Dishes & stove tops

Well, I used the Dr. Bronner’s Sal Suds to do the dishes. It works. I have no problem not buying separate dish washing liquid anymore. I also like the real pine smell of it. Not a Pine Sol pine, but real pine, like you smell out in nature.

I also found that my spray bottle of vinegar & water worked great on my cook top. Whenever I would wipe it off with my sponge while doing dishes, I get a cloudy film left behind when it dries. It didn’t matter if I used fresh soapy water, or waited until the end. Usually I end up wiping & wiping & wiping with a clean dry dishcloth to try to get the streaks & film gone. So I tried the vinegar & water bottle. A couple squirts & paper towel left the cook top clean, streak free & with no film. I like it. Nice green alternative for sure! Not to mention super inexpensive. Oh, & for paper towels we buy the select a size ones so it's one small sheet not a whole big one. I'll be switching to a microfiber towel here shortly for that task.

The kitchen

The kitchen sink. Well, I did not let go of as much under there as in the bathroom. Not yet. I did let go of several things that were half gone, or old & rarely used. And we have already replaced bathroom cleaners with vinegar & baking soda months ago. So I have no foaming spray stuff for my toilet or shower. No nasty smelling fumes to get the room clean.

In the kitchen I still have my dishwasher Electrosol tabs, multi surface & glass cleaners & Febreeze. I’m working on it. I’m looking into alternatives. Soon as I know I have something that works, the chemicals will go. No matter how much is left. I used to have the mindset that well, I can just use these up, then do better. How is that good? The sooner we stop putting these chemicals into our waters, the sooner the filtration places can stop working so hard.

When I go to wash dishes later, one test will be underway. I used up the last of my dishwashing soap. Now I’ll be using Dr. Bronner’s. I’ll talk about that product in a separate post tho. And you’ll be amazed how good vinegar & baking soda work on many things!!!