Thrifty Thursday on Friday!

June 5, 2009 by Karissa  
Filed under Recipes: Home, Skin, Food

Sorry for the lateness, i was so busy all day I never had a chance to even look over here!

Here is a wonderful glass cleaner recipe: (basic and most have seen before i am sure!)

Mix in a spray bottle or bucket:

1 cup rubbing alcohol
1 cup water
1 tablespoon white vinegar

Automatic Dishwasher cleaner:

1/2 cup grated castille soap
1/2 cup washing soda
1 cup baking soda
1/4 cup citric acid (will get the film off of everything, you can use lemonade mix too!)

Mix and then grind to fine powder (or as close as you can get the soap to go) and use vinegar as a rinse agent.

Super soap scum/grease/anything that needs a major cleaning
split a lemon or a lime in half and juice, we make lots of margaritas so we have use for the lime juice! then take those juiced halves and add to 12 oz of Vinegar. Let sit for at least 48 hrs.
best grease getter, soap scrum remover etc. If you have really stuck on scum feel free to use baking soda too.

Hairy Clogged Drain

  • 2-3 tablespoons Baking Powder mixed in luke-warm water
  • 1 cup Vinegar

1) Mix Baking Powder in water and dissolve as much as possible. Pour down the offending drain. The longer it takes the better – the baking powder will soak in.

2) *Slowly* pour in vinegar. Listen to it fizz! That’s how you know it’s working. Together, these will kill all of the germs or bacteria growing in your drain, which can catch hair and generally gunk things up. It will also loosen all but the most stubborn hair balls.

3) Chase with very hot water – boiling hot if possible.

4) Repeat as necessary.

I just did this on the Mister’s sink, it has basically been clogged ever since we moved in, and well, I have SOO much beauty stuff on my side of the sink, I didnt want him shaving and getting hair on it! lol It totally worked too!


Bleach Alternative for Laundry use a 1/2 cup of Hydrogen Peroxide.

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5 Responses to “Thrifty Thursday on Friday!”
  1. 5
    Sage and Savvy says:

    I use the "hairy clogged drain" all the time…especially since my hair has not stopped falling out since I gave birth…

  2. 4
    karissa says:

    I also suggest using a cloth diaper in place of the swifter refills, reusable and they pick up more! (especially the wet jet type!)

  3. 3
    Jayne says:

    When I cleaned homes we used a recipe like yours for glass cleaner. We also used cloth diapers instead of paper towels. They were lint free and could be re-used.

  4. 2
    Krista Neil says:

    Just what I was looking for, I'll put these into action!

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