Make Your Own Cleaners For Pots & Pans

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.  These 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 many 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:

   Clean your pots and pans with ingredients found in your pantry
 Keep pots and pans clean with these recipes
 
 
   

Read about the ingredients you will be using and then start:

Cleaning pots & pans:

Roasting and baking dishes:
Sprinkle the dish with baking soda. Mix 1 cup hot water with 1/3 cup of white vinegar. Pour this liquid into the roasting tin.  Soak for half an hour. The baked on food will then lift off.

Non stick frying pans:
To remove odours of previously cooked food try sprinkling a tablespoon of baking soda into the frying pan.  Add a cup of hot water and let the pan site for an hour.  Empty and rinse.

Saucepans method 1:
If food has burned on to the bottom of your saucepan place 2 cups of water in the pan, add 2 tablespoons of baking soda and bring the saucepan to the boil.  Let the pan sit for an hour, or, in worst cases, overnight, and the burned food should lift off, or

Saucepans method 2:
 If food is burned on to the pan place the cooled pan in the freezer.  The food often comes of easier when it has been frozen.

Aluminium saucepans:
 If the pan is discoloured sprinkle in 2 tablespoons of cream of tartar and add 1 litre of water.  Bring this mixture to the boil and continue boiling for 10 minutes.  For bigger saucepans increase the ingredients proportionally.  The saucepan should be nice and shiny again.

 

You can make all the products below for a fraction of the cost you would pay in a supermarket.  You will protect your family's health and, just as importantly, you will be helping our environment recover.

 

        Bathroom Tiles

        Brass items

        Copper Items

        Dishwashers

        Drains

        General Cleaning

        Lino Floors

        Microwave Ovens

 

 

Ovens

Polishes

Pots and Pans

Silverware

Sinks and Tubs

Toilets

Spray Cleaner

Windows and Mirrors

Laundry Powder

Laundry Liquid

Fabric Softener

Mould Killer & Disinfectant

Creamy Cleaning Liquid

Dishwashing Liquid

Deodorizer & Disinfectant

 

 

 

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