Tub and Shower Cleaner

Yesterday was obviously a day for me to try a couple of things I have found on Pinterest.  A few weeks ago one of my friends pinned a tub and shower cleaner.  I am amazed at how well the homemade cleaners are working. 

Tub and Shower Cleaner

12 ounces white vinegar
12 ounces liquid blue dawn detergent

Heat the vinegar in microwave until hot and pour into spray bottle.  Add the Dawn soap and gently shake to incorporate.

This powerful cleaner will melt soap scum and tub and shower buildup, clean sinks, appliances and just about everything.  Just spray it on and be ready to be amazed at how well your sinks, etc. are now looking! 

You won't have the harsh chemical smell that you usually have when you use commercial cleaners but yet it works great!

As you all know I have fallen in love with pinterest.  There are so many good ideas on there and I find that I spend way too much time online.  But anyway, today I learned about cleaning the kitchen sink sprayer.
Here is how mine looked before:

And here it is after:

All I had to do was soak my sprayer head in vinegar for one hour!  I love quick and easy cleaning tips like this one.  And who knew that my sink sprayer head was so dirty!

Homemade Laundry Detergent

A few years ago I decided after reading online about so many people making their own laundry detergent that I was going to attempt to make some too.  I figured if we didn't like it then I would just switch back to my regular Tide that I had been using for so many years.  I already had a plastic container that I used to keep my Tide in so I just decided to use that container.

The ingredients are:

2 cups Borax
2 cups Washing Soda
1 cup Baking Soda
1 bar of Fels Naptha Soap (I have also used Ivory soap)

I usually triple my recipe when I make it so that is why you see three bars of the soap on the table. 

First I cut the soap into cubes:

Then I put one bar at a time into my food processor (I have a small food processor so I can only do one batch at a time)     

 Next I add 2 cups of washing soda, 2 cups of borax and 1 cup of baking soda to the food processor and mix until everything is mixed together and in a powder form.

I repeat this two other times until I have tripled the recipe.   Now, when I want to wash clothes I just add 1 teaspoon of detergent to the washer while I am filling it with water and then I add the clothes.  I prefer adding the detergent into the water before I add any clothes so I can be sure that my detergent will dissolve.