homemade Tilex?
Matthew Bowen Harrington
It seems like Tilex mildew cleaner is just dilute bleach and
detergent. Can anyone sugest a homemade version for cheap?
Matt
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jerry
>It seems like Tilex mildew cleaner is just dilute bleach and
>detergent. Can anyone sugest a homemade version for cheap?
>Matt
Matt: Nancy Birnes' has a receipe in her book " Cheaper & Better".
Here's how it's printed in her book....
NOTE: THIS SOLUTION CONTAINS AMMONIA: DO NOT MIX WITH ANTHING IN THE
BATHROOM CONTAINING _ BLEACH_ , OR DANGEROUS FUMES COULD RESULT
Ceramic Tile and Grout Cleaner
1 cup baking soda
1 cup ammonia (sudsing or nonsudsing)
1/2 cup vinegar
14 cups warm water
Pour baking soda into a clean gallon-size plastic jug. Add ammonia,
vinegar, and warm water to fill. Swish the jug to mix ingredients
before it is completely full.
Cover jug tightly, label, and keep out of the reach of children.
Smaller pump-type containers can be filled from the jug for small
jobs-make sure these containers are labeled and kept away from
children also,{ duh.....:) }
TO USE: Spray solution directly onto tile and wipe with a damp sponge
or the kind of scrubbing pad made for teflon pans.
HINT: If grout or tiles are especially soiled, make a paste of
2 Tablespoons baking soda
1 Tablespoon Ceramic Tile and Grout Cleaner
and brush it onto the stains with an old toothbrush. Let the past
remain for 5 min., then scrub off and rinse.
Yield : 1 gallon This books from 1987 here's what she figured for
savings Cost of ingredients: $ .56
Comparable Purchased Product: Tilex
Instant Mildew Stain Remover, 24 ounces,
$ 2.99 ($15.94) Savings: $15.38
Logan VanLeigh
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>It seems like Tilex mildew cleaner is just dilute bleach and
>detergent. Can anyone sugest a homemade version for cheap?
>
Dilute bleach. No detergent. Have used w/ great results for
25 years (ever since reading the first Tilex label.
Logan
Andre Aubin
Always look for the "active" ingredient but be careful!
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Joan Mathew
>Joan Mathew (cma...@iadfw.net) wrote:
>: ma...@sbl.salk.edu (Matthew Bowen Harrington) wrote:
>: >It seems like Tilex mildew cleaner is just dilute bleach and
>: >detergent. Can anyone sugest a homemade version for cheap?
>: Matt,
>: This is *exactly* what we use as mildew cleaner! Also, you can use baking soda as
>: a mild abrasive in grout and such...we have a small toothbrush allocated for this
>: purpose to get into tight spots. Works great, and we haven't bought commercial
>: bathroom cleaners like Tilex for several years now.
>: Joan
> Be careful about mixing bleach and other detergents. A reaction
>releasing chlorine gas in quite possible.
> Warren Eckels
Yes, Warren is absolutely correct! You should *always* use caution when mixing
chemicals of any kind when you're not sure what will happen...when I use bleach in
something, I always make sure to rinse that something down very thoroughly with water
to make sure the bleach is gone before I go on to use some other chemical on it.
Thanks for pointing that out, Warren. I should have said that in my follow-up.
Joan
Warren.J.Eckels
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Matthew Henrichsen
>
> It seems like Tilex mildew cleaner is just dilute bleach and
> detergent. Can anyone sugest a homemade version for cheap?
It is just dilute bleach. Whenever we need any I mix 5 parts
water with 1 part chlorine bleach. It gives about the same
mass% of the active ingredient as Tilex has. Last bottle
of Tilex I looked at the active ingredient was exactly the
same. For those that worry about fillers: the only 'filler'
was water.
Matthew
Erin Cowan
Joan Mathew <cma...@iadfw.net> wrote:
>ma...@sbl.salk.edu (Matthew Bowen Harrington) wrote:
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> This is *exactly* what we use as mildew cleaner! Also, you can use baking soda as
>a mild abrasive in grout and such...we have a small toothbrush allocated for this
>purpose to get into tight spots. Works great, and we haven't bought commercial
white.
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Stefan Axelsson
>> This is *exactly* what we use as mildew cleaner! Also, you can use baking soda as
>>a mild abrasive in grout and such...we have a small toothbrush allocated for this
>>purpose to get into tight spots. Works great, and we haven't bought commercial
> And if you use the wrong brush by accident it sure helps keep your teeth
> white.
Actually, baking soda is a frugal toothpase subsitute. A dentist
friend of mine has his whole family brushing their teeth with baking
soda, says it neutralises the acid, and just enough polishing, w/o all
the other crap that the manufacturers likes to put into toothpaste.
I've tried it myself, when I was out of tooth paste, but didn't really
fancy the taste... :-)
(All this asuming of course that "baking soda" is the same substance
in the US, I'm pretty certain it is.)
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Penny Ward
> Actually, baking soda is a frugal toothpase subsitute.
I use it regularly instead of toothpaste.
I love the commercials here in the US for some kind of toothpaste that
says, "Dentists recommend baking soda. Our brand contains more baking
soda!" Begs the question, "Why don't you just use baking soda instead,
then?" (...And save money and packaging.)
> I've tried it myself, when I was out of tooth paste, but didn't really
> fancy the taste... :-)
I think the Evil Toothpaste Industry has turned us into a bunch of spoiled
wimps expecting our tooth cleaner to taste good.
I'm only half joking. The only reason people in the latter half of the
20th century expect to get a jolt of minty fresh flavor when we clean our
teeth is that we've grown up using toothpaste full of artificial flavors
and sweeteners. Just get used to the salty fresh flavor of baking soda.
It's kind of bracing. B-)
Penny
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John & Suzanne Finnegan
>I love the commercials here in the US for some kind of toothpaste that
>says, "Dentists recommend baking soda. Our brand contains more baking
>soda!" Begs the question, "Why don't you just use baking soda instead,
>then?" (...And save money and packaging.)
I love/hate the pretty plastic bottle of baby powder that brags about
containing 100% cornstarch. At 2-3 times the cost of a box of
cornstarch in the grocery store.
And then there are the cleaners-with-ammonia and the
cleaners-with-vinegar... Last time I checked I could get a gallon of
store brand white vinegar for less than the 1 quart size of dilute
vinegar cleaner.
Monica L. Tittle
maybe just the ones reading this group:
+ma...@sbl.salk.edu (Matthew Bowen Harrington) wrote:
+>It seems like Tilex mildew cleaner is just dilute bleach and
+>detergent. Can anyone sugest a homemade version for cheap?
+Matt,
+ This is *exactly* what we use as mildew cleaner! Also, you can use
baking soda as
+a mild abrasive in grout and such...we have a small toothbrush
allocated for this
+purpose to get into tight spots. Works great, and we haven't bought
commercial
+bathroom cleaners like Tilex for several years now.
+Joan
You can also use those bath puffs that every soap company in the world
seems to be mailing out these days. They are good for scrubbing pots
too.
Monica L. Tittle
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Save bandwidth, abolish taglines!
Uh, nevermind.
thulsey
And cleaners with baking soda and cleaners with bleach.
John & Suzanne Finnegan
homemade Tilex?) I guess some people just need that _extra_ cleaning
power. : )