Nanaimo seems to offer alot of cleaners claiming they are natural and do the trick. I have tried many of them and feel that although they are a good idea they do not get rid of the dirt on say your floors and cupboard fronts. This week I will be trying more natural products with the goal for ScrubNSudz to be entirely eco friendly and stay just as efficient as before. Every single product will not have a negative impact on our beautiful planet :)
Come back next week to see my results.

Question: Is Bleach a Great Choice As a Cleaner?

The heavy scent of bleach in the air must mean that something is really clean. After all bleach is the ultimate cleaner...right? Not so fast. Bleach may be great at a lot of things, but cleaning isn't really one of them.

Answer: Bleach is a disinfectant and not a cleaner. Bleach does a fantastic job of killing germs. It removes tough stains. But bleach doesn't really clean dirt and residue from surfaces. To do that, you'd need to scrub and rinse surfaces. For many household cleaning jobs, bleach just isn't the right cleaning solution. It has heavy fumes that can make you sick. Contact with bleach on your skin is irritating and can be very harmful. Mixing it with many other cleaners can give you toxic results. Bleach can also damage surfaces and remove color.

Bottom Line:

Bleach is a good disinfectant and stain remover but not a great general cleanser.

Yes I know many people have asked me over the years how do I get rid of this ring inside my toilet. It is not easy to get rid of if you have just left it. You say to your self but the toilet gets cleaned every week or every 2 weeks how is it getting dirty? Technically the toilet is not dirty this ring can be caused by a few things. These can be either Hard water or Rust.

There are a few ways we can use to try and remove the stain. Remember that if the stain is dark and set in you might not be able to get the stain completely gone. I will show you a few eco friendly ways to clean this and a few non eco friendly ways to do this.

Eco Friendly:

• Pour a can of Coca-Cola( believe it or not but this has worked) in the toilet bowl and leave it overnight. Diet Coke doesn't have the same effect so make sure it's regular Coca-Cola. In the morning, the toilet should require very little scrubbing for the stain to disappear.
• Put on rubber gloves and dip a dampened pumice stone in baking soda and gently scrub the stains from the toilet. The baking soda provides extra abrasiveness and may not be necessary. You can try using just the pumice stone by itself first and add the baking soda for particularly stubborn areas. Be careful not to scrub too hard, the pumice stone is so effective it may accidentally scratch the porcelain.
• Drop a few denture tablets, like Efferdent, into the toilet bowl and allow them to soak for thirty minutes to loosen the stains. Scrub the toilet with a toilet brush to remove any residual stain.
  
• White distilled vinegar is generally recommended and is usually sprayed or poured directly into the toilet and allowed to sit for several hours before scrubbing.        

Tip: Pouring a cup of white vinegar in the toilet and allowing it to sit in the bowl overnight will help to prevent stains in the future.

Non Eco Friendly:

There is a large selection of commercial toilet bowl cleansers currently available, including acidic and chlorine-based solutions designed just to treat toilet bowl rings. Acidic cleansers might remove hard water rings but can include strong acids, such as hydrochloric acid, that may require dilution before use. Chlorine-based cleaners, on the other hand, include items like bleach that work to remove mildew rings and may whiten other stains. Not only will you need to compare between brands, however, you will also have to take your pick of powdered or liquid cleaners. Powders are apt to provide gentle abrasion, while liquids can cling above and below the water line for longer direct contact on the toilet ring.

You can also go to your local cleaning supply shop in town and ask them too.

Some of these tips/advice I do receive from emails or website from other people.

Cleaning the inside of a oven can be a time comsuming and smelly event. Here is a nice home friendly cleaner that you can do either overnight or just let sit for a few hours.

1/3 cup of baking soda
spray bottle of water

Take baking soda and sprinkle it over the bottom of the oven wherever your spills are. Then take the spray bottle full of water and spray all over the baking soda. Now you can either let it sit for a few hour or for harder/tougher stains let it sit overnight. Once it has sat for a bit you can take a soft scraper or sponge and wipe away the mess.

Gosh windows are so hard to keep looking crystal clear. Finger prints, animal nose markings and outside debris it is no wonder our windows are always dirty looking. So whats an easy way to keep them clean?

A safe and economical way to clean your windows is to use Vinegar. Mix 50/50 solution of Vinegar and Water. Yes sometimes vinegar can be pretty smelly at times but this will wear off pretty quickly and it will make your glass clear and streak free!