The Wonder Cleaner

Okay, so here's the thing. I'm tired. Dog tired. Way past my bedtime tired. Cranky tired. But, I still love all of you, so here is my RR for the week! I hope you enjoy the many facets of......Vinegar!

My husband and I recently purchased a house...recently as in we just got the keys on Friday (woot woot!!!), Long story short, houses are messy. Especially ones that you are going to be living in and that were previously occupied by little old ladies. I'm a bit finicky about other peoples dirt, my own dirt I don't mind so much. This week I have been learning all about cleaning with two super simple ingredients: Water & Vinegar. These two are miracle workers.

Our new house was completely covered from floor to ceiling in....wallpaper! (Did you hear my sharp intake of breath?) We took off the top layer of wallpaper and then sprayed the paper layer with a water/vinegar combo and the backing came off unexpectedly well. Then we went around again and sprayed the leftover glue with the same vinegar/water combo and that scrubbed right off the walls as well. Finally, soap down the walls with a little soap and lots of water. We're ready to paint!

We cleaned the entire kitchen with vinegar and water. Floors, walls, and all of the cabinets and Drawers.

Downstairs in the laundry room we wiped down the inside of the dryer with a damp towel (damp with, you guessed it, vinegar), then I sprayed the outside of the dryers with vinegar/water and presto - clean! We scrubbed the inside of the washer with vinegar/water and ran an empty cycle on hot, hot hot with some vinegar - clean! (Also, did you know you can pour a little vinegar in the place where you would normally put fabric softener? It'll do the same thing only in a much more natural, earth friendly way.)

How much do we love using vinegar to clean, you ask? So much that my Mom and I went to Costco and bought eight giant, giant containers of the stuff. And we're almost out.

So here's an actual recipe instead of me just telling you to mix vinegar with water and clean your whole house.

Microwave Cleaner

1/2 C. Vinegar
2 C. Water.

Combine in microwave safe bowl, heat on high for 3-4 minutes, remove bowl and wipe down inside of microwave.

And another one just for kicks!

Tub & Tile Cleaner
Apply vinegar full-strength to a sponge and wipe.
Scour with baking soda.

Happy cleaning friends! Also, if you're looking for a house to clean... ;-)