Sure, they are awesome to feed to a little kid to watch them make that cute pucker face or to garnish a fresh glass of iced tea, but did you know how many ways you can clean with a lemon? Here is some of the ways you can get more bang for your buck out of a couple of lemons!
- Delicate fabrics? Soak delicate fabrics in lemon juice for a mild bleaching effect that wont damage fabrics.
- Dingy white socks? Take 2 lemon halves and put them in a pot of boiling water with the socks to get them super white again!
- Mildew on clothes? Make an equal parts paste with lemon juice and salt and rub on mildew stains on clothes, let sit, rinse, then launder as usual.
- Ants in the kitchen? Add the juice of 1 lemon to a gallon bucket of mop water to keep them away. This mixture will also keep cockroaches and fleas at bay also!
- Got a fireplace? To make your fire smell as good as it sounds throw some lemon peels onto the burning logs.
- Smelly humidifier? If your humidifier has taken on a funky smell lately you can deodorize it by pouring 3 to 4 teaspoonfuls of lemon juice into the water.
- Yucky toilet stains? Mix equal parts lemon juice to borax to clean and shine up your toilet. Just swish with a toilet brush then flush, it will also leave a clean citrus smell behind!
- Water spots on doors? You can easily remove water spots on the metal parts of a shower door with lemon juice! I tried this all over the door but did not like the effects on the glass part so I left it to the metal parts only.
- Marble stains? If you have beverage stains on marble they can normally be easily removed by rubbing the spots with lemon juice.
- Chrome looking dull? If your chrome needs shined back to its original sparkle then simply rub it with the inside of a lemon rind.
Bounus Health and Beauty uses To make the luxurious exfoliating scrubs that you find in stores try this the next time you’re in the shower; take the cut half of a lemon and dip in a small container of sugar. Rub on places like your elbows and knees, or anywhere that you develop a dry skin to sloth off dead skin. You could even add baby oil to this concoction to keep skin moisturized and baby smooth! Note; when using lemon on the skin be aware of any small cuts or scrapes you may have since the lemon juice will burn these areas, as well as using baby oil in a shower can cause the shower floor to get slippery quick!
You will notice on these multitasker cleaners that the most they ever need combined with for cleaning is another multitasker or maybe water. This makes them ideal because 1)you have everything you need on hand to clean a tricky stain without getting an expensive cleaner 2) You are saving a considerable amount of money using items you already have on hand 3) You are helping the environment cause you are not introducing more chemicals into the earth and these items are biodegradable, as well as reducing your carbon footprint because you’re not running out to the store for more cleaners, which in turn reduces your gas consumption. It may just be a little bit in savings at first but the more you make your own cleaners and solutions from these the more it will definitely add up!
Have a great week everyone!
Jessi
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