Title: Basic Ingredients for All Purpose Cleaning
Categories: Gift Info
Yield: 1 Servings

AMMONIA, HOUSEHOLD: Clean carpets, copper, dishes, enamel, floors, formica, garbage cans, glass, grout, jewelry, linoleum, ovens, porcelain, refrigerators, showers, stainless steel, sotves, tubs windows, removes stains.

BAKING SODA: (Sodium bicarbonate) Clean, deodorize carpets, drains. Extinguish grease fires. Freshen fabrics. Remove stains. Scour or polish aluminum, chrome, grout, jewelry, plastic, silver, stainless steel, and tin. Soften fabrics.

BLEACH, LIQUID CHLORINE: clean, deordoize, and disinfect.

BORAX: (sodium borate) clean wallpaper, walls and floors. Deodoize. Improve detergent power, remove stains.

CASTILE SOAP: A white odorless soap made from sodium hydroxide and olive oil.

CORNSTARCH: Clean windows, polish furniture, remove stains, shampoo carpets and rugs. Starch clothes.

LEMON JUICE: Deodorize, clean windows and glass, remove stains from aluminum, clothes and porcelain.

LYE: (potassium hydroxide)

MINERAL OIL: Polish furniture, Wax floors.

VINEGAR: Clean bricks, carpets, coffeepots, dishes, fireplace glass grout, walls, windows and washing machines. Polish metals. Remove mildew, hard water stains, and wax build up. soften fabrics.

WASHING SODA: (Sodium Carbonate) Clean and cut grease on bbq grills, broiler pans, congrete, drains, fireplaces, floors, ovens and walls. Improve detergent power. Remove stains. Soften water.

WHITING: (Calcium carbonate-chalk powdered or precipitated; whiting)

Source: The Natural Formula Book for Home and Yard; edited by Dan Wallace Found for you by Fran McGee

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