*NEVER* Buy These 12 Very Common Cleaning Items (do this instead!) 

Thank you for sharing!

I think this works for the bathtub, too. The last time they were here, they had to come back and they did just that from the tub and shower. Well, they just let it run for a bt.

My dad taught me this! Helps get rid of the mold smell, I also pour bleach down once in a while and let it sit. Can also do baking soda and then wash it down with vinegar

It is recommended to use hot water as well.

Thank you for sharing!

We use ours for pet stains too.

In Australia all laundry rooms have a laundry tub (ie a large sink) in addition the washing machine and dryer. This is a great place to tip dirty water. And in fine weather clothes are dried on the outside clothes line.

Thank you for watching!

When you have kids and pet it’s a must. Love it to get stains out!

I use it on upholstery.

Yes! We love ours too. It does work! 👍🏼

Wow interesting! Thank you for sharing!

So good to know about self-cleaning feature which I've been too chicken to use all these years. But lately was thinking maybe it would make my job easier. Well forget that! Thank you!

I am not surprised by what the technician said. I used the self clean function once and it burned 2 spots on the top of the door . It didn't seem to do any actual cleaning inside the oven either. I thought I might be able to get the spots off, or at least fade the discoloration but, nope. Very disappointing. I don't know if my experience was just a freak thing or not, but I'm not taking any chances. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, the natural solution works VERY well!

Thank you for sharing!

Glad I’m not alone 😂❤

I agree. I vacuum every day. But when I use my carpet cleaner, what looks like about half a cat is sucked up in fur. I have one double coated cat and she sheds a lot. The water is clear. It is never brown but the amount of fur is ridiculous!

That is awesome!

Thank you so much! ❤

So funny about the company! I’ve never used the Green Machine itself - mine was similar but I just never felt it worked that well. Let me know if you like it!

The Green Machine is great for spot cleaning! Saved a ton of money over the years, ours is at lease 15 years old and has paid for itself thousands of times over. Would I clean my whole couch with it, no. Spot clean a spill or mess, absolutely!

I think your plumber is full of it.

Thank you!

My repair person said to run your hot water first and make sure it is hot before using the pods. That way it breaks down the outer layer, otherwise it could create issues. I asked because my hubby recently started buying them. We trust him. He also says that the newer appliances are crap.

Thank you!

Wow, this kind of blows me away because I make sourdough bread in a cast iron Dutch oven that needs to be preheated to 500° for 2 hours before even putting the dough in!

Thank you so much, Dawn! And you have an amazing weekend too 😊❤

Thank you for the tip. Do you use it on mirrors and glass too??

I do!@@janetpappaul5524

💯 Sheeesh 😅! Forreal, that’s all too much . Keep it simple 👍 for your brain too 🧠 Decision overload: no thanks! 🙏🏼

Thank you so much for your amazing comment!!

Thank you so much for sharing all of this! And great to know about the self cleaning feature!

Thank you so much for sharing all of this, Jenny! My mom has COPD too!!

Cool, thanks for that!!

Good to know!

Oh wow - that would drive me crazy too!

Ahh good to know! Thank you so much!!😊

If self-cleaning ovens do more harm than good, why the heck do the manufacturers make them with that function? I read an earlier comment that the appliance repairman is pretty busy before Thanksgiving because everyone self-cleans the over before turkey day and then something malfunctions?? Next time I have to buy a stove, I'll remember to skip the ones with the self-cleaning function. Luckily, I live in an apartment, and the stove was new when I moved in, but didn't have all the bells and whistles. Looks like one of those bells or whistles isn't actually necessary.

Good to know! Thank you!

Yes! I read the other day they are finding them in people's brains and lungs! :(

Oh interesting! I always use the Scrub Daddy Power Paste instead of the self clean because I agree - I agree it makes the house way too hot and smells pretty bad!

@@tarynmaria_ I also always wondered why her oven was so dirty it needed this deep clean every 2 weeks LOL what on earth...wipe up spills as you go lol

So true! I clean my oven maybe 2-3 times per year!@@dianasimplifies

@@tarynmaria_ 🤣🤣🤣seems normal to me!

Appliance repair people also recommend not using it, can damage your oven. After decades of never using it, first time I did, poof bye bye oven. Can give off carbon monoxide, especially in less ventilated kitchens or older ovens. Which may be while you had headaches. Also they have been known to catch fire.

Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for sharing!

I was able to get some of the wand cleaner ends from Temu pretty cheap. I only use them at the cabin for convenience.

@@mdoe37 yes Temu is great for this too.

Yay awesome!

Oh wow that is an expensive mistake! But a good warning because I could see how you could think it would be fine to do!

if you have cats = *do not use peppermint oil!!!!*

Essential oils are also many times an allergin for humans.

Essential oils shouldn’t be used around cats or ferrets either, to add to your list. It’s toxic to their tiny respiratory systems regardless of what type of oil is used. Tbh I don’t see how they’re any safer for humans than any other scented product either. 🤷

@@Gaius_Sinstone Thanks for sharing! And I would agree about humans too - maybe you can use oils briefly or occasionally but not all day every day for sure!

Great tip!

Thank you! 😊

I am so going to try that one day!

Thank you for sharing!

I had no idea there was such a thing. Thanks for the tip.

You are so welcome! Happy Easter to you!

Yes! I’ve stopped using them as much and am switching to cotton. I didn’t know that when I first started using them :(

Also, the laundry sheets have PVC (plastic) as well…I just either make my own concoction or buy Molly’s Suds or use Castile soap.

@@kulmeensharma8995 thanks

Welcome Debbie! Thank you and I'm so glad you are here!

Thanks for sharing! I’ll have to try some different powders!

Thank you! :)

Love that cleaning combo too!

You are so welcome! 🤗❤️

Thank you! And great tip about washing the duster!!

Thank you Cheryl! ❤

Thank you so much!

I so agree! I have a video coming out this summer about toxic cleaning products - I think it's so important to share this stuff!

Awesome, great to know!

Awesome! 😊

Awesome! And you are so welcome!!

I remember when powder in the box was the only kind of laundry detergent we had.

Good point about the detergent, thank you so much!

Oh no! A few people have commented on here that you aren't supposed to flush those wands but that's what they do in the commercials (!) so it's very confusing!

Septic scares me! When we got a house with septic, I don't even flush toilet paper anymore. Gross but less gross than septic tank problems lol..

​@@tarynmaria_you can buy the wands that you dont flush you just dispose of the end bit when you have finished with it in your bathroom bin,so it doesnt go down the toilet at all

Yes - so true!!

Yes, totally the best!

Awesome!

Love it!

Sounds awesome!

Good question! I’ll have to check 😊

Have been using that pink paste with pumice for toilets, tubs with compromise on them. Works very well!

Thank you!

You are so welcome! I'm on the powder for the dishwasher and really loving it. I didn't realize it before but the pods I was using was leaving a shiny film on my dishes and now I'm wondering what that was! It's much better now :)

Thank you for sharing!! 😊

Our LVP installers recommended Bona. I think it’s horrible. I was using it weekly to wash my floors with the Bona microfiber. I used a white towel to wipe up a water spill a day after washing the floor and the white towel was so dirty. I switched to Mrs Meyer concentrate diluted with warm water or Dawn and warm water.

Thank you for sharing!

How cool!!

Great tip!

That's awesome about the blanket - what a great idea!!

Aww thank you so much! And you can definitely use your stainless steel cleaner - it does work, I just find that I can use water + vinegar and get the same result!! I'm sure enzyme cleaners work great in the bathroom! 😊

WD-40 (spray a very small amount on a microfiber cloth) will do a better job on your stainless steel appliances than those cleaners "made for that" and will be less expensive. Pledge multi surface also works better than they do.

Very true. My eyes even start burning!

I wish the environmental agency would ban this poison. I”m super sensitive like you too. Love your channel, great content))

Welcome, I am so glad you're here! ❤

Such a great company!

Thank you for all of this info! Next month I have a video coming out that's very similar to what you're saying - it's cleaning products to not have because of health risks. I know some people won't like the video but all of these things are so important for us to know!

Hi! I shut the water off and then flushed the toilet and went from there. I didn't empty the tank otherwise :)

Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for sharing all of this! I’ve been using the laundry sheets for about 2 months now and so far so good - I haven’t had any build up issues :)

When Consumer Reports rated laundry detergents, the detergent sheets were at the bottom of the bunch. I had no success with baking soda + vinegar down slow drains, even with boiling water flush at the end.

Nice! Thanks for sharing! 😊

Thank you for sharing!

I just do a couple of pumps - maybe 1 teaspoon or less :)

Interesting - thank you for sharing!

I got to tour our water treatment plant with school kids. They told us that the food from the sink garbage disposals goes through the pipes and then they filter it out at their facility. It is then trucked to a landfill or dump. They told us its more environmentally friendly to not use your sink disposal at all as it saves energy & fuel by not having to load it into trucks, etc.

Yup, the disposal is almost like instant composting and everything goes into the pipes!

thanks for filling me in,that's wild, pipes must get blocked frequently?@@ronnielee9268

wow,i just never knew that. thanks 4letting us know:)@@tarynmaria_

Just saw some of your other comments on this channel, and this comment surprised me because of the phonetic way you wrote it. It took me a while to understand this comment 😅

I've been trying the Blueland laundry tablets - I'm enjoying them so much!

I'd say some of them are - but definitely not as strong as candles or air fresheners for sure :)

I bet! I used it only once myself and I do not like it - I much prefer to just scrub it out from time to time!

Thanks for sharing!!

Thanks for the tip!

Thank you for sharing!

Thank you!

You know what? I was too but I did find this Arm & Hammer fragrance and perfume free one on Amazon (might be in the stores too!): amzn.to/3Wp4zIb. I am going to stop using detergent with added fragrance when I run out of the detergent I have.

Oh no! You need to be careful with Amazon sometimes - it's $9.99 at Target and Walmart (and the grocery store)! And it lasts a very long time :)

Haha that was me before but now I use it too much (and I have overflow issues sometimes which causes the smoke alarm to go off if I don't clean it)!

I didn't know! Another viewer told me and I'm scratching my head even more about those wands now!

Air freshener is the first one I actually agree with you on. Clean homes don't need air freshener. If your home (or a portion of your home stinks), clean it. The smell will go away.

I also don’t mind cleaning by hand, I think it’s easy enough!

@@tarynmaria_ My point was you mentioned oven cleaners were dangerous then suggested the self-cleaning function. Most oven cleaner fumes suck (and if you clean frequently enough, you don't even need oven cleaner), but the self cleaning function is way worse than even oven cleaner (unless you mix it with something or run the self cleaning function after using oven cleaner as you can never go back to self cleaning safely once you've had strong chemicals in there). If you have heavy duty carbon build up, you need something with a high pH (preferably using one of the 8 strong bases) to remove it. No elbow grease is getting that off with anything near pH neutral even dish soaps up to pH 9 won't cut it. But, I understand some people really hate strong acids and strong bases. So, they can use self cleaning and cross their fingers it goes well or use a cleaner too weak to remove the carbon and get it as good as they can. It was when you suggested dish soap on flooring (without specifying the type of floor) where I checked out. You advocate against using a strong base (oven cleaner) in favor of self cleaning which can break ovens and start fires but then when a pH neutral cleaner (floor cleaner is almost always neutral), is best, you say use dish soap. There are very few pH neutral dish soaps. Most are around 8-9, which can damage some types of flooring over time. Some people will even tell you to only clean them with water (perfectly neutral) to avoid potential damage. As long as you are not cleaning tile with an acid (that eats grout), you can throw almost anything alkaline on tile. Other floors aren't as lucky (or are more lucky if you're like me and refuse to allow grout into your house). The point is high pH won't hurt tile, but it can hurt wood and stone (yes even a pH 9 dish soap over time). That is what floor cleaners are for. Maybe I am being too hard on you and this isn't a cleaning channel. If it is, I just hope you research this moving forward before offering more bad advice. Instead of dish soap for everything, use the right cleaner for the right stain. For sensitive surfaces or simple messes, go pH neutral. Inorganic stains need acids, and organic stains need bases. Heavy organic stains, like carbon, need a strong base. Otherwise, it will not come out. I'm not trying to come off preachy. My guilty pleasure is watching cleaning videos, so I don't clean things in my house that are already clean. I see a lot of bad advice online, and I usually do not say anything. I won't comment again for fear I've already said too much here.

Thank you for sharing! 😊

I do that a lot too - I find as long as much food isn't spilling in there then it's mostly clean :)

Ahhh I didn’t even think about that part!

Love this step by step, thank you!!