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15 July 2013

The Easy Way To Use Green Cleaning In Home Improvement

By Aaron Watson


A common project for improving the home, which is normally taken for granted, is cleaning it from top to bottom. Cleaning might not take a long time nor cost a lot, but for some reason people think that it does. Cleaning can actually be rather inexpensive. When you use green cleaning techniques you improve the quality of your home and save money. Cleaning can be damaging to anything, because regular cleaners have chemicals that are not good. They can also put out harmful emissions that are dangerous for you to breathe in. You can improve things by using the following tips for green cleaning.

Because of that, changing to green cleaning methods, is one of the best home improvements you can make. You can increase the value of your home by using green cleaning methods, and this article will show you a few of them.

Environmentally friendly paint should be used in place of VOC paint that you may have on your existing walls. This acronym, VOC, stands for Volatile Organic Compounds. What happens is the compounds in the paint vaporize at room temperature causing your air to become polluted. You might want to consider that the indoor pollution will escape into the surrounding environment, causing the outdoor air to get worse as well. Most manufacturers of paint abide by low VOC amounts in the paint that they produce thus limiting this problem. Be careful of other potential toxic chemicals that can be in paint. Bioshield Milk Paint, as well as Dutch Boy, are brand names you can trust for environmentally friendly paint.

Cleaning your house should never involve furniture polish. Never use furniture polish as it is made with chemicals that may hurt you. Your health can be badly affected. They are bad for the air. You should also be concerned about the structural integrity of anything you clean with the substance. You can make your own furniture polish by combining two parts olive oil and one part lemon juice. Use a soft cloth to rub the mixture into your furniture. This is a much better way to improve or maintain the overall health and structure of those that you love and the item you're trying to clean, respectively. Instead of using chemically-based furniture polish, use this because it works and smells great!

Warn your neighbors in advance if you will need to use part of the street for your home improvement. You might have to block the road or keep a dumpster in the yard or on the street. This will be appreciated by your neighbors, and they might even offer to let you borrow some tools.

Do not ever use furniture polish. Never use furniture polish as it is made with chemicals that may hurt you. These chemicals are bad for your health. They are bad for the air. You should also be concerned about the structural integrity of anything you clean with the substance. Instead, make your own green furniture polish by combining one part lemon juice to two parts olive oil. By simply rubbing the product into your furniture, you will be happy with what you see. This is a much better way to improve or maintain the overall health and structure of those that you love and the item you're trying to clean, respectively. The smell or odor of this mixture is much more pleasant than chemically-based furniture polish typically is. After reading this, you should have a few ideas on how you can remove toxic cleansers from your home and go green instead. Never forget that every home improvement project (no matter what your budget) starts with a thorough cleaning. Once you have made the choice to go green, understand that you are doing something very beneficial for both your family and your home. You know what to do - so go do it!




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