An idea for ecological house cleaning is certainly to use lemon instead of detergent. You may be wondering how and when to use it, and if it really degreases all your surfaces. A small guide will show you how to make the most of lemon in housework, from cleaning tools and furniture to fighting stains. How to use lemon instead of detergent for household surfaces
You can make a do-it-yourself degreaser , with a liter of vinegar in which you will macerate five halved lemons for six days, then remove them and you will have an effective and completely product biological.
Let’s start with the sanitation of the kitchen shelves, the lemon will eliminate stains and bad smells, and you will not need chemicals right where you eat and cook. Glass and other surfaces in the home will have optimal results with this bio and effective product.
To clean the microwave oven, instead, dip a microfibre cloth in a basin of water, in which you have squeezed some lemon juice. If, on the other hand, you want to eliminate bad smells from the fridge , just leave a slice of lemon on a saucer, to be changed every week. How to remove stains from clothes with lemon
Have you ever tried to remove sweat stains from clothes
A good fight, it is true, but if you dilute some lemon juice with water, pour it on the yellow halos and leave it to act before putting the clothes in the washing machine, the result will be guaranteed.
If you want to make garments that have turned gray over time white , replace the detergent with half a glass of lemon juice and two of baking soda, to have them very white again. Another solution is to leave your whites overnight to soak in water and the juice of three lemons. The lemon to clean pots, utensils and other materials
To remove the oxidized patinafrom metal, copper and brass you just need to rub a slice of lemon on the objects, leave it to act for 10 minutes, and then pass a cotton cloth to dry. The juice, on the other hand, is useful for fighting encrustations. If you are not in a hurry you can also try cutting a lemon in half, dipping the pulp in a bowl of fine salt, and rubbing it on the metal surfaces, especially indicated for the bottoms of non-adherent pots, and to remove burnt stains .
To remove limescale from the taps (but also from the coffee maker) fill a spray bottle with half a liter of distilled water and the juice of two lemons. Leave to act for a quarter of an hour and then clean with a cotton cloth.
For plastic containers, which tend to absorb the odors of plastic foods, it is recommended to soak them in hot water, lemon juice and bicarbonate. Instead, to remove them from a wooden cutting board, rub a lemon slice over them and rinse. This also avoids the creation of mold.
Simple and economical solutions that will give a brighter (and fragrant) face to your home, without resorting to invasive chemicals.
