I’m talking about the homemade scrubbing bubbles. I tried a recipe that included vinegar, ammonia, rubbing alcohol and dish soap. It didn’t work at all for me. Almost the next day I started seeing soap scum and build-up. Yuck! So at the moment I’m nearing the end of a bottle that contained bleach, vinegar, & dish soap. So far so good, I’m going to try another bottle of it and see if it keeps up. If it does I’ll post the recipe. I sure can tell you though, stay away from anything that contains a combo of ammonia, vinegar, rubbing alcohol and dish soap. Just because it has more ingredients doesn’t mean it works better.
Also, last month I tried my carpet freshener on an old mattress we had that had recently received some abuse from a very nice, but a tad dirty, long term house-guest. I sprinkled it on the mattress, rubbed it in and let it sit for 15 minutes. Then I vacuumed it up and now the mattress is super-fresh! I am amazed at how well that recipe works.
Speaking of fresh smells – I’ve been line drying a lot of our clothes lately. Not all, but mainly anything polyester or acrylic to avoid the static, or anything that might need ironing if I let it go in the dryer. That’s in addition to the usual ‘delicate’ clothes the kids have that I’m trying to save for resale later. Our laundry room is on the west side of the house and as luck would have it, the wind nearly always blows from that direction. I just crank open the window and let the breeze dry my clothes on the line I have hung in the laundry room (and I avoid bugs that way too!). That, with the homemade laundry soap, makes for some yummy smelling laundry! mmmm! It ALMOST makes me like doing laundry. lol.
