My House Smells So Clean :-)/Dishes

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Hi,

 

Wow... busy Chris here... come clean my house????? <grin>!!!

 

Dishes... we fill the sink, (use dish soap), and then add a very few drops..

like 3, of lemon essential oil to the water - swish around -

makes a HUGE difference......grease, etc., comes off very fast and water feels

nice.. we've been doing this for years.. - Even my 80 year old

Aunt loves it!

 

Marilyn

 

chrisziggy wrote:

 

> > Yo Chris... or anyone who can help!! I plan to spend part of today and

> > tomorrow doing a lot of cleaning myself, and I want to use essential oils.

>

> Yay, your home will be nice and smelly too

>

> >

> > I don't have any unscented wood soap (and no money to buy any), but I have

> > Murphy's Oil Soap. Is that OK?

>

> Yeah it's okay ... I got the unscented Murphy's knock off locally ...

>

> It's scented, but would adding eo's to it

> > be a good idea? Which eo's should I add? This would be for a wood floor.

>

> I like to add Lemon Myrtle or Lemon Tea Tree ... or if there is a cold going

> around a bit of Eucalyptus

>

> >

> > For the kitchen floor, did you not use any soap? Just baking soda and

> > water?

>

> I clean the floors almost every day because of the little one so they are

> pretty clean anyway .. but you can add a bit of castile soap or grated soap

> to the water, not a lot is needed as the soap isn't what cleans, it is the

> water .. the soap just softens the water to make it clean better Baking

> soda and borax are great to use too!

>

> > How much essential oils?

>

> I end up using about 1 ml to a 1/2 bucket of water

>

> I don't have any oregano, so could I use

> > a substitute for that one?

>

> Use anything you like I use oregano cause it smells nice and has

> anti-bacterial (and potentially anti-viral) properties.

>

> >

> > Also, does anyone have any ideas about using eo's in dish water?

>

> I use my handmade soaps in the kitchen sink for the dishes and they have

> EO's in them ....

>

> >

> > I'm feeling kinda clueless here and just need a little guidance. :-)

>

> Ask any time

>

> >

> > -- Sandy

>

> *Smile*

> Chris (list mom)

>

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>

>

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>

>

[Guest guest]

At 07:29 PM 10/13/01, Marilyn Nicholson wrote:

 

>Dishes... we fill the sink, (use dish soap), and then add a very few

>drops.. like 3, of lemon essential oil to the water - swish around -

>makes a HUGE difference......grease, etc., comes off very fast and water

>feels nice.. we've been doing this for years.. - Even my 80 year old

>Aunt loves it!

 

Wow! Thanks Marilyn and Chris!! I love these ideas!

 

Keep em comin', y'all!! :-)

 

-- Sandy