Hippy Trick: Vinegar Bath

Alright, so it's not a great picture, it's from my crummy cell phone, but bear with me here.  If you've found this post, you have internet and that means you have to have heard of using white vinegar for cleaning.

But did you know how easy it can be?

I hate very few things in this word, but one of the is mineral build up, on everything, because I have city water.  The tub faucet, the shower head, the kitchen sink sprayer, even my big stock pots I use for waterbath canning.

Easy fix?  White vinegar!

The picture above is my sink sprayer soaking in a glass of white vinegar.  I don't have a pic, but upstairs, the shower head is wrapped in a plastic baggie full of vinegar.

Let it soak a couple hours, good as new!

As for the stockpot?  2 Tablespoons of white vinegar every time I waterbath.  No more build up!

Greener Clean

So I went to the grocery store tonight cause I needed new scrubbies since the dishwasher isn't working. And in the scrubbie section I found Scotch-brite Greener Clean Products.

The scrubbies are made 50% from agave fibers (renewable), the sponges are biodegradable, the cloths are made from bamboo fiber (highly renewable) and the soap pads are made from recycled soda bottles. And they're roughly the same price as the 'regular' products.

So I thought I'd give them a shot. I figured they're from Scotch-brite, they have to be half decent, right? I bought the soap pads, the sponges with the scrubbie thing on the back and the regular scrubbies. I've only tried the sponges so far and I have to say, they're awesome. Probably the best scubbies/sponges I've ever used.

**EDIT**
After further use, I'm still completely in love with the scrubbie sponges, not so much with the soap pads, of course, like Brillo pads, they have sort of a limited range of what they're meant for.