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Clean Dorm Rooms for Pennies On A Student Budget
Just because your a college student does not mean you have to live in a dirty dorm room.
Being a student can put you on a tight budget. Here are simple, inexpensive, safe, and
effective items you can easily have on hand that will save a tremendous amount of money.
Baking soda
Vinegar is a mildly bleaching, antiseptic, mineral loaded acid. It neutralizes alkali
in soaps and detergents, which makes a good, balancing rinse for hair, clothing and
floors. It preserves food against dangerous bacteria, cuts through grease, deodorizes
and disinfects.
Baking soda is a naturally occurring substance, mildly abrasive, a good substitute for
anything that takes abrasion - toothpaste, pot and pan scrubber, sink cleaner.
Naturally alkaline, baking soda is an acid neutralizer. Heartburn boils away when you
down a half glass of water with a half teaspoon of baking soda. Test your garden soil
for acidity by mixing one cup soil with two cups water, then stirring in 1/4 cup of
baking soda. If you have a volcano erupting in your container, your soil is very acid.
If you just have a little fizz around the edges, you have a minimally acidic soil.
Mix it into your cat's litter box, put it in the refrigerator, or spray it (with water)
into the air, and it's an odor neutralizer.
And this is just touching the "tip of the iceberg" when it comes to uses for these
two amazing problem solvers.
Vinegar
This is a great window and glass cleaner. Mix 1/4 cup of white vinegar in with 2
cups of water. Soak a small sponge or cloth in this, then wring it out, and store
in an airtight container. Simply wipe off spots or smears with this.
It's also one of the best chewing gum dissolvers. Saturate the area with vinegar.
If the vinegar is heated, it will work faster.
And, yes, a stain remover. Use it on stains caused by grass, coffee, tea, fruits and berries.
Soak clothing in full strength vinegar.
Finally, my grandmother would be proud, as she used it for corn and callus removal. Soak a piece of
gauze in vinegar, and tape it over the callus or corn overnight.
On both of these products a child could use them safely yet they're powerful enough to unclog a sink and
disinfect the toilet bowl. Oh, yes, and when your in class look for them in
you're chemistry experiments and laboratory solutions.
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