Cleaning Without the Harsh Chemicals

Everybody knows that most household cleaners on the market today are toxic. Study after study shows long term health issues from using them, yet people continue to use them. The chemical smells have become synonymous with what many people call clean. It doesn't have to be that way! My family switched away from most chemical cleaners you can buy in a store over a year ago. Our Young Living team recently challenged me to do more, and I enthusiastically accepted that challenge.
 

This is the bottle of Thieves Household Cleaner that I got free with Essential Rewards points. There is a great kit that has all things Thieves in it, but I know my family well enough to know I needed the extra bottle. The little box next to it are some roll-ons I used my commission to get for my girls, and I will do a post for that later. Back to the Thieves Household Cleaner! I wanted to find something challenging for it. I could wipe down my bathroom or do my windows, but almost anything can do that job. No, that wouldn't do for a real test. My oven, however, was just the challenge I needed.

First I wanted to wipe off the easy stuff. This is the stuff that will build up over a week or two in our convection oven. It doesn't really count as a hard job, because an Envirocloth and some water takes off a good portion of it.

THIS is the hard stuff, though. This is the stuff that I still need some form of chemical to clean. We were using a cleaner that required the oven to be at around 100 degrees, which isn't even a setting on our range. Then it had to sit for five minutes. I am not a patient person. In five minutes I normally forget about it and am on to about half a dozen other projects. Then if I manage to remember to clean it, it takes a little scrubbing. I'm not a fan of cleaning. Part of that is how ridiculously dirty things are within a few minutes of cleaning them. Still, this is something that needs to be done, so I thought it a fitting trial.

I took an empty spray bottle I had around the house, added one cup of warm water, then added one cap of Thieves Household Cleaner. I swished the mixture around and sprayed it on the nasty stuck-on black gunk on the oven door. Again, I am not patient, so I immediately started to wipe it off. Most of the gunk came off without waiting! I sprayed it a second time, came to start typing this post in my excitement, then went back and finished wiping. Less than five minutes sitting and the rest is GONE! I didn't scrub. All I used was the spray and an Envirocloth. That's it!

I am actually excited about cleaning the rest of my kitchen. This was quick, easy, and it smells good. Instead of a residual chemical smell, my kitchen smells like cinnamon! I will be trying out new and exciting uses for the Thieves Household Cleaner. Comment below if there is anything you would like to see me clean with it.

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