A kitchen cupboard full of – often aggressive – cleaning agents, a different plastic bottle for every job: not necessary! It also works with our favorite natural remedies. Good for the environment, for you, and for your home, and often much cheaper. We are happy to give you ten tips for natural cleaning.
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1. These all-rounders are the indispensable cleaning heroes in your ‘green’ kitchen cupboard!
- Bicarbonate of soda ( Wonder why it’s one of our favorites? Read it here .)
- regular vinegar
- Olive oil-based soap
- A natural remover
- You can read about what you use each miracle cure for in the following tips…
2. Keeping up is the magic word
For a sparkling clean house is keeping the magic word. Do what is really necessary every day and, for example, thoroughly tackle one room every week or month. There’s nothing wrong with grandma’s ‘big cleaning’ at the end of spring: it’s quite a job, but your house will be nice and fresh for the summer.
3. Brush from top to bottom
Always brush ‘from top to bottom’: actually very logical, dust eventually swirls down. So start on top of the kitchen cabinets before cleaning the floor. And use the duster or vacuum before you wash or mop.
4. Black soap is an environmentally friendly all-purpose cleaner
Our olive oil-based French ‘black’ soap is an environmentally friendly all-purpose cleaner. For most cleaning jobs, put a squirt in a bucket of hot water. Oven, pan, or stove caked? Use the soap undiluted. Diluted with water, it is also an excellent anti-aphid remedy for your plants.
5. Always the perfect brush
From rags to sink brushes: we have a handy – and beautiful one for every cleaning job! – brush for you. Check out our favorite brushes here. And: long live the old toothbrush, ideal for cleaning small corners and joints between tiles.
6. Use a plunger stick
The drain of the shower or bath quickly becomes clogged with hair and soap residue. Do not use an aggressive solvent, but the handy plunger stick. Stick it in the well, spin a few times and bring out the catch. Hair and other troubles catch on the ridges.
7. Use fine dishcloths
Clean with our organic cotton dishcloths. Tip: use different colored cloths for the kitchen, toilet, bathroom, etc. Put dishcloths in the (hot) wash after use.
8. Use clay powder against grease stains
Do you know Terre de Sommières ? This clay powder from France ‘sucks’ grease stains from all kinds of textiles (furniture, clothing, carpet), leather, wood, and natural stone. Sprinkle the – preferably ‘fresh’ – stain with Terre de Sommières and let it soak for a few hours. Then tap or vacuum the powder away.
9. Water with a dash of vinegar for clean windows
For streak-free windows, use hot water with a dash of vinegar – nothing else. Then, when the glass is almost dry, give it extra shine by rubbing it with a wad of dry newspaper. Choose a cloudy day: in sunny weather, the water evaporates too quickly, resulting in unsightly streaks.
10. Vinegar to remove limescale
Ordinary vinegar is also the weapon against limescale – no aggressive descaler needed! For example, to descale a tap or tiles, place kitchen paper or a dishcloth soaked in vinegar on it. Leave on for a few hours and rinse with clean lukewarm water.
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