This article can not compete with the avalanche of TV advertising, worth millions of dollars, the purpose of which is to fool household chemicals to the buyer, to make them believe that there is simply no alternative.. Meanwhile, in the absolute majority of cases, all these polluting agents are not at all necessary.. More precisely - only those who earn money are needed..

Multi-colored jars and boxes - the heroes of commercials - seem to us much more prestigious and modern than any soda, soap chips, mustard, and so on.. But Canadian environmentalists offer old good home remedies — homemade powders and liquids from the simplest harmless substances — as part of a modern eco-friendly lifestyle in a specially released pamphlet, The Clean Planet Recipe.. Many alternatives to toxic chemicals keep old calendars, books on home economics, magazines.

Dishwashing An excellent harmless detergent powder is ordinary soda. If we add baking soda to the remains of soap filled with hot water, we will get a universal washing liquid - not only for washing dishes. To enhance the effect, you can add a small amount of vinegar.. It is used in all cases as “ordinary detergent”..

There are two wonderful abrasive products for cleaning an aluminum saucepan in the country: horsetail in summer (the secret of its cleaning properties is the presence of silicic acid in the stems; even wooden floors were washed off), in winter wood ash. Can be used to remove fat such improvised adsorbent, as sleeping tea.

In the summer in the country you can dissolve the greasy soot compressed in your hand with a bunch of elderberry. Degreases and disinfects dishes and brewed wormwood - this has been used in the eco-camp near Koktebel for many years..

Washing This laundry detergent (from the book “Recipe of a clean planet”) can be used not only with hand washing, but also in the most expensive and modern washing machine.. We give his recipe to allergies, parents of young children, all who are adversely affected by factory washing powders. And also to everyone who does not want to pollute the environment - especially if we are talking about the summer wash near the garden or on the river.

So, to ensure a successful transition from commercial detergents (reagents) to a safe alternative, you must first get rid of their residues in your clothes.. Wash the clothes in the hottest water that the fabric can withstand by adding 50 ml of detergent soda for each load.. This should be done to prevent yellowing..

To prepare environmentally friendly laundry detergent, mix 250 ml of grated soap, 125 ml of detergent soda, 125 ml of borax (sodium tetraborate). Keep everything in a special box. Before washing, add 125 ml of this mixture to the water in your washing machine.. By adding wine vinegar (125-250 ml) when rinsing, you can get rid of all the soap and soften the cloth.

From the whiteness of the fabric advertising makes the central problem of life. In brackets, we note that the fabric, after applying bleach containing chlorine, of course, looks very white, but it is unlikely that the bleach remains in the fabric, even if it is not visible - a sign of real purity.

In general, you can bleach without chlorine. For 10 liters of hot water, you can add 2 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide and 1 tablespoon of ammonia.

Check out the following advice: “White socks, knee socks are better washed if they are soaked for 1-2 hours in water with 1-2 tablespoons of boric acid added”. Wash in soft water easier. Soften hard water by adding soda or ammonia.

How to make the soaking procedure more effective? Provide minimum fluid and maximum foam. For example, put soaked in hot water and soapy thing in a plastic bag, practically without water. How to get rid of the stain? You can take reagents from the kitchen shelf or even directly from the dining table.. The acid solvents are vinegar, lemon juice, cabbage pickle; adsorbents that absorb dirt and are removed along with it - salt, starch, sleeping tea. On a fresh stain of berries, wine, coffee, tea, jam, sprinkle thickly the adsorbent, which is always at hand - table salt. Salt will immediately begin to absorb the liquid, reducing the concentration of contamination in the fibers of the fabric. You can change the salt, pour a new portion. And as soon as the meal was over, wash the stain with hot water.. The consequences are minimized.. But fresh blood stains are not washed with hot water - the protein coagulates, firmly binding to the tissue. Best of all, tissue with fresh and old stains of blood (not only blood! Any protein contamination, such as cocoa, as well as used handkerchiefs) should be soaked in an elemental solution — a tablespoon of salt per liter of cold water. Protein substances dissolve in such lightly salted water.. And then - it is easy to wipe the cloth in warm water with ordinary soap. To remove grease stains, you can use dry chalk powder or dry talc. A fresh stain is sprinkled with talcum powder from the face and inside, covered with clean paper and pressed with a load, and the next day the thing is thoroughly knocked out and cleaned..

Even in dry cleaning will not accept the thing spoiled by chewing gum. Here we must turn to physics, not chemistry.. Attach a piece of ice to the stained area and hold it.. Hardened chewing gum marks will separate easily..

Do we need “special equipment” to make terry robes and towels fluffy? After washing, they can be held in, again, salted water and not ironed..

Cleaning Windows can be easily washed with ammonia or table vinegar diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 5. The liquid can be sprayed on the glass, and then the glass can be cleaned with old newspapers.. The windows are not washed in direct sunlight..

To clean the carpet and freshen up its colors will help the sleeping tea. (First, the carpet is carefully cleaned with a vacuum cleaner). Simply sprinkle wet tea over the surface of the carpet, and then scoop it up with a piece of foam rubber.. And after cleaning the carpet with a sauerkraut swab, its pile gets a fresh shine and softness.

For cleaning the surfaces of gas stoves, refrigerators, as well as stainless steel items covered with white enamel, baking soda perfectly serves. Only need to clean dry surfaces with a dry cloth.. Often grayish or yellowish spots are formed on the walls of the sink or bath.. These are deposits of mineral salts in water.. They are very hard - do not scrape away. But they can easily cope with the solvent, which probably will be on the shelf. Put a rag dipped in vinegar on the contaminated place and after half an hour the deposits will wash off easily..

Rusty stains on the shell walls are rubbed with thick gruel - a mixture of sodium chloride and turpentine.. If you add ammonia to the solution of residual soap, you will get an excellent tool for cleaning painted floor, doors, window frames and other surfaces painted with oil paint.. A small stain from a ballpoint pen on oilcloth, plastic, wipe off the head of a match slightly moistened with water. Candles wax drops, frozen on polished furniture, are carefully removed with a tip of a table knife heated in boiling water.. Trail can be scrubbed. The leather upholstery of the furniture, leather belts, gloves will refresh the beaten egg white if it is applied with a wool cloth and rubbed.

Do you buy insecticides?

To fight cockroaches, it is not necessary to use toxic poisons, after which you will have to thoroughly rehabilitate the environment in your apartment or house.. Many people know about an effective and harmless remedy: mix 1 yolk of a hard-boiled egg, an equal amount of boiled potatoes and 20 g of dry boric acid. Make small balls, arrange them in the kitchen, behind the stove and t. and do not clean them as long as possible. Then, in a week or two, sweep dead cockroaches. And then - forget about their existence..

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