Cleaning Supplies
Cynthia and Kamea
Windex
Windex cleaner was first introduced in 1936 as an automobile windshield cleaner by Erich Drafahl but over the years it soon moved into homes as a home cleaner. Windex's first formula was colored blue to appeal to the costumer and was packaged in 6 ounce glass bottles. In 1985, Windex had launched a lemon scented version of Windex. This was the first line of extension. The current brand of Windex cleans products such as glass, windows, electronics and many other surfaces found in homes. Ingredients:
Water
2-Hexoxyethanol
Ispropanolamine
Sodium Dodecylbenzene Sulfonate
Lauramine Oxide
Ammonium Hydroxide
Fragrance
Liquitint Sky Blue Dye
Tide
Ingredients:
Water
Alcoholethoxy sulfate
Linear alkylbenzene sulfonate
Propylene glycol
Citric acid
Sodium hydroxide
Borax
Ethanolamine
Ethanol
Alcohol sulfate
Polyethyleneimine ethoxylate
Sodium fatty acids
Diquaternium ethoxysulfate
Protease
Diethylene glycol
Laureth-9
Alkyldimethylamine oxide
Fragrance
Amylase
Disodium diaminostilbene disulfonate
DTPA
Sodium formate
Calcium formate
Polyethylene glycol 4000
Mannanase
Liquitint™ Blue
Dimethicone
Clorox
Clorox Liquid Bleach made its appearance in 1913. The founders knew how to make the product but they did not know how to market it."On May 3, five businessmen invest $100 each to found America's first commercial liquid bleach factory, the Electro-Alkaline Company.The Electro-Alkaline Company reorganizes as Clorox Chemical Corporation." The first local television commercials for Clorox liquid bleach appeared in 1952.
Ingredients:
Water
Sodium Hypochlorite
Sodium Chloride
Sodium Carbonate
Sodium Chlorate
Sodium Hydroxide
Sodium Polyacrylate
How to dispose of it:
Pour Clorox bleach down the toilet. If you have less than five gallons of Clorox bleach to dispose of and your home is connected to a municipal sewer, pour the bleach into the toilet and flush away.Open the tap, and pour the bleach down the sink. You can dispose of small amounts of bleach in the sink as long as the bleach is diluted by the running water. The bleach is broken down into its main ingredients—salt and water--with the help of the running water.Give the Clorox bleach away. Consider giving the bleach to someone else if you have bottles that you can't use. The uses of chlorine bleach are vast, and someone else might make good use of it.Contact a household waste disposal company. If you have large amounts of bleach to dispose of, call one of these companies to help. Hazardous waste disposal companies will pick up the bleach, or you can take it to them, usually for a fee.Try to think of alternative ways to utilize bleach around your home. You do not necessarily have to discard leftover bleach. Clorox has many uses—some of which many people are not familiar with. Add bleach to your flower vase, for example. Mix a quarter tsp. of bleach with a qt. of water, and keep your cut flowers fresher longer. You can also use bleach to kill weeds.
Natural Alternatives
- 1½ cups 3% hydrogen peroxide
- ½ cup lemon juice
- 12 cups filtered water
- Natural bleach has is advantages because its less toxic and it is easier to clean if spilled on clothes. Natural bleach is also safer than bleach because bleach releases cancer-causing dioxin as well as brain-damaging mercury into the air surrounding chlorine plants and its safer for children. According to the American Association of Poison Control Centers, chlorine bleach poisoned about 14,400 children under the age 6 in 2007.
- Natural Windex:
- 32 oz. spray bottle
- 16 oz vinegar
- 16 oz water
- Newspaper
- The cost of a regular 32 oz bottle of Windex is $3 or more. If you were to buy 8 bottles of Windex it would cost over $24. Even if you purchased generic Windex at the dollar store it would cost $1 per bottle verses $0.38 for the DIY recipe. Lastly, making your own mirror cleaner allows you to reuse the same spray bottle; cutting down on the number of plastic that will end up in a landfill or need to be recycled.