Who is with me on reducing the amount of chemicals we use in and around our house? Today I am going to share the products I use to deep clean the kitchen without harsh chemicals.
Yes, it is as simple as a few E-cloths and water and you will have a clean kitchen. I use my E-cloths for everyday cleaning and it has saved me time and frustration. E-cloth products offer significant cost and time savings and real health and environmental benefits versus ordinary cleaning. The cloth is also proven to remove over 99% of bacteria from a hard surface. These cloths don’t kill bacteria, they collect bacteria from surfaces. This is another benefit of all of those fibers – they literally scrape the surface clean at a microbial level. The best part – when you run this cloth under hot water in your sink, all but .01% of that bacteria, dirt, oil and grease is released from the cloth down the sink. So, there is almost no transfer back onto clean surfaces.
Step 1: Counter Tops. De-clutter and clean the kitchen and countertops. It is very hard to photograph a quartz countertop, but I think you can see the difference of the before and after. I use the kitchen pack from E-cloth to clean my countertops everyday.
Step 2: Clean the appliances. The places in your kitchen that show constant finger prints and grime is the microwave, oven, dishwasher and refrigerator. No matter what I used on the refrigerator, it would always show streaks. I no longer have that problem with my kitchen pack. You will also need to deep clean inside each of these appliances. I also have a post on how easy it is clean the microwave without scrubbing and chemicals.
The most frustrating thing to clean in the kitchen is the ceramic cooking tops. I never had enough elbow grease to get off the backed on liquids that would spill over when cooking. I would even use those cook tops cleaners and never had much success or I had major streaking. I would ask Mr. DD. to do the cook-top. Now, it is so simple to clean up the cook top with the kitchen pack. I love the scrubber that is on the corner of the kitchen cloth. The polishing cloth is the secret to streak free.
Step 3: The sink. When I need a little more than e-cloth and water I use the Universal stone. I love this product, it does a fabulous job on the cook-top and sink.
It is so easy to foam up the sponge with Universal stone and clean the sink and rinse.
Step 4: The Cabinets. I usually only deep clean the cabinets every 6 months. I make my own furniture polish using olive oil and lemon. It is important to use an oil cleaner to put some moisture back into your wood cabinets.
Step 5: Floors. Mopping the floors has become an easy task in my home. No more buckets, messy mops or chemicals. It is easy to use the floor cleaning set from E-cloth. 1 cloth does the daily dusting and the other does the deep clean with water.
Step 6: The Windows. I have a 2 step process to clean my windows. The first step is to use a 50/50 mix of vinegar and water to clean all the outside dirt and grime. I follow that up by using the Window Pack. I now have streak free windows without all the fuss.
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These E-packs look great! I have many allergies and long ago gave up chemicals…love my homemade glass cleaner which is two cups water, 1/4 c vinegar and 1/2t dish soap. Do you recommend anything for toilets?
I made my own toilet bowl cleaner a few years back and ended up being disappointed so I never shared the recipe. I order all my cleaning products from a company called Grove Collaborative. Here is a link to the products they sell – https://www.grove.co/catalog/?category=toilet-cleaner I also have a link where you can receive a free gift from Grove – https://www.grove.co/referrer/384293/
Lovely tips indeed, and cleaning suggestions are quite useful. Great new way to deep clean my kitchen before the holidays. Thank you for sharing this great information!
Love this! I’m super impressed by the before/after photos, especially the cooktop!
Gracielle, you will love the products!
Great tips here, I will have to check out these products. I have young kids and I try to cut out chemicals where I can 🙂
I have used similar cloths, various micro fiber cloths, they do a good job. These e-cloths look like a cleaners dream, with no chemicals.
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Kathleen
Kathleen, I am loving these cloths and have been sp happy since using them!