Cleans Everything Cleaner (Even Grout!)

From: Deep South

On Jul 10, 2008

LilDaemon, are you using BAKING soda instead of WASHING soda? They are not the same, and this may be causing the problem. Washing soda is sold on the asile where the detergents are located.

From: LilDaemon

On Nov 22, 2007

I wanted very badly for this to work, but I must not have done something right, even though I followed the directions. Mine never gelled together, and ended up a paste. I still decided to use it, so I've mixed it with some water and shook it up in an old Soft scrub bottle, and it's a great cleaner, but I want that wonderfully-smelling gel that everyone's mentioning. I tried sending this to the author, but I guess they don't come on as much anymore. Can someone help me? A couple of questions: 1) When you add the ingredients, are you supposed to keep the temperature on high and let it boil to become like honey, or do you turn it down? more specifically: what temperature(s) should I be cooking it at? 2) When it becomes foamy, what should you do? Mine was VERY foamy, and it didn't mix well at all...I even tried adding more ingredients to it and still no luck. 3) How long do you cook it before it turns to the honey-like consistency? 4) Are you supposed to stir it at all? If so, how often? 5) Any other tips?

From: Charishma Ramchandani

On Feb 17, 2004

This is a wonderful cleanser! I made it as soon as I saw it Since I did not have naptha soap at home, I used vanilla pear as a substitute. I did add essential oils to this cleanser in step 7. I used lavender oil, patchouli oil, orange oil, jasmine oil, eucalyptus oil, grapefruit oil, lemon oil, rosemary oil, rose oil and chamomile oil. This made this cleanser smell soooo good that I left it in a bucket at the entrance of my house for the whole of last night and oh my, my house smelt so good I can't tell you in words! I used it to clean my kitchen sink and now its shining and sparkling like new!!!! I'm going to use this tomorrow to clean my bathroom tub. UPDATE: I used this today after cooking dinner to clean my kitchen tile floor. My God! It is shining and looks so clean and not just clean, it is so soft too to my feet. Update: Over the last few days, I have used this in alot of places and its worked like the wand of a fairy, just leaves everything so sparkling clean and wonderful(smells good too with the essential oils I added). I have used this to remove soap scum and some black mark deposits I had on my shower curtain. They were gone with scrubbing this cleanser on them with a sponge. My shower curtain looks brand new now! I also used this to clean the electric unit on which I cook all the food everyday. There were some black marks and oil stains and turmeric stains on it...all of which have gone thanks to this awesome cleanser! I can't thank you enough for posting this recipe. I have shared this with alot of folks and everyone's so happy with it. Thanks so much for such a nice recipe!

From: wombat

On Mar 18, 2004

I love this cleaner it is really good. I also Decided to try making a paste from this recipe which I have done It works really well on stubborn stains. All i did was mixed all the ingredients up like the normal recipe added it to the four cups of water cooked it then let it cool down.