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DIY Dishwashing Liquid and Laundry Detergent Out Of Soap Nuts

Recently I have rediscovered soap nuts. I have used ready-made soap nut liquid before as a laundry detergent but this is the first time that I made my own from scratch! So basically all you need is whole soap nuts, water and some essential oil of your choice (optional).

Bring 3 cups of water to boil, add about 10 full nuts to the boiling water (it’s better to break them into smaller pieces first) and boil on a medium heat for about 30 minutes. Then set aside and leave the liquid to cool.

Strain away the nut shells and pour into a container of your choice, then add the essential oil if using.

Note that the soap nut liquid will be more watery than your regular dishwashing liquid and laundry detergent and not as foamy so it takes time to get used to it. At first I used way more of the liquid than was necessary but once you master it you’ll see that it works just as fine : )

April 25, 2012Permalink Leave a comment

How To Unclog Drains The Easy And Natural Way

This is pretty popular method for opening up clogged drains without harsh and expensive chemicals so you might have heard of it already but just in case I’ll post it here as well as a reminder : ) It’s so easy that at first I couldn’t believe that it would work but there’s one key ingredient that makes it happen and that’s boiling hot water. Using just baking soda and vinegar doesn’t have the same effect, you also need to add boiling water.

So if you have any clogged drains then first pour about 5-8 tablespoons of baking soda into the drain, don’t worry if it all won’t go down, it’s gonna work anyway. Then pour about 1 or 2 cups of white vinegar on top of the baking soda, wait a few minutes and enjoy the bubbling reaction and then pour full kettle (about 1 liter) of boiling water down the drain as well. Should work like magic and if it doesn’t then you probably have some more serious problem in your drains because so far this method has worked every time I’ve used it : )

April 22, 2012Permalink 1 Comment

Toilet Rescue Remedy

Have you ever wondered how to get your toilet from looking like this:

into this:

Well, using harsh chemicals sure isn’t the answer. Actually, the answer is really simple, it’s by pouring a bit of citric acid into the toilet and then scrubbing (not actually even scrubbing but rather wiping) the dirt away. I got my pack of citric acid from my local grocery store and it’s usually used for marinating foods but if your local store doesn’t have it then you can also find it here. Some people use Coca-Cola for the toilet cleaning purpose, because it also contains a lot of citric acid, but then you have to leave it in the toilet overnight because the citric acid concentration isn’t too high and I personally prefer not to spend my money for the benefit of the Coca-Cola Company, even if I just pour their products down the toilet.

 

 

 

 

March 20, 2012Permalink Leave a comment

DIY: Dishcloth With A Scrubbing Effect

If you have any old rags lying around at home then you can put them to use by making a dishcloth out of them, and to add scrubbing effect to it use some tulle material also.

Here’s one dishcloth that I just made out of my daughter’s old leggings and some cut-up jute ribbon:

So basically all you need to do is cut the rags into a yarn, cut the tulle or jute (or whatever harder material you’re using) also into a yarn and use the two yarns altogether to crochet or knit a dishcloth. This is my second DIY dishcloth already and the last one served me for about 1 month so I think it’s worth a try.

 

 

March 18, 2012Permalink Leave a comment