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Simple Green Cleaner

Admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:41:15 +0000

Choosing a Simple Green Cleaner is pretty easy if you just go for one of the Simple Green Cleaning Products range. Made by Sunshine Makers Inc these have provided industry and households with a less polluting and less toxic method of cleaning for decades.

That being said, Simple Green is not the most Environmentally Friendly range of cleaning products to choose. They sometimes get a lot of negative publicity for not being green enough. In reality this is a little unfair, after all the company is one of the most open about what ingredients they use, and the original aim of their products was to keep people safe whilst using extremely tough cleaning products at work. All this, they do extremely well. But, in the average home, with average dirt you do not necessarily need the same power as that contained in a bottle of Simple Green Multi Purpose Degreaser for example.

That is not to say they are not a good range of products. But, if you are looking for dark green living they are not going to deliver. These are products for folks that do not want to give up their powerful toxic results, but would like to pollute less and breath in far fewer nasty fumes.

Simple Green 13022 All Purpose Cleaner. 22 oz.

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Simple Green 13005 All Purpose Cleaner. Gallon

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Simple Green Simply Green Foaming Degreaser, 20oz

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Simple Green 14001 Lemon Scent All Purpose Cleaner. 22 oz. trigger

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Sunshine Makers 60014 Simple Green BBQ Grill And Microwave Cleaner

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Dismissing Simple Green as not green enough is not really fair at all. Read the label and they show exactly how green or not they are. And, being sold in highly concentrated packs many of their products probably pollute less overall thatn more expensive, greener cleaners. The key to environmentally friendly cleaning is to take some responsibility. If you are never going to give up the results and lack of effort you put in with your current use of bleaches, toxic scourers and so on, a move to the Simple Green Cleaner range will be a good thing. After all you are one person that is not ever going to be making your own soaps or sprinkling baking soda around the place. The results you achieve with Simple Green will be the same, if not better than (after all they are designed for the exacting standards of industrial cleaning), as your current basket of chemical cleaners. But most importantly you will be reducing your exposure to harmful fumes and improving the biodegradability of the waste leaving your home.

A Simple Green Cleaner may not be perfect, but most of us are simply never likely to reach perfection. They do offer a vast improvement over traditional products though, and that must be welcomed.

Simple Green Cleaning Products #3

Admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:49:18 +0000

Eco Friendly Cleaning is not just about biodegradable products, or all natural ingredients. There is a bigger picture, which insists we all use fewer resources in general. One way to help your green cleaning achieve this goal is to choose fewer products, and make at least some of them multipurpose Simple Green Cleaning Products.

One of the greenest things you can do with regards to the household chores is use less petrochemical based detergents, and more natural soap based products. Soaps are the original Simple Green Cleaner. They can be all natural and even organic cleaning products. The Eco Friendly cleaner should have several types of soaps to hand;

Soft soap or liquid soap, for use as a diluted all round general cleaning liquid. For cars, floors and anything else you can think of.
Bar soap for rubbing into stains prior to washing the laundry.
Soap flakes as a pre-soak for dirty laundry and more.

Simple Green Cleaning with Natural Soap

The key to Green Cleaning with soap is not to use too much. That’s how soap scum builds up and leaves you working even harder to remove your Simple Green Cleaning Product.

The cheapest green cleaner has to be ordinary bar soap. From this you can make your own soft soap and soap flakes. Simply grate your bar of vegetable based soap to produce soap flakes. Boil these up in water and you create soft soap which can be diluted further as a general household cleaner. It is even good as a windscreen wash on the car, since detergents (even mild ones such as dish-washing detergent) can corrode the varnish on your car’s paintwork.

Simple Green Cleaning Products don’t come any more basic than soap and water. It is probably why we’ve neglected it as a green cleaner for so long. It just seems so old-fashioned and basic that it can’t be any good - surely. In fact soap is pretty alkaline giving it anti-bacterial qualities (why do you think it’s so great for washing our hands to keep germs and virus’s at bay?).

Don’t forget too, that soap can be used outside too. It isn’t just a green cleaner; it’s also a safe pesticide. Great for dealing with insect pests and fungal problems on your garden plants, insecticidal soap is merely soap used as an insecticide.

Liquid Vegetable Soap, Lemon Mint 16.90 Ounces

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Vanilla Orange Foam Soap- made with organic ingredients- 8.5 oz

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Pure Vegetable Liquid Soap, Herbes de Provence 10 oz Pump by South of France Soaps / 10 oz. ( Multi-Pack)

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L'Amande Traditional Liquid Soap All Natural for Babies and Adults Olive Oil Based Unscented 500 Ml 16 Floz

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Cinnamon Orange French Provence Shea Butter Enriched Liquid Soap with Pump 10.5 Fl Oz

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There is no product to basic and unassuming to be rejected as a Simple Green Cleaning Product. The most basic ideas are often the best, and they simply cannot be beaten when it comes to price and their low environmental impact.

Simple Green Cleaning Products #1

Admin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:56:17 +0000

Not all Environmentally Friendly Cleaning needs to be complicated. Simple Green Cleaning Products make reducing your impact on the Earth AND saving a few dollars pretty simple really. Concentrated and powerful cleaners can really reduce the number of toxins you expose yourself too, never mind the planet.

There are endless Simple Green Cleaners sat in your kitchen cabinets already, it’s just a matter of digging them out and finding out what jobs each suits best.

Store cupboard cleaning ingredients do not need to be difficult to use, and you really don’t need to create million concoctions – though of course you can. In fact there are hundreds of cleaning tips and recipe ideas included in Clean House Clean Planet. There are hundreds of uses for things you have laying around the home.

Keep things simple by incorporating just three multi-purpose products into your Simple Green Cleaning repertoire. First up is the ultimate Simple Green Cleaning Product - a Basic, Green Scouring Powder.

Simple Green Scouring Powder

We all need a Simple Green Scourer. There are times when greasy grime really needs that tough action of a scouring powder to tackle it. The primary culprit has to be grimy kids and bath-tubs. If that bath tub is fiberglass or plastic things are even worse. Your green scouring powder needs to be extremely gentle not to scratch the surface of the tub. But, it still must be tough as nothing is worth than a dirty ring around the bath. Not inviting for the next occupant at all!

ARM & HAMMER Baking Soda - 12 lb. bag

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The easiest product to use has to be baking soda. The fine particles in bicarbonate of soda are wonderful for getting through grease and grime. But they are extremely gentle on plastics. In fact, I’ve found the only way to keep plastic bottles and bowls properly clean AND scratch free is with baking soda. There simply is no green scouring powder which can beat it.

Best of all this Simple Green Cleaner is cheap, really cheap. Buy the biggest bag you can (forget the big brand, why bother paying more for a prettier box), and it will last you months.

Simple Green Cleaning Products don’t need to be difficult to find or difficult to use. This scourer can be made into a paste with a little water and rubbed on just about anything. For a thorough yet gentle clean. Battles it’s way through soap scum, grease, it even soaks up smells – what more could you ask of a Cheap Environmentally Friendly Cleaner?

Discount Simple Green Brand Cleaners

Admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:41:25 +0000

Having carried out a detailed review of the Simple Green brands range of cleaners, I thought it would be appropriate to have a look at where to buy them too.

For online sales I really think you cannot beat amazon. Reliable, reputable and offering so many other things you can buy at the same time. Amazon is now leading the way in far more consumer items than just books. Their automotive, grocer and kitchen sections offer a huge range of discounted green cleaners, including Simple Green brands.

Amazon now stock a huge range of Eco cleaners and are particularly good for great deals for Sunshine Makers range of Simple Green branded green cleaning products.

With purchases available direct from amazon and a huge range of affiliated stores you can find some great savings for Simple Green brands from them. A few of my favorite Simple Green brand Eco cleaning products are included below, but there are many more to choose from. If you have the budget and space to buy in bulk, the savings are even more impressive.

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Simple Green d Pro 3 One-Step Germicidal Cleaner & Deodorant, 1 Gallon (SMP30301) Category: Disinfecting Wipes, Cleaners and Sanitizers

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Simple Green d Pro 3 One-Step Germicidal Cleaner & Deodorant, 5 Gallon (SMP30305) Category: Disinfecting Wipes, Cleaners and Sanitizers

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Simple Green 19128 Crystalr Industrial Strength Cleaner/Degreaser (SMP19128) Category: All Purpose Cleaners

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Simple Green Stainless Steel One-Step Cleaner and Polish, 32 Ounce (SMP18300) Category: Stainless Steel Cleaners and Polishes

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Simple Green Cleaner Trial Size 4oz 1 CS 13001GREEN

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The Ultimate Simple Green Cleaner

Admin — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:15:15 +0000

Sometimes it can be all too easy to get bogged down in the complicated details so we forget about the simple things we already have to hand. Of course I am a firm believer that we should all be making Cleaning Eco Friendly. I worry about all the horrendous chemical concoctions we bombard ourselves with in daily life and in home cleaning in particular. I’ve already looked at what to avoid in chemical cleaners and what to look for in Eco cleaners. But, often we really don’t need to be quite so technically minded or determined to spend more cash to make cleaning Eco friendly. You probably already have the ultimate simple green cleaner to hand, you just need to recognise it and use it more!

The Best Simple Green Cleaner

The best simple green cleaner is not some secret formulation it’s just something we tend to forget about. It really is the original and the best multi-purpose cleaner, for us, our laundry and our homes.

Do not forget the power of soap and water. Okay it doesn’t always come in the nicest packaging and it isn’t something that will tell everyone else how green and Eco minded you are. But, utilising this remarkable mixture to its fullest potential really is the way forward to ensuring you are an Eco friendly cleaner.

Of all the products out there, simple soap is the cheapest to buy. Budget liquid soaps are really thrifty and easy to find. But, even better soap is the cheapest thing to buy to a ‘greener’ specification. If you want an all natural cleaner, organic cleaners or just a safe cleaner soap can easily be found to your specification.

Soaps are a mixture of acidic oils; either vegetable or animal fat, with an alkaline base. Caustic lye is the general alkaline base used in all soap making. It can be simple caustic soda (yes really, just the same as that harmful drain cleaner) or caustic potash (equally corrosive but made by leaching rainwater through wood ash). Although it sounds dangerous, once the caustic has gone through the soap making process it stabilises and becomes safe for the environment and you.

All soap is made with such a caustic component but the end soap can be as mild and gentle as the maker likes. So the caustic part is not something to worry about. Whether you opt for an animal fat or vegetable oil based soap is a matter of preference and environmental consideration. I expect vegetarians would never chose an animal fat based soap. But, you do need to inspect the label carefully. Manufacturers will not state ‘animal fat’, instead terms such as ‘tallow’ are mentioned which seem less frightening to consumers. The only way to be sure you are buying a vegetable oil based soap is if it states the fat used is 100% vegetable oil. Palm oil, olive-oil and coconut oil are the primary vegetable based oils used commercially. Often additional essential oils will be included to improve the lather, scent and appearance of a soap. For personal use these may be of concern but for Eco friendly cleaning just any vegetable based soap is fine.

Vegetable based soaps are literally ten a penny and genuinely all natural cleaning products. Soaps based on animal fats are often even better value for money, though they will not meet the strictest of Eco standards as they will be fat from any farmed animal, the cheaper and more intensively reared standards which you may not endorse. If you eat cheap meat you should have no qualms about enjoying the benefit of cheap animal fat soaps. They are doing a lot less harm to the environment than any petroleum based detergents you might use. If, however you want to find an organic cleaner you will have to stick to vegetable based products which are more readily available which meet organic standards. Or of course you can make your own homemade soap from whatever standard of animal or vegetable fat you can afford.

Liquid Soap or Detergent?

Never assume a liquid soap is ‘soap’ without checking the reverse of the bottle. Manufacturers understand we consumers are a fickle bunch, who much prefer the word ‘soap’ to ‘detergent’. So many products called liquid soaps are actually mild detergents.

Depending on the degree of green you abide too, a mild detergent such as a traditional dish washing liquid can be a perfectly acceptable product to use as and environmentally friendly simple green cleaner. This is particularly true if you ensure there are no phosphates in the detergent you chose and that is fully biodegradable, which many now are. Unless otherwise stated detergents will be manufactured by refining oil, that is to say, your detergent purchase eventually profits the petroleum industry.

Of course commercially produced specific Eco friendly cleaning products will made with soaps and vegetable based detergents, usually palm oil derived. But any traditional product is unlikely to go to this extra expense. If something says detergent you can be safe to assume it is of the petroleum based variety.

The free daily Eco tips available with Ideal Bite are a great source of free information on new green products and techniques for living a greener life, including Eco friendly cleaning.

The main thing to remember is that soap and water will be able to tackle most of your household cleaning tasks. And, because soap is so readily available it makes a very cheap way of buying a high spec – truly ‘deep green’ Eco cleaning product.