Here's a great reason to try JustClean:
Call within 24 hours of an unscheduled day (open days posted in a scroll at the bottom of www.JustCleanTuscaloosa.com each week.), and you'll get any service for $50, period. (If I get more calls than I can accommodate that day, I'll schedule you for another day and give you the same deal.)
"What if all I need is $50 worth to begin with?"
Well, if you want a Small $50 clean or want me to drop in for a $25 QuickClean, recruit a neighbor, and I'll do you both for that price.
Go here for JustClean's flat-rate service menu. If you don't see exactly what you want on there, call me anyway and see if I can do it or refer you to someone who can.
Call anytime between 6 a.m. the day before and 6 a.m. the day of to take advantage of the off-day special. The number's 205-331-0422.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013
How to Figure Out How to
Making your own cleaning supplies can be a good way to save money while avoiding some of the most hazardous chemicals sold for that purpose.
The single most trustworthy quick-hit source, in my opinion, is this handy little booklet from the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. I got permission to make copies to give to clients (with a disclaimer saying they have nothing to do with me and don't endorse my services), and I use a few of those recipes regularly myself. It was written by cooperative extension faculty members who have a Web site and Facebook page with similar material.
Another good one, available at the Tuscaloosa Public Library and still in print, is the old standby "Clean House, Clean Planet" by Karen Logan. The book is old, and the author blog I linked to looks like it's been abandoned, but both have useful tips and background that have stood the test of time. Most recipes are slight variations on baking soda and soap and vinegar and water, and just about all feature the addition of "essential" (meaning scented, not mandatory) oils. Scent isn't necessary for any except the disinfectants that rely on the antiseptic property of tea tree oil.
The titles of both publications imply that they are about cleaning for the health of the environment. The recipes are less ecologically hazardous, but that also means that they're less harmful for your indoor environment as well. The Logan book emphasizes throughout how safe basic cleaners are to use around the home.
If you look at the Blogroll list in the column on the right and side of this blog, you can find several good blogs with natural cleaning recipes and advice.
Me, personally? I don't have the patience to make a hobby out of fooling with cleaning chemicals. Most homemade mixtures are best when used immediately and may separate, clot up or lose their effectiveness when made up ahead of time. A few that I have tried, like one from another book that calls for putting dish soap in vinegar water for cleaning windows, simply don't work.
I may experiment a little at home, but for JustClean I am sticking to a few safe, unscented prepared cleaners and a few single-ingredient ones like baking soda and vinegar. It's mainly a matter of efficiency and efficacy, but it's also an issue of safety. I'm not a chemist and I am not a manufacturer, so I can't properly package and label cleaners I have mixed up myself.
Another good one, available at the Tuscaloosa Public Library and still in print, is the old standby "Clean House, Clean Planet" by Karen Logan. The book is old, and the author blog I linked to looks like it's been abandoned, but both have useful tips and background that have stood the test of time. Most recipes are slight variations on baking soda and soap and vinegar and water, and just about all feature the addition of "essential" (meaning scented, not mandatory) oils. Scent isn't necessary for any except the disinfectants that rely on the antiseptic property of tea tree oil.
The titles of both publications imply that they are about cleaning for the health of the environment. The recipes are less ecologically hazardous, but that also means that they're less harmful for your indoor environment as well. The Logan book emphasizes throughout how safe basic cleaners are to use around the home.
If you look at the Blogroll list in the column on the right and side of this blog, you can find several good blogs with natural cleaning recipes and advice.
Me, personally? I don't have the patience to make a hobby out of fooling with cleaning chemicals. Most homemade mixtures are best when used immediately and may separate, clot up or lose their effectiveness when made up ahead of time. A few that I have tried, like one from another book that calls for putting dish soap in vinegar water for cleaning windows, simply don't work.
I may experiment a little at home, but for JustClean I am sticking to a few safe, unscented prepared cleaners and a few single-ingredient ones like baking soda and vinegar. It's mainly a matter of efficiency and efficacy, but it's also an issue of safety. I'm not a chemist and I am not a manufacturer, so I can't properly package and label cleaners I have mixed up myself.
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