HAPPY to get to do traditionally female roles even though I have contributed fairly in EVERY realm of domestic life (financially as well) and when something fleshly like selfishness, lust, covetousness, or greed, has snuck in to my being and made me resentful or angry when I compare what I do vs what my husband does, or what I contribute vs what my husband contributes, then our relationship got messy and peace was disturbed.

I lean heavily on the Lord and most of the time I am just happy for what is done, accomplished, or contributed my whoever....and more funny stories about that, later.  Be looking for more please, and maybe see more where I am cultivating my  Grandma Mary Martha blog.