Do you buy Green cleaning products?

If so, can you tell me what you use?

I have the Imus greening the cleaning stuff and I really like it.

I am going to order some products from here as well:
http://www.edbegley.com/store/index.php?cat_id=5&catname='Begley's%20Best'



I've never seen Green wood cleaner. (Pledge type) Anyone know where I should be looking?

devoted to it. Can't remember the website name but just google it. Our hospital down here just started to use it also. Very popular, especially with people who have allergies.

but thus far I have seen no wood cleaner.
I have an addiction to pledge and endust... need to stop that

You have to use twice as much, which already straps those of us watching our pennies, anyway.

I applaud you, though, if you can afford to use them - by all means DO! I just wish they were more effective AND cost-effective for the average person, though.

I just spent the last 3 days cleaning the tile in my bathroom. What a b*tch of a job!

Mold, dirt, more mold, more dirt, soap scum, etc. etc. etc. etc.

Oh yeah and then THE SEALER. :argh:

Note: Can barely move today after 3 days working on this awful job and that was with chemicals. *sigh*

baking soda. You will have to experiment in the toilets, sinks, and shower stalls. I have a spray bottle that I use to spray down a sink, and then will sprinkle baking soda on it. Then after I fold a load of laundry, or remember that it is still in there I will scrub with a brush and it brightens, and clean at same time. None of that overwhelming chemical smell.

:rofl:

you really don't need all those cleaners.

(peppermint is my fave) is what I use for shower soap, dishwashing soap, and occasionally laundry soap. I am allergic to EVERYTHING, Ivory being the second worst and a free sample of some detergent I got in the mail years ago being the absolute worst, breaking me out all over.

I even wash my floors with the stuff.

It's highly concentrated and sold in health food stores, camping stores, and some drug stores.

The labels are better than "Jokes for the John."

Once you wash your face with the peppermint soap, you'll never go back to supermarket soap.

* Bon Ami instead of Comet - has no chlorine in it.
* Seventh generation dishwashing and hand soap
* Seventh generation toilet cleaner
* Method wood cleaner for my floors.

They all work great! :P

I use method, I use Mrs Myers

Method seem to work better of most products- Mrs Myers laundry leaves an odd smell, but their all purpose works quite well in the kitchen on walls and even in the oven, and are comparable to method.
I have yet to find a product for wood floors that really works - we have dogs - the widely available Swiffer product (spray) version is linked to grave illnesses and deaths in pets- beware

I find that Seventh Generation products do not work well at all, but here are some products at Gaiam (I have not used them)
http://www.gaiam.com/retail/3/HO_House_Cleaners

http://www.methodhome.com/whatfor/environment.php

http://www.mrsmeyers.com/Misconceptions.aspx

oxyclean on tile when it really gets dirty in the grout - having to scrub is inevitable -

constantly looking for additional products....

and I have posted
Household Products - chemicals database in my journal last year but here is the direct link if you want to check
http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/products.htm

on edit: baking soda and vinegar for drains - followed by a cup or two of very hot water - you'll hear it fizzle and bobbing down the drain... :)

I clean most of my house with soap, vinegar and baking soda. I do have some 7th Generation (laundry), Whole Foods brand, Method, Dr. Bronner (mopping. dishes) etc. products.

Years ago my mom gave me a book called "Clean and Green" by Annie Berthold-Bond. It has over 40 recipes for polishing, dusting, removing stains, waxing wood furniture that use lemon juice, different oils, cornstarch, liquid soaps, etc. If you are interested in any of those, PM me and I'll type them out for you.

Some articles I clipped from the newspaper say this:

For polishing furniture: Mix 1/2 cup lemon juice with 1 cup vegetable or olive oil. Use as you would over-the-counter furniture polish.

and

Dissolve 1 tsp lemon oil in 2 pints mineral oil. Or use oil soap to clean and a soft cloth to polish. Rub toothpaste on wood furniture to remove water stains.

combined in various ways to clean a lot of things.

It smells amazing! I buy the big bottle and mix my own spray bottles. It's a great product.

look for the Howard Naturals line for wood cleaning and polishing--not cheap but uses beeswax instead of petroleum and lasts a long time. http://www.howardnaturals.com

I also recommend the Ecover All Purpose Cleaner (lemon)--this is plant-based but really great on kitchen grease, oven racks, bad burned on stuff, in addition to floors and tiles...anywhere you need a good dissolver of gunk. http://www.ecover.com/us/en/Products/Cleaning/All+Purpose+Cleaner.htm

For bathrooms I use Tea Tree oil cleaner (it disinfects like Pine Sol and Lysol)-- but you have to like the herby smell. Here's how to make a good tea-tree oil cleaner yourself: http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/home/344

Otherwise I use the usual vinegar, baking soda, orange oil products.

Also I use perfumeless or naturally scented laundry soaps and absolutely NO dryer sheets with perfume in them (Target has some that are scent-free if you have to use them). One of my friends has multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) and she can't even walk around the neighborhood in the afternoon because of the chemicals coming out of the dryer vents. You really dont want this stuff in your clothes. For one thing, men that use highly scented laundry products smell absurd. Women are expected to be more scented & get by with it, but to be able to smell a florally scented carpenter from several yards away is very strange IMO.

And watch out for those chemical potpourris and something called "plug-ins." I once was marooned in a small hotel that had these nasty plug-in things in every outlet and NO way to open the windows. Although we took them out of the sockets, we still ALL had headaches just because of the intensity of the permeation after only 2 days.

Just my 2 cents, in the interests of cleaner air and lungs. Good luck.

you gave to buy in bulk. I just don't have the space to buy very many things in bulk.

Seventh Generation laundry detergent and softner works well. I use Mrs. Meyers dish soap and Dr. Bronner's peppermint Castile and Lavender Castile which can be use to clean everything and smells HEAVENLY.

I didn't know Ed Begley had Green products! I watch his show, "Living with Ed Begley Jr." on TLC> or HGTV? It's quite good.:) He's a great guy and devoted to the GREEN lifestyle.

I also like 7th Gen.

I make some of my own with vinegar/water and biodegradable surfactants (like Dr. Bronners)

They work just fine.

it's best to dust with a slightly damp rag (ring it out REALLY good). Use a small amount of lemon or orange oil to clean really stubborn stains (like that black gunk on kitchen cabinets) -- fine wood surfaces should get a coat of paste wax once a year. Modern finishes tend to have a clear coat of some kind (polyurithane etc) and do not need to be sealed.

Works great except for the dishwasher detgt