Baking soda, Arm & Hammer Washing Soda, borax, baking soda, vinegar or lemon juice, and Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap - these are natural products that clean well alone or can be combined to make cleansers that work as well or better than what are available in the stores. Add cinnamon, or any other fragrant spice to the list, and you have the ingredients to make a pleasantly scented carpet freshener. Add an essential oil, such as peppermint to the liquid cleansers to leave your house smelling fresh.

Arm & Hammer Washing Soda is an active ingredient in homemade laundry detergent, homemade scouring powders and liquid cleansers. When combined with baking soda and borax, it makes an outstanding scouring powder that will disinfect surfaces, rid them of mildew and cut through grease.

Borax is not abrasive, nor is baking soda, so they won’t scratch porcelain sinks, counter tops or stoves.

Combine 1-cup baking soda with ¼-cup borax and ¼-cup Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda. Once combined, place in an empty container. An empty Parmesan cheese container is perfect. Your scouring powder is now ready to use. Baking soda used by itself is also an effective scouring powder.

Lemon juice and vinegar are fantastic stain removers and great replacements for bleach. Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps are all-natural and clean just about anything, including your hair and body.

Add the lemon juice or vinegar to the borax, washing soda and Dr. Bronner’s soap to create an all-purpose liquid cleaner and disinfectant. In an empty spray bottle combine 1 teaspoon borax, 2 tablespoons vinegar or lemon juice, ¼ - ½ teaspoon vegetable-oil based soap (Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps work perfectly) and ½ teaspoon Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda.

Now add a small amount of very hot tap water and shake until the contents are dissolved. Continue adding hot water until the spray bottle is full. Your liquid cleanser and disinfectant is now ready to use.

The liquid cleanser is a favorite of mine. It cleans everything from DVDs and glass-topped stoves to bathroom sinks and grimy kitchen counters. It even cleans the workbench top in my husband's tool shed.

A liquid scouring powder is made when baking soda is mixed with dishwashing liquid. This cleans just about anything, including stainless steel cookware.

To make a pleasantly scented carpet freshener, add 1 tablespoon of cinnamon or other great smelling spice to 1 box of baking soda. Cover and shake to combine. An empty Parmesan container makes a perfect holder and dispenser for this carpet freshener.

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