Well I’ve started my record of my rubbish production. Yesterday was pretty good but today we have people coming to lunch so I think it may be a high rubbish production day.
I am so proud of myself. I have finally made my own cleaner out of white vinegar and water which I have been planning to do for over a year now!! I am now going to test it over the next few weeks to see what kind of performance it gives in comparison to other cleaners I have in the house. Yesterday I used the vinegar cleaner on the brushed stainless steel and glass appliances in the kitchen and they came up wonderful. It was also great being able to use the same cleaner on appliances that have both glass and stainless steel on them. It wasn’t so good a performance on my Formica cupboard fronts – the grime came off easily but it tended to streak a little so I will have to play around with that a bit more.
I know white vinegar and water isn’t a great secret but I think enthusiasm often encourages people to give things a go so I showed my mum today my beautiful stainless steel appliances.
Cost analysis:
I bought a 2 litre bottle of vinegar for $5.40 which is probably fairly close to the price I would pay for 500mL of a brand cleaner. That makes it a good consumer choice in terms of cost as with a 50 : 50 vinegar : water mix I will end up with close to eight bottles of vinegar cleaner for the same price as one bottle of brand cleaner. In addition I am continually reusing the same spray bottle so there is only the original vinegar bottle to recycle.
I came across a white vinegar website giving vinegar tips on everything from automative to cleaning. It will probably take me a few years to work through all the ideas – I’ll share the ones that I find really useful on this blog.