The best grease-cutting all purpose cleaner I have ever used is a mixture of water, a little bit of dish detergent (I use Dawn) and some vinegar in a spray bottle. This cuts through absolutely everything. I especially like to use it on the stove to both cut through the grease and clean at the same time.
My aunt told me the idea of mixing the soap and water, so I added some vinegar to it. Its also great for spraying on dishes to start breaking up the scum before you wash them.
And, the vinegar makes the blue Dawn a really pretty color of blue, so it could be something fun to show the kids when it happens.
This is the absolute best cleaner for ceramic stove tops or anything glass. I spray it on my wood floors and use a Swiffer mop...excellent. What proportions do you use?
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Tip: Best All Purpose Cleaning Recipe (09/22/2009)
I have mixed just about every homemade cleaner "recipe" known to man. It is satisfying and I like knowing I am not putting pollutants and irritants in our home.
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I have mixed just about every homemade cleaner "recipe" known to man. It is satisfying and I like knowing I am not putting pollutants and irritants in our home. I have just found the BEST all purpose cleaning mixture ever! It cleans appliances to a sparkle, windows, wood, counter tops, bathroom surfaces, etc It is a disinfectant and anti mildew cleaner as well - and it is cheap, cheap, cheap!
Here is what you need:
1 tsp. borax (buy a box, it will last you forever!)
2 Tbsp. vinegar
1/4 tsp. Murphy's Oil Soap (or generic)
2 cups hot water
Put all in a spray bottle and shake it up! The other thing I like about this is the smell. While vinegar is a great cleaner, I don't enjoy the house smelling like pickles. The Murphy's oil soap is really all you smell (which I like). I used this on my white painted wood cabinets and it cut right through fossilized drips :)
By Carol from Landisville, PA
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RE: Best All Purpose Cleaning Recipe
Make sure you store the borax in a safe place away from children and animals. It can be used to kill cockroaches and I ended up killing my pet tortoise because he ate a very small crumb of it. It dehydrates.
Harriet (10/09/2008)
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RE: Best All Purpose Cleaning Recipe
If there are left-overs, can it be saved? Does it have to be HOT water? (10/10/2008)
By Teri
RE: Best All Purpose Cleaning Recipe
Thanks so much. I have been looking for a simple to make and good cleaning recipe. (10/10/2008)
Thanks for the recipe, this stuff works great. I did leave out the borax because I wanted it to be non-toxic. It worked great on my black stove which is always a pain to clean. No residue. I also used it on my laminate and tile floors with my star fiber mop. Before I just used vinegar and water for all these things but this spray works even better. Especially on my black stove which is such a pain to keep looking clean. Thanks. (10/17/2008)
By Mel
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The poster said the Murphy's Oil Soap was all you could smell. Is it really 1/4 tsp. of Murphy's, not 1/4 cup? I can't imaging 1/4 tsp. overpowering the vinegar smell! Thanks in advance!
