Common household cleaner everyone overlooks, part two

I was amazed to learn of the many cleaning uses for common household items such as, baking soda, club soda, lemon juice and isopropyl rubbing alcohol.

And today, in an effort to replace those expensive environmentally harmful chemical based cleaners, we will explore the many uses of vinegar as a household cleanser. See more tips in part one.

Decal and Gummed Label Remover. To remove non slip appliqués and strips from bathtubs, saturate a cloth or sponge and squeeze hot vinegar over decals. Vinegar also removes stick-on hooks from painted walls. Saturate a cloth or sponge with vinegar and squeeze the liquid behind the hook so that the vinegar comes in contact with the adhesive. In addition, vinegar can be used to remove price labels and other decals from glass, wood, and china. Paint the label or decal with several coats of white vinegar. Give the vinegar time to soak in and after several minutes the decal can be rubbed off.

Soapy film on bathtubs: apply vinegar full-strength to a sponge and wipe the tub down. Next, sprinkle baking soda as you would scouring powder and then rub with a damp sponge and rinse thoroughly with clean water.

Toilet Bowl Cleaner - IF YOU DO USE BLEACH TO CLEAN YOUR TOILET BOWL, NEVER MIX BLEACH WITH VINEGAR, TOILET BOWL CLEANER, OR AMMONIA. The combination of bleach with any of these substances produces a toxic gas which can be hazardous. Sprinkle baking soda into the bowl, then drizzle with vinegar and scour with a toilet brush. This combination both cleans and deodorizes.

Surface cleaner: Vinegar and salt mixed together can be used as a general surface cleaner that doesn’t leave a film.

Rust Stain and Hard Water Deposit Remover: Apply vinegar or lemon juice full-strength and let stand until spot disappears, then rinse. Repeat if necessary.

Keep a bottle of vinegar within easy reach. When your stove, counter tops, walls or anything else becomes spattered with grease, spray and wipe clean dry rag. Vinegar cuts the grease and leaves a nice shine. Instead of buying expensive lime removers for the toilet and other bathroom fixtures try hydrogen peroxide first, it can do the job for a fraction of the price .

A good all purpose cleaner solution is 1/4 cup (or more) vinegar to 1 gallon water.

Once we all start using these natural products and get rid of all of those chemicals that have been forced on us by ridiculous amounts of advertising dollars, we will then begin to make a more serious effort as cleaning up our environment.