DIY: 6 home recipes that help with your home cleaning

Although the cleaning products you buy at the supermarket are the most used for household hygiene, homemade recipes are also starting to gain strength. These are a powerful ally thorough deep cleaning. Not only are they easy to make, but they are also environmentally friendly and economical. Most of the ingredients are probably already stored in your cupboard.
In&Out Cooking has gathered the best homemade cleaning product recipes to use in all your home divisions and for all sorts of dirt.

Multi-Purpose Cleaning Recipe

• 2 tablespoons of baking soda
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 cup of warm water

Squeeze the lemon with a citrus squeezer into a container and add the baking soda and warm water. Spray the solution and let it sit for 5 minutes. Then rub it with a damp towel or brush.

This mixture is useful to eliminate bacteria from the floor, tiles and bathroom ware. You can use it in the kitchen, and also helps to remove moisture stains.

Kitchen Degreasing Recipe

• Hot water as needed (QB)
• Vinegar
• Coarse salt
• Sodium Bicarbonate

Gather all ingredients and spray in the areas that need cleaning. Leave it for 30 minutes and remove with a brush or a harder sponge.
You can use this mixture to remove the most severe and even the driest grease. Usually, grease gets in the oven, microwaves or kitchen hoods. You can also use it to clean stained pans, oven grills and stove spouts.

White Clothes Stain Removal Recipe

Bicarbonate or Sodium Perborate are two bleaching actives that eliminate stains from white clothing. You should not wear them with coloured clothes!

• Half a cup of Bicarbonate or Sodium Perborate
• Hot water

Place white clothes in a large bowl, spread the bicarbonate or sodium perborate over the clothing and add hot water. This mixture will make a lot of foam so you should place the bowl inside a dishwasher. Soak the white laundry for about 1 hour and then put it in the washing machine and wash as usual.

Plunger Recipe

• Half a glass of baking soda
• Half a glass of vinegar
• 1 litre of boiling water

Put the baking soda in the drain, add the vinegar and wait a few minutes. Then, add the boiling water. This mixture will help all the dirt that has accumulated in the pipes to break down.

Dishwasher Recipe

• Half a cup of baking soda
• Juice of 2 lemons

You need to mix the two ingredients until it forms a paste. Then you can use it to wash your dishes. Disinfect and remove grease. This mixture is also useful when cleaning stainless steel, chrome and even the inside of the fridge. Whatever remains, you can store it in the fridge in a glass jar.

Recipe to Eliminates Mites

• Sodium bicarbonate

This recipe is easy and effective in mite removal. You can use it on mattresses, sofas, pillows and even carpets. Spread the baking soda and let it work for 10 minutes. Then, use the vacuum cleaner to remove the dust from the bicarbonate.