Natural stain removing
To follow-up my post a while back about natural home cleaning ‘products’, Eco Geek has a cool compilation of natural stain removers to try out on those stubborn stains. I don’t have any stains to get rid of at the moment, but if I did…well, I’d try these, of course! 
I’ve been using a bit of natural cleaning solutions, right now I’m just using up the stuff that I’ve bought from the store. In the UK it’s slightly more difficult to find big jugs of distilled white vinegar, so I have to buy them in glass bottles about the size of a quart. At least I can re-use or recycle the glass easily. Recently I used up a big squirt bottle of window cleaner, and filled it half-full of water, half vinegar, about a tablespoon of lemon juice to help cover the vinegar smell, and finally a few drops of dishwashing fluid to make it stick a bit easier.
I still need to find borax somewhere, so I can do some proper degreasing of things, but a bit more digging should help me find some.
November 28th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Hi,
Have you tried a chemist for the borax?
Best wishes,
Linda
December 13th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
I haven’t yet, but I’ve tried several grocery stores and DIY stores - even middle-aged people I’ve asked haven’t heard of borax! I’m told that smaller DIY shops will be a good place to try, I have to give them a try, plus of course chemists, which were my first thought too! Thanks for the comment!