I'm watching Dr. Oz, and he was pointing out how toxic a household cleaner is and how it has all kinds of ingredients you can't pronounce or don't know what they are like Stimerex ES. It's a cleaner I have in my cabinet - not because I really wanted to buy it, but because my bathtubs have this nasty hard water build-up that just won't go away. So I bought some Lime-Away and tried it. It got rid of some of the hard water build-up, but not nearly all of it. So, was it really worth the toxicity? I guess not. I did buy another cleaner that is supposed to remove hard water build-up, but I haven't tried it yet. I'm thinking of trying this recipe I got on the Dr. Oz Show first. If it works, I can take the 2nd cleaner back, and if it doesn't work, I'm really not out anything, because it uses things I have around the house anyway.
Here's the recipe:
Home-made Natural Cleaner
Dissolve 1T Borax in 3T vinegar
Add 2 cups water and 1T dish soap
Shake well
You can also add some essential oil like peppermint oil to make it smell good and shake it up again.
I wonder if it will do anything to my hard water build-up? I know vinegar is supposed to, but I can't get it to stay on long enough to do anything. I just would prefer not to use a cleaner that can be really toxic.
I finally remembered to write the recipe on my squirt bottle so I don't have to look it up every time I want to make it again!
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