Green Cleaning Everything

A question non green cleaners often ask me is if you can really use green cleaning for everything. Yes, you can. I think maybe, when they ask this, they are trying to see if I secretly have a stash of bleach somewhere I pull out for those really hard to get clean areas. They would be disappointed if they came and searched my home. No bleach. No chemicals. I clean everything the green way now. Once you get started there is no turning back.
Back on subject, you can most definitely clean you entire house the green way. What most of my nay sayer friends are surprised to learn is that I actually buy less cleaning products now than I did before. I find most of the green cleaning solutions to be very multifunctional, meaning I can use them to clean most anything. While in my former life I was a bleach freak, there were areas and many items in my home that I could not use the bleach to clean. I had different products for different things. I would buy cleaners for carpet and linoleum. Yes, I did use the bleach on the kitchen floor but not everyday. I used something a little milder for everyday. I also had cleaners for the windows and wood. Something different was used for the walls. Even more chemicals for the fabric. You get the point. Every time I went to the store I was buying something else. Since I've started green cleaning, I no longer waste all that money. I don't use near as many products to clean the same amount of stuff. I don't have to worry about mixing chemicals and having some fuming disaster while I'm trying to clean the toilet. And the space I've saved in my laundry room cabinet where all my cleaning supplies were stored, well truthfully, it's just saved space. But it is empty! I kind of like there not really being anything there. Looking at the blank space reminds me of what a good thing I'm doing by green cleaning- not just for our planet and all the little critters on it, but for my kids!
As you start your journey into green cleaning you will find products you like and products you don't like. You'll like the smell of some and dislike others. At first, you may not think your carpet can really be clean if your not using a chemical to clean it. But trust- your carpet can be really clean the green way, as well as the toilet, floors, walls, furniture, anything you can throw in the washer and dryer and every other little knick knack you have in your house. It can all be really really clean without the use of harsh chemicals. You just have to retrain your brain. It can be done, it's true, now believe it!

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