May 10th, 2005 - Wood cleaner and more

I fianlly made one of the recipes from Better Basics for the Home : Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living (link to Amazon) which I mentioned previously. It’s a simple wood cleaner consisting of water (1/4c?), vinegar (1/4c), olive oil (a few drops, or jojoba I think), and liquid soap (1/2 tsp). I haven’t cleaned my dining tables in months because I keep saying I’ll make this….. It was so quick to mix up and worked wonderfully! woohoo!!!! It has an indefinite shelf life, so I hope this gets me back cleaning it regularly. So much nicer than using the sprayed stuff. Now to get rid of the EndDust I just bought.

I’m trying to decide whether to get rid of the DrainO/Liquid Plumber that I have. I’ve kept it around in case of a really bad clog….but I’d so hesitate to use it. And if I got rid of it, that’s one less chemical to worry about Maggie finding. Slowly but surely there won’t be any need for a lock on the cabinet under the stairs. (I think I have a month until I need to put on on there!) The other decision is: Do I throw them away so no one else uses them but they end up in the dump? Or do I send them out through FreeCycle where they get used? I’m leaning towards the latter because someone who got them would probably have bought the same thing anyway. I’m also pitching the Formula 409 or whatever cleaning solution it is. I’ve been using vinegar and water for everything. And I can always use soap if necessary. And I’m keeping my Amway Basic H (or I?) for tough counter stains; I’ll have to check the toxicity of that but I think it’s relatively harmless. I think that’s leave me just with laundry detergent, bleach, GooGone, and a heavy duty hand cleaner. Guess I’ll still need that lock, because I can’t do without detergent and bleach even if I got rid of everything else.

Which reminds me–I wonder what the Seventh Generation laundry detergent is like? I use All Free and Clear because I’ve been known to break out from others. (I even take it along on trips, or else wash clothes in just plain water.) But I saw the 7th stuff at the Red Radish…..

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