Cleaning products that I use

I have experimented with different products, and have whittled down my usage to a select few:


Baking soda: This stuff is the wonder thing of the cleaning world. Along with Borax and vinegar of course. There are countless sites listing the uses of baking soda. (on a strange note, I just keep thinking it should not be the thalidomide of our decade).



Vinegar: see baking soda. I am yet to try vinegar for my home, I'm going to buy it on the next shopping trip, to use as fabric softener and mildew cleaner.


Borax: see baking soda. I'm not sure of the health effects of borax. I would lessen or discontinue its use when there would be a kid at home, but for now, I'm using it for clothes and for roaches, and I make sure I do not touch it with hands or inhale it.


Dawn dish liquid: This stuff has made my life soooo easy. Ajax was bad, bad, bad. It was an oily soap, and would not wash away easily, and I had to keep rinsing the vessels in water for a long time. Dawn changed all that. Now I even use dawn and baking soda for cleaning countertops and appliances.


What other cleaning products do I have?

Clorox bleach, that I mistakenly bought for bleaching whites (hubby never let me do it.)

And 409 all purpose cleaner. that I rarely get a chance to use.

I'm planning on using the bleach for the toilets instead of Harpic, and the 409 could be given away.