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Looking for an Answer

on February 13, 2009 in cleaning, laundry

A friend of mine, a quilter, was given a bunch of fabric recently. Unfortunately, the previous owner of the fabric was a heavy smoker. So, all the fabric reeks. She’s tried washing using baking soda and vinegar and still the smells persist. She doesn’t want to put it in the sun for fear it would [...]

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Non-Toxic Housecleaning

on May 13, 2008 in cleaning, fragrance free, non-toxic, Tip-sy Tuesday

I just found this article online that should be helpful to many of us. I always see suggestions to use vinegar in cleaning, but this article – Good Housecleaning: Five Non-Toxic, Get-the-Dirt Out Basicsa by Annie Berthold-Bond includes her seven favorite recipes. I especially liked her recommendation: My rule of thumb about nontoxic cleaning is [...]

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