DIY Kitchen Cleaners
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| Ingredients | Notes | Lab Tested |
| Oven Cleaners | ||
| Baking soda, water, salt, vegetable oil based liquid soap (Murphy's Oil) | Sprinkle water on oven bottom and add baking soda. Let sit over night. Wipe off and apply liquid soap and scrub and rinse. | Not Tested (Formulation 37) |
| 2 tablespoons vegetable oil soap (Murphy's Oil) and 2 tablespoons borax in a spray bottle with warm water | Spray on oven and leave for 20 minutes and scrub off | Not Tested (Formulation 38) |
| Refrigerators | ||
| Baking soda and water paste | For stubborn areas | Not Tested (Formulation 5) |
| Dissolve 2 tablespoons baking soda in 1 quart warm water | Exterior and interior - wipe all surfaces | Not Tested (Formulation 39) |
| Microwave | ||
| Microwave a bowl of water on high for 5 minutes | Steam will loosen stuck on food and you will be able to wipe it clean | Not Tested (Formulation 40) |
| Pots & Pans | ||
| Add baking soda to water during soaking | General pots - while food encrusted pots and pans let soak and then scrub | Not Tested (Formulation 41) |
| Water and vinegar mixture | Soak in for 15 minutes or over night and rinse | Not Tested (Formulation 42) |
| Coarse salt and lemon | Copper pan cleaner - rub coarse salt into any stains with the cut half of a fresh lemon | Not Tested (Formulation 43) |
| Solution of baking soda and tepid/cool water (1 teaspoon to a quart of water) | Glasses, coffee makers and thermos bottles - brush glasses, coffee maker carafe or thermos with the solution on a soft toothbrush | Not Tested (Formulation 44) |
| Coffee/tee stains | ||
| Baking soda paste | Rub with paste | Not Tested (Formulation 5) |
| Spot free dishwater rinse | ||
| 1 cup vinegar | Put in the rinse compartment | Not Tested (Formulation 10) |
| Garbage Disposal Odors | ||
| Ice and used lemon and or orange rinds | Grind to eliminate odors and to clean and sharpen blades | Not Tested (Formulation 45) |
| Floor Cleaners | ||
| Pencil eraser | removes heel marks | |
| 1 cup vinegar, ΒΌ cup washing soda, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil based soap (Murphy's Oil, castile), 2gallon hot water | For greasy no wax floors combine all ingredients and stir to dissolve washing soda. Mop as usual | Not Tested (Formulation 46) |
| Castile soap (small amount) and baking soda/borax with lots of water | Not Tested (Formulation 47) | |
| Deodorize | ||
| Vinegar | Put out a small bowl of vinegar any where in the house that needs freshening. It will absorb the odors and leave the house smelling fresh | Not Tested (Formulation 10) |
