No i'm not going all hippie on you but i do want safer products to clean the house with especially with D's asthma during winter( and boy has it been winter-y this year, we are expecting another 12+ in of snow tomorrow!)
and with G being an infant not to mention the dogs and the ferret. I simply need something safe bottom line. Bleach is great but i can't stand the smell so i use it very little. I had try babyganics and i love the scent but its so damn hard to find in stores and i'm not going to pay shipping for it.
So it was a toss up between seventh generation and green works, and while doing some research on both i came to this conclusion:
Green Works cost is about a dollar less than Seventh Generation and about fifty cents more than the average cleaning product. And it works just as well as Seventh Generation all Purpose Cleaner.
Both products will give you a nice fresh fragrance afterward. However, I noticed that Green Works has a delicate scent of lemon.
Green Works all purpose cleaner is made up of plant and mineral based ingredients like coconut-based cleaning agents (nonionic surfactant), corn based ethanol, essential lemon oil, filtered water and biodegradable preservatives. There is no animal testing nor phosphorus or bleach.
Seventh Generation's all purpose cleaner is made up of plant-derived surfactants (for soil removal), natural alkalinity builder for enhanced performance (sodium citrate and sodium carbonate), Preservatives (less than 0.05%), Water. It has no fragrance.
So far i have tried the multi-purpose cleaner and i have to say i'm loving it.
I also got the swiffer wet jet- yes the mop for lazy people but i have a dog who when she gets nervous just pees herself, wherever she is standing! so i mop our kitchen about 3-5 times a day. Plus we got it for free so i can't beat that.
I'm excited to try all the green works products, but i have to finish the old stuff we still have, afterall it would be a waste to just dump it.
My only complaint is they don't have a wood furniture polish, so i made my own. here is a great site i found to make your own cleaners. But for a natural wood polish follow this formula:
Furniture Polish
In a spray bottle mix 1 cup vegetable or olive oil
1/2 cup lemon juice
Shake well and apply a small amount to a cloth.
2 comments:
This is great! I keep thinking I have to look up stuff to try to be as green as possible but I forget :-/
Thanks so much for this! I am totally going to give Green Works a try!
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