Spring Cleaning with Lemon Juice: Green, Safe and Effective

Are you look for ways to clean that are safer and more environmentally friendly? Want to make more eco-friendly, green choices about household products? How about a safe, non-toxic product that the whole family can use? The answer to all of these needs is simple: lemon juice. Lemon juice is probably found in almost any home or cupboard in the US. Lemon juice has all sorts of wonderful uses beyond cooking. You can use lemon juice for cleaning, cosmetics, health and beauty aids, whitener and more. Keep lemon juice in the bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, nursery, garage and basement. Here are 20+ everyday uses for lemon juice. that will leave you with a clean, fresh, deodorized household.

Deodorize hands. Rub lemon juice on your hands after you have cut or handled fish, celery, garlic, onions or other smelly foods. The lemon juice acts as a natural deodorizer

Soak toothbrushes. Lemon juice will kill germs and sanitize toothbrushes.

Sanitize hands: Lemon juice is much safer and works just as well as as alcohol based hand sanitizers like Purel.

Brighten or lighten hair naturally. Use it to highlight or lighten hair safely and naturally. Apply to face or hair and sit in the sun. You will achieve the same results are chemical lighteners; lemon juice is safe and non-toxic.

Shine jewelry safely with lemon juice.

Soak earrings in lemon juice to sanitize.

Lighten eyebrows or “mustache’ Girls, use lemon juice instead of cream bleaches to lighten eyebrows or ‘mustache’ hair. Lemon juice is non-allergenic. If you skin itches or burns a little, soothe with calamine lotion, aloe vera, olive oil or almond oil.

Unclog drains. Pour baking soda into drain and pour lemon juice over it. The bubbling effervescent action will break up clogs safely.

Deodorize smelly garbage disposals and drains Lemon cuts the nasty smells that garbage disposals and drains gather.

Clean tarnish from silverware and stainless steel. Make a soaking solution from lemon juice, salt or baking soda and hot water. Soak tarnished silverware. You can also rub the silver are with lemon juice or a lemon dipped in salt.

Soak rusty tools, screws, hinges, nails etc, in lemon juice. The acetic acid will break down the rust. Add a little baking soda for added scouring.

Brighten dishes and glassware. Add some lemon juice to dishwater. You dishes, silverware and glassware will be brighter, shinier and smell better.

Clean and sanitize coffee makers.

Freshen toilets safely. Toilet bowl cleaners are one of the most toxic household products. Pour a little lemon juice in the toilet bowl to clean, deodorize freshen and sanitize.

Shine and polish sink and tub fixtures.

Pour a little on tough laundry stains. Lemon juice whitens without bleaching color. It works great on whites because it removes stains without yellowing fabrics.

Put a lemon in an old sock and place in laundry bins, diaper pails and garbage pails Lemons are much safer than the solid chemical deodorizers.

Use the lemon sock in the refrigerator to deodorize it.

Spray garbage cans and diaper pails with a water and lemon spritz.

Shine brasses with lemon juice. Be careful with brass plated objects, but real brass shines will with lemon.

With a 32 ox bottle of lemon juice you are on your way to cheap, easy, safe, healthy, ‘green’ cleaning!