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www.organizedhome.com A top source of information about organizing your home
Excellent Link!

From Nancy Alexander

I make my own cleaners too- very frugal. Here is a couple, but do have more.

Homemade Scouring Powder:

1 cup baking soda
1 cup borax
1 cup salt


Drain Cleaner

1 cup baking soda
Add 1 cup hot vinegar. Wait a few minutes, 
then flush the drain with 1 quart of very hot water.
   

Here's something I do to make floor cleaner go farther; 
I mix the recommended amount of cleaner and then put it into a spray 
bottle. When I wash my floor I put the mop in bucket with just hot water and spay
 the cleaner mixture on the floor and mop that way. I don't go through near as much 
cleaner plus my floors get just as clean as when I mixed it in the bucket.

Barb
   

How to clean anything. http://www.howtocleananything.com/frame.htm 
   Excellent Link!

Article Archive - Alphabetical

We do not necessarily endorse any of the cleaning recipes (unless marked). They are posted because of their popularity. 

• Color-Coded Chore Lists - Especially for Adults with ADD  

• 16 Things a Bounce Sheet Will Do  

• 7 Ways to Leave Your Clutter by Barbara Meyers  

• All Natural Stain Removal Guide by Mary Findley  

• Being A Pack Rat *Hurts* In Ways You Don't Even Realize By Jan Tincher  

• Baking Soda Uses  

• More Uses For Baking Soda  

• Claiming Your Space - A Guide to Reorganizing a Room by Judy Camp  

• Cleaning You Coffee Pot  

• Cleaner 1  

• Cleaner 2  

• Cleaner 3  

• Cleaning Kitty Litter Box  

• Clutter Is Natural by: Stephanie Roberts  

• Dry Cleaning in Your Dryer by Deborah Michelle Sanders, J.D.  

• Dying Your Carpet  

• Fall Cleaning - A Lesson In Simplicity by Sara Duggan  

• Fel's Naptha Homemade Laundry Soap
    This recipe is a toss-up. Some Love it and Some Hate it.  

• FREE MONEY SAVING CLEANING FORMULAS by Sam Rodman  

• Frugal Cleaning by Nikki Willhite  

• Frugal Laundering Tips  

• Get the Kids to Clean! by Melody Daisson   

• great cleaner  

• Homemade Spray Cleaner  

• How to Motivate Yourself to Organize by Barbara Myers  

• Kitchen Tips for Moms on the Run By Robin Nobles  

• Laundry Tips 1  

• Laundry Tips 2  

• Let's Get Packing by Brenda Spagnola-Wilson  

• Liquid Hand Soap  

• Make your own homemade cleaners  

• Messy Car? Here’s How to Get it Under Control By Monica Resinger  

• More Tips  

• More Tips 2  

• Muddy Blue Jeans  

• No More Hair-Pulling - Successful Ways to Get the Mundane Done! 
  by Colleen Langenfeld  

• NU Carpet - Another Dye Job  

• Organized at Home Vol 1 Issue 2  

• Organizing Ideas 1  

• Organizing Ideas 2  

• Organizing Your Teen Daughter for School  

• Packrat Clearing Strategies for people where space is a precious 
  resource  

• Polishes

• Preservation of Metal Items  

• Preservation of Paper Items  

• Pre-Treatment for Laundry  

• Reusing Dryer Sheets  

• Some Washer Tips  

• Spotmop tip  

• Spring cleaning is something my mother used to do by Tiffany Davis  

• velvet cleaning  

• We're Moving! How do I pack a box? by Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D.  

• One of our members, Christina Spence, has a related website and collects 
  cleaning supply formulas. You might want to check it out.
  http://www.kitchencraftsnmore.net/cleaningrecipes.html