Make your own oven cleaners

Can you look in your laundry and bathroom cupboards and find umpteen tins and bottles of pungent, toxic cleaners? One whiff of any of them will probably leave you short of breath.

Chemical cleaners are wiped around toilet seats, baths and kitchen surfaces, not to mention the fact that our clothes are drenched in them each time we do the washing. A lot of cleaning products are absorbed by our skin. Many are carcinogenic and can affect our central nervous system.

So far we have only mentioned the affect on our bodies but what about the affect on our environment. That's another story we don't need to go into here as you are well aware of how fragile it is.

Lets get down to something constructive and make some healthy cleaners. Most of ingredients are in your pantry right now, so let's get started.

Read here about the ingredients you will be using.

Non toxic oven cleaner:

Cleaning ovens method 1:
Mix one cup baking soda with sufficient water to make a paste. Spread around the oven and let stand for a couple of hours. Rub over the oven with a scouring pad. Heavier deposits may need to be prized off the oven with a spatula or an egg slice. Rinse off the residue with a damp cloth

Cleaning ovens method 2:
Mix equal quantities of baking soda and washing soda with sufficient water to make a paste. Add a small amount of vinegar and mix in well. Smother oven with the mixture and leave on over night. In the morning wipe off and rinse the oven with a damp cloth.

Strong smells in your oven?
Bake some orange peels in the oven for a few minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.

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