Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Unclogging Drains Naturally

Ever wondered about that stuff that miraculously seems to unclog your drains, even the toughest clogs out there? If you have some of the commercial drain clog remover at home, grab the bottle and have a look at whats inside. If you read the ingredients list, you will likely find a bunch of chemicals, that although you can't pronounce them, they are likely very bad for your health, and the health of the environment.

Generally, these products are full of extremely nasty substances. For example, you can expect to find Sulphuric Acid, Lye and Potassium Hydroxide in common commercial drain cleaners. These chemicals will dissolve anything they touch, including your skin, or even worse, your eyes if you accidentally get splashed with the stuff. This Article goes into detail about these chemicals.

The clogs in your drains are usually caused by the buildup of organic items and substances such as hair. If you really think about it, these clogs should be easy to break apart without the use of horrible, unhealthy chemicals. We've used this homemade recipe before when have had the need for unclogging drains naturally and it works wonders on stubborn clogged drains.

Homemade Kitchen Cleaning Products

When was the last time you stopped and had a look at the cleaning products under your kitchen sink? In almost all households, you're likely going to find a large amount of highly toxic chemicals and cleaning solvents in the very room that you store your food and do your cooking.

This isn't surprising really. Under the kitchen sink is the most common place for people to store their hazardous cleaning products. They are easily accessible here, as the kitchen tends to be a very centralized room in the home, unlike basements and closest where once you put something away, its got a good chance of disappearing forever.

Chances are that you'll find Oven Cleaner in your collection of kitchen cleaning products. Oven Cleaners tend to contain several harmful substances including butane, Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether, Diethanolamine and other nasty stuff.

An awesome alternative to these nasty cleaning products is to create Natural Homemade Kitchen Cleaning Recipes to use in your home. Aside from just Homemade Kitchen Cleaning Recipes, you may also be interested in some other Natural Cleaning Tips as well.

Homemade Bathroom Cleaning Recipes

The bathroom is one of those places in the house that needs to be cleaned quite regularly. The reasons for that are obvious. There are countless bathroom cleaning products on the market that are readily available, but are also highly toxic. This is problematic not only for your health, and the health of your family, but also for the waterways that waste water reaches when you clean using these harmful, chemical laden products.

Toilet Bowl Cleaners are probably one of the worst out there. These products generally contain such chemicals and substances as Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, Sodium dichloroisocyanurat, Chlorinated phenol, Triclosan and many other nasty things. This Article goes on to explain the environmental and health dangers of using these products in your house.

Of course, we don't need to use these harmful chemicals when doing our bathroom cleaning at all. There are numerous homemade natural cleaning recipes out there, and the vast majority of these recipes contain items that you probably have lying around the house anyways! That makes it extra simple.

When the next time rolls around that you clean your bathroom, why not consider a natural cleaning recipe. This simple to make recipe shows you how to clean a toilet in a natural, environmentally friendly way.