Today is Saturday and my day for getting the house spic and span.   I also don't want my house to take my breath away with all the chemicals from cleaning.  But what can I use that will clean and not make me have to vacate my home till it airs out?  Natural cleaning products.  Recently I shared with you my all-purpose spray to clean anything that you need to wipe down.  But now I need to figure out how to clean my floors. Currently I have linoleum floors in my kitchen and each bathroom and carpet that's as old as my husband in the other areas of my home.  Talk about gross!  I can just imagine the amount of dirt underneath that carpet. We do plan on replacing all the floors in the next few months, but for now it's still the same thing when we moved in.  The linoleum is pretty old and cracking around the edges and rolling up where the cabinets meet the floor.  Then the seams are coming apart and holding tons of dirt.  The texture is so deep that the dirt just won't come up no matter how much I scrub.

So here I am with ugly disgusting floors and no matter how many times I sweep or mop, it just doesn't look any cleaner.  For awhile now I have owned the Libman Freedom Mop.  I love it because the scrub pads can be washed.  I have two for the times I forget to wash the other one to reuse it.  It also allows you to use your own cleaner.  No more throwing away the wipes that don't go very far anyways before having to replace it. I think for my kitchen floor I'd have to use like 3 of the wipes to get my floor clean.  They dry out so fast.  So when I bought this, I don't waste my money on those things anymore!

I also read other people's blogs and am an avid pinner on Pintrest.  I came across several pins that showed a good floor cleaner that is made from natural or no harsh chemicals.  I saw one in particular from Food.com that looked easy and I already had the ingredients to make it.  I wanted to do it right then so that appealed to me.  The author of the recipe is The Daycare Lady.  She states that this will clean any floor and make your house smell good too.

Floor Grease Cutter Cleaner

1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup washing soda  found in the laundry aisle close to fabric softeners in Walmart
1 tbsp of liquid dish soap
2 gallons of warm water

She does say not use on waxed floors because it may make your wax on the floor come up and get gunky.

So I did this and poured some in my Libman mop and went to work.  I decided to spray some on the floor and let it soak just to make sure it did the job.  I have to say WOW!!!!   I didn't realize how BAD my floors were.  I had used a magic eraser mop head when I moved in to clean them from being horribly dirty, but they sadly discontinued those.  I wish I had known that a long time ago because I would have bought them all!!!

But I also had issues with spots that were on my floor from the texture I mentioned.  I sprayed it down with some of the all purpose cleaner and let it sit.  After a few minutes, I grabbed my cleaning cloth and started to wipe it away.  I took a little elbow grease, but I LOVE the cleaning it gave me.  My floors have never looked better.  Even after I used the Magic Eraser mop head.  It is all natural and doesn't smell strong.  It left a lighter smelling kitchen.
I adore this and will never use anything else again.

I'm off to find more ways to clean my home with no harsh chemicals!

Have a crafty day!