A Different Way to Clean

My Cleaning Schedule

Weekly

Bathrooms
Wash the hardwood floors
Dust house
Vacuum
Organize the kids rooms
Organize the fridge

When Needed

Shampoo the carpet (about 4 times a year)
Dust fans
Wash walls/doors
Dust baseboards
Wash the couch
Wash the Windows
Wash the mirrors the house
Wipe down furniture
Vacuum lamp shapes
wipe down lamps
Wipe down cabinets
Dust/Wash vents
Dust blinds
Deep clean appliances

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How I Clean

I named this post A Different Way To Clean because I have NEVER bought a Fantastic, a 409, a Pine Sol, a Lysol, Clorox Wipes, a Tide, etc. I have never used a toxic cleaner since being married!! I clean differently than most people. I only clean with ALL natural products. I did this even before it was cool to be green! At first, my only reason to do this was because it was cheaper. I used and still use Shaklee Get Clean products. Now, after being more educated on why it is so important to be toxic free, I am really glad that I have been using these the whole time!!! Toxins are dangerous, as in hurtful, as in not very clean at all.

When most people think of green cleaners, they think: expensive or lack of quality. With the Get Clean products that I found, nothing is further! These are CHEAP!!!! And they WORK!!!!

Let me tell you what I use and how!

Kitchen

Let’s begin with with the Kitchen because we spend most of out time in there! I feel like I am in there all day! As soon as I am done cleaning up a meal, it’s snack time! Does that happen to anyone else? I run my dishwasher everyday and I ~~always~~ try to wipe the stainless steal appliances down every night. I HATE going to bed with a messy kitchen!!! I love waking up and coming down to a clean room. I am in a better mood when there are no dishes out, the stove is clean and their are no fingerprints on the fridge! I also like to sweep or vacuum the floor everyday (several times a day under their high chairs).

In the kitchen I use…..

Basic H2 Organic Super Clean Concentrate and my super microfiber cleaning cloth for the appliances, cabinets, counters and walls

Scour Off Heavy Duty Paste for my sink and my appliance deep cleaning. Click HERE to see how I clean my oven!

Basic G- Concentrated Germicide for disinfecting my sink, counters, knobs, floor and whatever else I want germ FREE!

Dish Wash Concentrate for washing pots, pans or anything else by hand. I only use 1 drop per dish! This stuff is really powerful!!!!

Dish Wash Automatic Concentrate for my dishwasher. I only use 1 teaspoon of this stuff and I NEVER pre-rinse my dishes. CHEAP!!!!

Here is a before and after of the fridge…

After

Here is a photo of my polished sink using Scour Off…

Here is a before and after on my window…

before

after

Bathrooms

Next, I’ll tell you about the bathrooms because everyone likes start with the grossest area and get it out of the way. I use…

Basic H2 Organic Super Clean Concentrate for the windows and mirrors.

This stuff works…..with NO streaks!!! I mix 2 drops of the concentrate to my 32oz. water spray bottle. (It costs $.02 per 32oz. That’s right, it costs me only a 2 PENNIES for a 32oz. bottle)

CHEAP!!!! I told you. 1 bottle of Basic H²equals the cleaning uses of 5,824 bottles of 26 oz. Windex. WOW!!!!

Here is a picture of the awesome window and mirror super microfiber cleaning cloth that I use.

Here is a picture of my mirror. NO STREAKS!!!!

Basic G- Concentrated Germicide for the sink, toilet, floors and bath/shower

I really like to disinfect!!! I have three kids who put there hands everywhere and I don’t want germs everywhere!!!

Here is a picture of my bathroom cleaning bottles. I put this on the door. I have these bottles in every bathroom. It is simple , neat and easy!

Scour Off Heavy Duty Paste for the bath/shower, floor and sink when needed.

This stuff takes off rust, mold, hard water residue and other build up.

And it SMELLS like cherries!!! And totally safe!

Here are before and after pictures of some hard water residue on my sink drain. (I know it’s gross! Don’t hate me!)

WOW!!! Look at that sparkle!!!

I think that is pretty much it for the bathrooms, lets move on to floors

Floors

I try to vacuum or sweep everyday. I don’t know if it is just my family but we REALLY need to do this everyday! We get ~~kinda~~ totally dirty here! I found a floor duster that I really like and the dusts the baseboards too! YAY!!! It is by o-cedar.

Here is a picture of it at work!!!

I also love to use my BFF aka my Dyson vacuum. I love it! Now that my son is crawling and trying to eat everything he sees, I have just been leaving it out all the time. Anytime I see something on the floor, I just turn on my Dyson and suck that baby up before my son finds it!

I use the attachments to get baseboards, lamp shades and furniture.

I have the Dyson Ball Slim and it’s great because it is so easy to move around and it’s lightweight!

For washing my floors, I use…..guess…..

Basic H2 Organic Super Clean Concentrate

This awesome no rinse, no residue, streak-free formula works great on any floor! It seriously makes my wood shine. For floors, mix 1 tablespoon of Basic H + 1 gallon of water. Apply to floor with sponge or mop. I just put it in a spray bottle, spray it on the floor and wipe it with a microfiber mop.

Here is my little helper! Look at the floor shine!

Dust

Now, how do I dust? I don’t! LOL, I wish! This family makes a lot of dust or at least we see it more because of all of our dark wood floors and furniture. Usually I dampen my super micro fabric cleaning cloth with my Basic H. I also use a really long duster to get my fans, vents, light fixtures, stair railing, walls and ceiling.

Here is another picture of my helper. I find it best to give the kids their own set of cleaning tools to keep them busy. It’s never too early to teach the art of cleaning!

Laundry

Laundry for 5 is not an easy thing to do! I have a system that works for now until I can get the kids to do their own. Right now I put ALL the the dirty laundry form everyone in our family in my side of our closet. I have 3 laundry baskets for whites, lights and darks and 1 basket on my hubby’s side for his work clothes. I also keep a laundry basket in my laundry room for hand towels, wash cloths, etc. All of my laundry products are concentrated and NON-Toxic. It is totally safe for your skin. It is great for sensitive baby skin!

I use…

Fresh Laundry Concentrate

Soft Fabric Concentrate

Soft Fabric Dyer Sheets

Nature Bright

Here is a picture of the baskets in our closet…

Here is a picture of our laundry room basket…

Extra Tips

Have your kids ever drawn on your furniture with pen?!?!? Mine have, a normal mom would probably freeeak out! But not me. Basic H gets it right out!!!! AND in less than ONE MINUTE!!!!! I just put in on straight and scrubbed in right out!

Here is a before and after of my chair with pen on it…