How I Clean Naturally
Weekly
- Vacuum
- Mop hardwood floors
- Dust house
- Wipe down dining room chairs
- Clean mirrors
- Organize the kids rooms
- Bathrooms
When Needed
- Shampoo carpet (about 4 times a year)
- Wash walls/doors
- Dust and wipe off baseboards
- Wash windows
- Wipe down leather furniture
- Vacuum lamp shapes
- Wipe down cabinets
- Dust vents
- Deep clean appliances
How I Clean
I named this post ‘A Different Way To Clean’ because I clean differently than most people.
I only clean with ALL natural products. I did this even before it was cool to be green!
I have always been interested in doing the right thing for the planet. I used to buy my cleaners at Whole Foods and spent lots of money on them. Even though, we didn’t have much money, I thought it was important to do the RIGHT thing.
Two years ago, I found Shaklee and their natural, biodegradable cleaners and I tried them. I couldn’t believe how well they worked!!! Now, after being more educated on why it is so important for our cleaners to be toxin free, I am really glad that I have been using these the whole time!!! A lot of people think that natural cleaners are expensive and that they don’t work well. With the Get Clean products that I found, nothing is further from the truth!
These are CHEAP!!!! And they WORK!!!! Let me tell you what I use and how!
Kitchen
Let’s begin with the Kitchen because we spend a lot of our time in there! I feel like I am in there all day! As soon as I am done cleaning up a meal, it’s snack time! Does that happen to anyone else? I run my dishwasher everyday and I always try to wipe the stainless steal appliances down every night. I HATE going to bed with a messy kitchen!!! I love waking up and coming down to a clean kitchen. I am in a better mood when there are no dishes out, the stove is clean and there aren’t any fingerprints on the fridge! I also like to mop the kitchen floor every day.
In the kitchen I use…..
Basic H2 Organic Super Clean Concentrate and my super microfiber cleaning cloth for the appliances, cabinets, counters and walls.
Scour Off Heavy Duty Paste for my sink and my appliance deep cleaning.
Here are some before and after pictures of my sink…
Wow, look at that sparkle!!!!
Basic G- Concentrated Germicide for disinfecting my sink, counters, knobs, floor and whatever else I want germ FREE!
Hand Dish Wash Liquid Concentrate for washing pots, pans or anything else by hand. I only use 1 drop per dish! This stuff is really powerful!!!!
Dish Washer Automatic Powder Concentrate for my dishwasher. I only use 1 teaspoon of this stuff and I NEVER pre-rinse my dishes. CHEAP!!!!It is hard to believe but ONE bottle makes forty-eight gallons of all-purpose cleaner or 5,824 bottles of 26 oz.Windex! Just thinking about how many plastic bottles I keep out of the landfill by purchasing Basic H2 makes me happy !!!
Bathrooms
Next, I’ll tell you about the bathrooms because I feel really good when those are clean.
I use…
Basic H2 Organic Super Clean Concentrate for the mirrors.
This stuff works…..with NO streaks!!!
I mix 2 drops of the concentrate to my 16 oz. water spray bottle. (It costs $.02 per 16 oz. That’s right, it costs me only a 2 PENNIES for a 16 oz. bottle)
CHEAP!!!! I told you. 1 bottle of Basic H2 equals 5,824 bottles of 26 oz. Windex. WOW!!!!
Basic G-Germicide for the toilet and especially the door handles. I like to disinfect!!! I have a REALLY messy teenage boy who puts his hands everywhere and I don’t want germs everywhere!!!
Here is a picture of my cleaning bottles. I put this on the door of our upstairs utility closet. I have these bottles on every floor. It is simple , neat and easy!
Scour Off Heavy Duty Paste – for the bathtub & sink when needed. This stuff takes off rust, mold, hard water residue and other build up.
It SMELLS like raspberries!!! And totally safe!
Floors
I try to vacuum or mop everyday. I don’t know if it is just my family but we REALLY need to do this everyday!
We get kinda totally dirty here!
I also love to use my Miele vacuum. I actually have two of them: one on the top floor and one on the bottom floor.
I love it!
For washing my floors, I use…..guess!…..
Basic H2 Organic Super Clean Concentrate
This awesome no rinse, no residue, streak-free formula works great on any floor! It seriously makes my wood shine. For floors, mix 1 tablespoon of Basic H + 1 gallon of water. Apply to floor with sponge or mop.
Dust
Usually I dampen my super micro fabric cleaning cloth or my Swiffer Duster with my Basic H.
Laundry
When you have a messy teenager, it feels like you are doing laundry for six and laundry for six is not an easy thing to do! I have a laundry hamper in the kids’ bathroom and I put ALL the dirty laundry from everyone in our family in there. My son takes the laundry down into the basement every day and empties it into our laundry hamper in the right outside our laundry room. I also have a bottle of Fresh Laundry Concentrate in the door of our utility closet upstairs. When I see a stain on any of our clothing, I put it onto the stain right away and rub it in as a pre-treatment.
All of my laundry products are concentrated and NON-Toxic. It is totally safe for your skin. It is great for sensitive baby skin!
I use…
Fresh Laundry Concentrate LOVE this stuff!!
Soft Fabric Concentrate super soft and smells so good!
Soft Fabric Dyer These sheets are recyclable!
Nature Bright My natural bleach!
Extras
Do your kids drop food onto your dining room chairs?!?!? Mine have and a normal mom would probably freak out! But not me. Basic H gets it right out!!!! AND in less than ONE MINUTE!!!!! I just put in on as the degreaser formula and scrub it right out!
Here is a before and after of my chair…
And that is how I clean and what I use!!!!
Get the products that I use today!
Happy Cleaning!
Andrea
