[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Green Cleaners

[Lawrence Lile]

>I don't know what type of flooring you have, but have you tried baking
soda and water?  

Good idea.  I don't believe that disinfecting a floor is necessary -
just get the dirt off. What do people think they are going to do after
using all these disinfectants - eat off the floor? Currently I have
sheet vinyl linoleum, the new house will have sealed stained concrete,
so slopping on plenty of hot water is a real option.  Baking soda would
be a good chemical to dissolve any ionic stain, but less so against a
greasy stain.  Hot water and elbow grease works pretty well against a
lot of stains. 



>For laundry we use an enzyme based detergent from Tide.  I use a little
over half of the recommended amount, yet our laundry comes out just as
clean and not reeking of soap smell the way laundry sometimes does.

The guy who recommends how much soap to use is also the guy who sells
the soap.  Here is a critique of soap quantity recommendations from a
clothing manufacturer:
http://www.workingclassclothes.com/washing%20101.htm

--Lawrence