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Clean House, Clean Planet is an excellent book. The book goes over plants in the home for air quality as well as general cleaning.
Personally, I have 2 spray bottles with vinegar and water for toilet clean up and general wipe downs of kitchen counters; 1 spray bottle of castile soap and water for general cleaning, 1 spray bottle of a small amount of dish detergent and water for cleaning greasy messes in the kitchen, a set of formerly salt&pepper shakers with baking soda in them for scrubbing (1 in the bathroom and 1 in the kitchen). Plenty of rags under my sinks for wiping down stuff as well.
I've not been into mixing a whole lot of things together, some things mix strangely... I really do find vinegar and water to be my most favorite and most used cleaner. I've several friends hooked as well to the simple, toxic free cleaning, not to mention $$ saver (even buying the amount of vinegar I do).
Vinegar makes a great 'fabric softener' in the rinse cycle. It actually breaks down urine, where as baking soda just deals with the odor. I don't use it on wood (just Olive Oil and Lemon Oil). My mother used vinegar on her moldy wood and it did keep the mold from coming back -- she has a house with mold she only visits 1X per year, it makes me physically sick to stay there.
For laundry I use Natural Family Boutique "clean diapers" and "clean laundry". Their stuff is the most natural and purest stuff I've found, especially in the shampoo and conditioner line.
Great thread topic... I've looking for something to keep my toilets clean. We went on vacation for 2wks and the main bathroom toilet had a dark ring at the water line, I'm still scrubbing to remove. The master toilet had black streaks where water usuallys flow down into the tank in several areas. I don't recall this happening like this before when we've gone on vacation -- so I'm a bit concerned something is going on at the bacterial level that I need to fix with something stronger than vinegar and EO.
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2HBA2C, sewing mama and Gluten Free Baking Queen to my Celiacs DS2 and DS3
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