I will admit that until recently my uses for baking soda included using it to deodorize my fridge and baking purposes. I also had limited experience with vinegar, and only used it for cooking and dying Easter eggs. I have discovered that both of these products have so much more potential!
Vinegar can be used to make a window/glass cleaner, an all-purpose cleaner, and a floor cleaner.
Baking soda can be used as a tub and tile cleaner, oven cleaner, toilet bowl cleaner, and scouring powder.
My favorite use for these products is one that I happened upon just the other day-unclogging sink drains. Just pour 1 cup baking soda down the drain followed by 1 cup of vinegar. After you pour them in, put the stopper in the drain and let it sit. I would recommend 1-2 hours. Follow this by pouring hot water down the drain. This really works, you don’t have to call a plumber, its economical, and so much safer than the chemicals you would normally use.
Here are a couple quick and easy recipes for household cleaners.
Mild All-purpose cleaner
1/4 cup baking soda
1 quart warm water
Glass cleaner
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup water
You can also find a variety of household cleaner recipes over at the Green Guide.
Happy Cleaning!
guest post by Melody at Three Boys and a Dog.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
About Mom Spark
genevieve le bel on 
Katy M on 
thanks for the tips! i am totally going to try some of these.
[Reply]
I've recently started cleaning with vinegar & love it! I dont have to worry about chemicals around the kids. It's a great deodorizer/cleaner & so cheap!! I'll definately continue to use vinegar & now I'll add baking soda to my routine. Thanks!
[Reply]
This was very interesting and I think I’m going to try some of this out. Thanks for sharing it!
[Reply]
Great post. I have quit buying cleaners altogether. I love the natural cleaning because I don’t like to have all the chemical fumes around the kids (like anonymous), and we are trying to be more friendly to the environment.
[Reply]
I am going to start doing this. I have used vinegar & water in the past and got great results. Great post!
[Reply]
I HAVE BEEN MAKING MY OWN CLEANERS FOR SOME TIME NOW. I USE VINEGAR,BAKING SODA, AMMONIA, LEMON JUICE AND RUBBING ALCOHOL. I ALSO MAKE MY OWN LAUNDRY SOAP AND DISHWASHER DETERGENT. I HAVE SAVED TONS OF MONEY MAKING MY OWN CLEANERS.
[Reply]