Oh and I DID the beer rinse and the dry, brittle ends of my hair (which I was planning to trim) seem to be back to normal! I really didn't expect that!
Frugal Ideas and Household Hints
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I went to a talk tonight about making your own, non-toxic cleaning products. The speaker said they were usually cheaper than the commercial products they replace. She was going to e-mail us the "recipes." When I get them, I'll post them here.
Yes, I think you can unblock many drains by pouring baking soda down the drain then using vinegar as a "chaser."
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Yes, pour baking soda down the drain, then pour some vinegar in and immediately cover up the drain hole. The baking soda and vinegar foam and bubble madly, so when you cover up the drain, the reaction happens down where the slow drain was.
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Anyone have tips on how to get pet odors out of furniture? My dog gets stinky, especially after being outside so everything I own tends to smell of stinky wet dog. I've tried spraying down the couch, throw pillows, chairs, etc . with essential oils, frequently washing things, and yet I still can't get the odors out.
For anything to do with removing odors, I usually cover the thing in baking soda and leave it for half a day. Then vacuum it all up. Afterwards, I might do a spray of lemon and grapefruit essential oil mixed with water and alcohol.
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you can't buy borax anymore here (that i can find) but they sell borax substitute (what it says on the box) that works the same as borax but is not mined the same way.
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This is my jar of white vinegar and orange peels. Supposedly in two weeks I will have an orange scented potion with which to clean. You just mix it with some water and put it in a spray bottle. It's been four days and it already smells orange-y and not too vinegar-y.
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What a great idea! Ants and other bugs are deterred by orange peel, too.
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I use it and it works as long as I get the weeds when they are little.I'm going to try using vinegar to kill the weeds in the paving in my garden.
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I'm going to try using vinegar to kill the weeds in the paving in my garden.
Murderer! Killing poor 'lil baby weeds!
I'm doing the orange vinegar thing--love it! I've got 4 days to go and it will have been brewing for 2 weeks. i keep smelling it. it smells like sunchine in a bottle and the vinegar is hardly noticible.
I found a recipe for making your own fabric softener--6 parts water, 3 parts vinegar, 2 parts hair condtioner. We have very hard water and no tumble drier and everything is a bit crispy. I found some cheap cruelty free superdrug conditioner that is citrus and I'm going to use the orange vinegar and make it next week.
I found a recipe for making your own fabric softener--6 parts water, 3 parts vinegar, 2 parts hair condtioner. We have very hard water and no tumble drier and everything is a bit crispy. I found some cheap cruelty free superdrug conditioner that is citrus and I'm going to use the orange vinegar and make it next week.
Mine is done brewing.
I've been using it daily. I'm way too excited over this but I love that I actually made something myself, however simple it may have been. I am usually very poor at following through on stuff I say I am going to do. 
