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> Hi all and Loki, in a message a while ago you mentioned you used (I think) > lemon oil (aromatherapy) with water for cleaning. Would you mind giving me > abit more detail on this and any other oils / natural methods used for > cleaning? or if there is a web site I could look at for this. Thank you > very much. I’ve just gotten out of hospital and meant to send this sooner. > Cheers

No problem.  Actually, some of them I don’t use every day and I will go look them up (which I have to do when I want to use them anyway). What I do use every day is the essential oil of lemon.  I generally use it in the kitchen as it is such a good grease cutter.  I just put a couple of drops on my sponge (which I replace weekly) and wipe down the counter tops as I normally would.  It leaves a wonderful smell too. I use baking soda to scrub the basins and bathtub.   I have somewhere a list of natural cleaning ideas.  One of them is for cleaning windows.  It is 1 part vinegar, 1 part water and 1 part alcohol.  I don’t use it because the fumes are worse than the regular stuff.   My favorite brass polish is just a lemon cut in wedges and sprinkled with salt.  Rub it over the brass then rinse and dry. You can also make one from equal parts of flour, vinegar and salt. I don’t have any URL’s but hopefully someone else will. Loki

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Hi all and Loki, in a message a while ago you mentioned you used (I think) lemon oil (aromatherapy) with water for cleaning. Would you mind giving me abit more detail on this and any other oils / natural methods used for cleaning? or if there is a web site I could look at for this. Thank you very much. I’ve just gotten out of hospital and meant to send this sooner. Cheers

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