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Mumsnet Discussions: Ethical living : bicarb for cleaning - hard to rinse off (5 messages)
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Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By jollydo on Thu 25-Sep-08 21:33:55
I tried using bicarb to clean the kitchen but it has left surfaces still with white powdery residue after a few rinses..... any tips?
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By girlandboy on Tue 30-Sep-08 15:46:40
Maybe try using a microfibre cloth with water - it's meant to lift off everything. Noticed packs of 4 cloths in Poundland today for, yes you've guessed it, £1.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By Balthamos on Tue 07-Oct-08 21:09:50
Vinegar helps in my house. I have it in a spray pump from the garden section in John Lewis and spray it over the bi-carb residue and it wipes off well. If you add a few drops of lavender it masks the vinegary smell.

I just re-read that and was horrified at how Mrs Beeton I have become. I would like to add that there was a time before I became a SAHM when had a life!!!
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By Lyra75 on Sat 18-Oct-08 10:35:29
You can find answers to all your questions on mumsnet. I was just moaning about this this morning, thought I'd have a little look on mumsnet, and there's a thread asking exactly what I was wondering!! Will definitely try the vinegar. Though - could've asked you in RL Balthamos [wave] but sometimes having this conversations out loud is just too domesticated for me grin
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By Balthamos on Tue 04-Nov-08 23:50:40
Hi Lyra - wave - just seen this. Yes, i know what you mean, this type of question is too domesticated in RL! We would come across as particularly lentil-weaving if we were extended BFing at the same time as discussing it!


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