Disposal Cleaner

I like my disposal to always smell clean, I mean come on who doesn't.  My disposal seems to get stinky quite often as we do a lot of dishes and a lot of extra food pieces go down the disposal.  I would often put half a lemon down the drain.  If I didn't have a lemon I would run some vinegar down the drain, and then clean the sink with some yummy smelling lemon cleaner.  This made me think surely there is an easy way to store a disposal cleaner premade!

Since I love both of these I decided to use them both.  I have heard before that it is good to run ice down the disposal to really clean the blades. (I'm not sure where I heard this, it could have been my dad-he always seemed to know everything about cleaning things and the right chemicals and mixtures to use to get the best results) So why not make some lemon/vinegar ice?

Here is what I used:
2 ice cube trays
2 c Vinegar
2 c Lemon Water -click here to see how I made it

Now just fill each ice cube tray up with half the vinegar and half the lemon water.  It smells wonderful going down the drain.  Both the lemon and vinegar have disinfecting agents, and both make the drain smell much better. Now place in the freezer.  Once frozen transfer to a freezer Ziploc bag, date and label (so you don't accidentally use for something else).  When needed pull out an ice cube and turn on the disposal.  Enjoy the cleaning effects and the smell. Also enjoy the fact that you didn't pour any harsh chemicals down your drain.

Tub Cleaner

Alright so I am a bit skeptical of things at time, and this didn't really seem like any miracle cleaner to me, but decided what did it hurt to give it a try.

Oh my goodness, it is a miracle cleaner.  My cream tub has never looked so sparkly in my life!  I didn't take before/after pictures because I honestly didn't think it would work but it did, and now I'm sad I didn't take a before picture.

I found this off of pinterest so I can't take credit for it, but I just want you to know I am a firm believer in it and would recommend it to anyone!

Squirt Bottle
Dawn
Vinegar

Fill the squirt bottle with half Dawn and half vinegar.  I only filled the squirt bottle half way up because I had my doubts that it would work.  I sprayed it all over the shower, and I let it set for a bit.  Mainly because I'm not really supposed to be doing work around the house but can't stand the thought of sitting still so I just do one thing and then sit, and then do another thing and then sit some more.

So after I sat for about an hour, I went back to the tub for scrubbing.  I could seriously see the soap scum coming off the tub as I was scrubbing.  I had no idea my tub was that dirty.  YUCK!  It's all better now though and looks amazing.  Once you have it all scrubbed(it will be quite bubbly as it has Dawn in it), then you rinse everything down.  Now I can't wait to take a shower in my nice clean tub!

This is seriously way cheaper than buying scrubbing bubbles and works so much better than any other tub cleaner I have ever used, as I have tried a lot to get the hard water off the tub and the soap scum but never quite seem to succeed.  Seriously try this, you will be so glad that you did!!

How to Clean a Paintbrush-Vinegar

Can I just say I never knew there were so many uses for vinegar!  I used to think it was a pretty useless thing sitting around my house, but now I love it for so many things.  I should write a post here soon about everything it is good in and for around the house and body. I'm truly amazed at all its uses.

As a paint brush cleaner:

I boiled about 2 cups of vinegar in an old saucepan.  Once it came to a boil I put the paint brush in the vinegar.  I dipped it in and out a few times since it was so hot. 

Then I started brushing the bottom of the pan with the paintbrush so that it got between all the bristles.  Next, I just let it sit in the pan for about 30 minutes.  About every 5 minutes during this time I would go over and move the brush around the pan, using painting type motions to make sure it got between all the bristles.

Let me just say this worked amazingly.  With all the staining I had done in the kitchen my brush had gotten hard and yucky.  I thought I was going to have to throw it away.  I stumbled across something on the Internet that said you could clean a paint brush with vinegar.  There are so many ways they tell you to do it, and most with so many steps.  I wanted something simple, so I decided to just try the vinegar and the most basic steps.  Guess what it worked!! My paint brush is like new and now I don't have to go and buy a new one to finish all of the basement painting.  I love things that save me money and time.