Frugal and Green Tip of the Day - When Life Hands You Lemons…

Monday, January 28, 2008 5:51
Posted in category frugal

Make a good cleaner! Using lemons is cheaper and non-toxic. They are versatile - and they smell great!

Use the juice of one lemon and water in a spray bottle as a versatile cleaner - clean counters, walls, sinks, even wood (but test a small area first!).

A lemon juice and baking soda paste will take the tarnish off chrome, copper and brass.

Lemon juice added to the dish water will help cut the grease off pots and pans.

A little lemon juice on the cutting board will sanitize it and cut any smells - like garlic or onion.

Lemon juice in the rinse water of the washer - and then hanging your laundry in the sun will whiten your whitens - and brighten your brights!

Lemon juice on an insect bite or sting will help keep it from itching.

A little lemon juice or oil around a known ant trail is said to repel ants.

Lemon juice rubbed on the hands will help get out tough odors like fish or garlic.

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