My family and I have spent a lot of time looking at alternatives to traditional cleaners and we often make our own. We have great luck with baking soda, borax, and vinegar. You can even add essential oils (NOT perfumed fragrance oils) for added benefit and pleasant smell. If you are like me and have ever forgotten a load of laundry in the washing machine for more than a day in the summer, you know what it smells like when you finally discover your mistake. If you run a rinse cycle and add a cup of white vinegar, the smell is gone! This also works on towels that have gone stinky. As an added bonus, vinegar is a natural fabric softener!
This article has some great tips for beginners "Believe it or not, you can handle all your day-to-day cleaning with just seven easily available, inexpensive, environmentally benign substances. Baking soda, washing soda, soap flakes, oil soap, vinegar, borax and ammonia will take care of just about any mess. (Ammonia is, of course, dangerous in its concentrated form, when skin contact or breathing the fumes can cause injury. But it's an extremely effective cleaner, and it is not harmful to the environment. Just store it in a safe place well out of the reach of children and use it with care and a clean conscience.)" Read more: http://www.motherearthnews.com/green-homes/green-household-cleaners-zmaz90jazshe.aspx#ixzz30bHcgkyB
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