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Liquid Sunshine was one of our featured products in the “Home Safe Home” section of the Aug/Sept issue of MaryJanesFarm. Liquid Sunshine Non-toxic Cleaner by Vermont Soap Organics is a USDA-certified food-grade organic alternative to conventional chemical cleaners—a single-source solution to washing laundry, dishes, kitchen appliances, bathrooms, carpets, stains, woodwork, floors, camping gear, and any other water-safe surface. Plus, it’s safe and effective to use on the hands and body, and is even touted as a terrific shampoo for people with oily hair.
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I don’t need an angry mama to clean my microwave. Just use a bowl of water, you can add lemon, to steam off any stuck on food bits. Two minutes then wipe clean.
My favorite cleaning tip is dish soap on hardwood floors, works just as good as any cleaners.
Rinsing out the colander after draining pasta helps keeping off any starchy residue left on the colander. Then washing it with soap and water will be a snap!
Vinegar is my go to for, fruit, veggies, windows, floors, laundry etc.
My favorite tip is to use a squirt of soap in my toilet each morning, followed by a swishing with my toilet brush. I never have build up (we have very hard water) and my toilet is always clean. This soap can be shampoo you didn’t like, dish soap that didn’t work for dishes, or even handsoap you are sick of using. Dilute with water in a squeeze bottle, then squirt it in the toilet around the edges where the ring would form. Takes only a second each day, and voila – clean toilets all the time.
Get rid of all carpet and use rugs. Mopping wooden floors are much easier than having to rent a carpet shampooer!
One thing that my mom told me to do, when cleaning windows, is to use newspaper instead of a papertowel. It doesn’t leave any streaks when wiping off the window cleaner.
My fav cleaning tip……make it yourself so you don’t get all those chemicals!
I make my own laundry soap and dishwasher detergent. Takes less per load, lasts longer, and no harsh chemicals!!
My favorite tip is to clean as you go: wash the cutting board as soon as you finish using it, rinse dishes and load into dishwasher as you dirty the, etc.
I leave hard to clean stainless steel pans (and copper) soaking overnight in water with a bit of vinegar added. By morning, the stains and crusty bits wipe away easily.
I love this soap. I visit and shop at the store. The store is great. I live in Ny about 45 minutes from Middlebury, Vt.
After i squeeze lemon juice from half a lemon, i use the remaining lemon to bleach and freshen kitchen sink and garbage disposal.
I like to use vinegar on hard water spots. Nothing else works better!
Cleaner tip such as baking soda and essential oil of your nose scent into a sifter and sift all over mattress
I use lavender hydrosol to clean my counter tops. It’s antibacterial. I have a friend with a lavender farm and hydrosol is the lavender water left over after distilling lavender oil. Makes your house smell good too!
Use coarse salt to clean a case iron skillet.
Oxi clean is great for soaking
Flip flops or kids shoes ..a little scrub and they look
Like new 😊
For cleaning window tracks, I gently pour a small amount of baking soda along the track. Then pour vinegar onto the baking soda. Fizzing begins lifting debris including dead flies out of the track which can then be wiped clean with a paper towel.
I use white vinegar in a spray bottle to sanitize my cutting board.
I mix half dawn dish detergent and half peroxi. In a spray bottle. It will take out about any stain. Would love to try your liquid sunshine.
Would love to give liquid Sunshine a try My cleaning tip would be to use a dryer sheet, to clean the baseboards. Using this keeps them cleaner and dust free longer so I don’t need to do it as often. Just toss the used into the trash.
I use bleach water all the time….. I run a day care so i am always cleaning
To clean my bathroom tub I like to use Bon Ami cleaner and my Norwex Bathroom Scrub Mitt. I love the fact that Bon Ami no bad chemicals, and minimal ingredients. The Norwex Mitt is amazing. I do also use a little scrub bristle brush to get around the shower hardware. Cleans great every time!!
We could not build unless we put in a waste water treatment system so vinegar and baking soda is all I can use but Formula 409 will kill wasps and bees quicker than other sprays.
We have an egg cooker (small appliance) that always leaves the metal dish part all gunky after it’s finished cooking the eggs. I found that if I put a little vinegar in the pan and let it sit for awhile it comes right off. It looks like new again. No matter how much I scrub I can’t get it off without the vinegar!
To clean my microwave oven, I place a large, 4 cup, glass measuring cup with about 1 cup of water in it, into the microwave. I heat it on ‘high’ for 10 min. The steam loosens the dirt so all I have to do is wipe away any splatters. I also use a cover when I heat up food, so this prevents a lot of splatters to begin with. 😀
I use vinegar to remove hard water build up.
I use vinegar and water for many cleaning tasks. Also use it with baking soda for a vegetable wash. I love the smell of vinegar but even if you don’t the odor evaporates quickly!
Let the product sit so it has time to work!!!
I use a product called REAL CLEAN FLOORS from Real Wood Floors. Yummy orange smell and cleans without residue. I have solid hardwood floors, but works for engineered as well!
My daughter got me into making my own laundry detergent, I love the process the smell and especially the savings.
I love to use baking soda mixed with a few drops of lavender oil to clean my carpets. It helps the vacuum pick up the dog hair and it makes my house smell great. I have also heard it could be used to help prevent fleas in the carpet.
Hello MaryJanesFarm, thank you for the opportunity to receive a bottle of liquid sunshine. I do try to work with all natural products, such as essential oils for some many things. Cleaning, washing, doctoring, cooking, etc.
Marjie
Baking Soda is my Big Go To cleaner. It helps clean my stainless steel sink without scratching it, it is a nice shower cleaner on soap scum, it works great as a de fox mask for my face, works great in the washing machine, and it really works with n the septic tank to keep down the gassy foam on top which means it doesn’t need emptied as fast
I keep a diluted sprat bottle of bleach in my stand up shower every few showers I spray it down keeps white grout and tile looking fabulous and fresh
My tip for anyone disabled or confined to a wheel chair is to get Swiffers with the long
handle that can be used for wet or dry cleaning and mopping. Because the end with the Swiffer on it swivels and pivots I am able to clean walls floors and even my fan blades
right from my chair and because the Swiffer is stretched out, it cleans a wide patch.
It works great.
Ii would love to try these products 🙂 I love vinegar in the laundry to freshen and soften clothes.
I make my own “scrubbing bubbles” bathroom cleaner with baking soda, washing soda, castile soap, tea tree oil, and lemon oil.
what a wonderful home set of cleaners. I can only imagine how well they smell and how useful and healthy to use in the home. What a wonderful prize for who ever wins them.
I am a big advocate of using healthy cleaners in my home. Lots of money saved for this throughout the years. I have never used these products and it would be wonderful to win.
Well, I read a lot of comments and I don’t really have much to add. I, too, use vinegar and baking soda for just about everything. I make my own dry laundry soap. We use 1 Tbs. of corn Starch, 1 cup white vinegar, 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol and 1 cup warm water in a 16 ounce spray bottle for my windows. I especially like to use it on the windshield of the car (outside only) the water just beads up!
I have never used this product, however my grandmother taught me to use bar keepers friend on several items including pots and pans. Brings them back to pratiacally new
using vinegar and water to mop my floors works cleans and is very cheap!
I line the tops of my kitchen cabinets with wax paper. When it’s time to clean just remove the dusty oily paper and replace with new. No scrubbing required
I clean my mirrors and windows just like my mother and grandmother did…. by spraying them with water and drying them with crumpled newspaper…they come out great!
Mary Roberts
Sister 921
I sometimes do an empty load in my front loading washer with vinegar to clean the machine.
for liquid i use vinegar and essential oils and for dry i use baking soda both work well and the house smells fresh
I especially liked the tip to cover top of frig with sheets of wax paper…
I have never used this product. I would really like to try it
I like to sprinkle baking soda on the surface to be cleaned, then spray with vinegar and scrub 🙂