The Best Window Cleaner
By Annie B. Bond, executive producer of Care2’s Green Living
A little dab of this and that from your kitchen cupboard will provide
you with the
best window cleaner!
Around Earth Day 1990, every newspaper in the country (or so it seemed)
offered recipes for non-toxic cleaning with the basics we all have in
our kitchen cupboards, and the recipe for windows was invariably just
plain vinegar and water with the option of drying the windows with old
newspapers.
People by the thousands tried this and swore off cleaning with homemade
recipes for good because the formula left streaks on their windows.
Unfortunately, the commercial products they had used for so many years
had left a wax buildup and vinegar alone wouldn’t do the job of
removing the residue. Adding dab of dish soap to the vinegar and water would
have removed the buildup.
THE BEST WINDOW CLEANER
Make a great all-purpose window cleaner by combining 1/4 cup vinegar,
1/2 teaspoon liquid soap or detergent, and 2 cups of water in a spray
bottle. Combine in a spray bottle. Shake to blend.
Old newspapers were used for years.
But in the late 1970s most newspaper ink was changed to a soy base, and people did not know this.
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