How to Make Basic Natural Cleaning Products from Foods - Softcover

Hart, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595523668 ISBN 13: 9780595523665

Publisher: iUniverse, 2008

Synopsis

Here are the best of the recipes and also where to find more home-made cleaning or greening recipes on-line. Solve stain removal problems with organic spices, oils, salt, baking soda, vegetables, herbs, cream of tartar, milk, vinegar, or rubbing alcohol, and create your own mouthwash, toothpaste, shampoo, and pesticides from zinc, vitamin tabs, plants, calcium, oils, minerals, or spices.Shine hardwood floors and furniture with tea and linseed oil. Mix shampoos from tea or air freshener from lemons and baking soda.You can clean almost anything with foods. Create your own household products, soaps, and shampoos. Place a tablespoon of salt into ¼ cup of baking soda. Soak your white cotton clothing in a solution of water, salt and baking soda.Tired of commercial mouthwash? Rinse with a mouthwash you can make by mixing 4 drops of clove oil, 2 drops of myrrh, one tablet of zinc, and one tablet of folic acid (that you buy in a health-food store) in 16 ounces (473 mil.) of water. Let the tablets dissolve in the water and then shake well.Develop your own toothpaste, shampoos wet or dry, for humans, dogs, or cats. Design shoes, pens, scratched DVD solutions, floor shiners, and cleaners.

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About the Author

Anne Hart is a popular author of 86 paperback books and a member of the American Association of Journalists and Authors. She holds a graduate degree and has written articles on popular science, health, and consumer affairs for numerous magazines.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595523668
• ISBN 13: 9780595523665
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108