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Fill a spray bottle with half water and half distilled white vinegar and add a spoonful of biodegradable soap. When ready to use, combing baking soda and distilled white vinegar.  Mixing creates a science-project like foam. I love this mix and keep finding new things to clean with these two miracle ingredients. I never measure.  Use this mixture a few times and you will figure out how much to use for what project. Buy distilled white vinegar by the gallon and pour some into an easy-to-handle bottle, and keep a large box of baking soda on hand.

This mix cleans all kinds of things, including:
    a. Stubborn stains (let sit, then rinse)
    b. Stainless steel
    c. Water fountains
    d. Silver
    e. Brass
    f. Stained glass
    g. Windows and mirror

This recipe (and a whole lot more) can be found in the book, Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify & Energize Your Life, Your Home & Your Planet, available in September 2006 at bookstores or from Lingham Press: http://www.LinghamPress.com

               Ingredients

             Aloe Vera Gel                       15ml
             Witch Hazel                          50ml
             Patchouli floral water             30ml
              Rose Water floral water       15ml
             Glycerin (vegetable)              10ml
             Benzoin Tincture                     2ml
 

 Essential Oils

 Tea Tree                                      5 drops
 Rosemary                                    2 drops
Chamomile Roman                        6 drops
 Frankinsence                                6 drops
 Sandalwood                                 1 drop
 Cassia                                          1 drop

                             Mix all ingredients together in a dark glass bottle
                                   and store in a cool dark location.
                                     This toner has a shelf life of
                                      approximately 6 months.
                                   This formula makes 125 ml

COKE

•  In many states (in the USA), the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
• You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in two days.
• To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke  removes stains from vitreous china.
• To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
• To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
• To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the  rusted bolt for several minutes.
• To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the  ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished,  remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous  brown gravy.  I wouldn't do this, though, if it breaks down metals,  what's it adding to the gravy from the aluminum foil?
• To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will  help loosen grease stains.
• It will also clean road haze from your windshield.
• Farmers in India have discovered that common colas, like Coke and Pepsi, can be sprayed on crops and function as an effective and affordable pesticide. Although the Coca-Cola corporation says this is impossible, literally hundreds of farmers now claim the soft drinks kill the bugs on their cotton plants as well as any other pesticide. http://www.organicconsumers.org/toxic/pop.cfm

 FYI:
 1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will  dissolve a nail in about 4 days.
 2. The commercial trucks carrying Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) must  use  the "Hazardous Material" place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
 3. The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their  trucks for about 20 years!
 QUESTION: Are you maybe drinking too much soda?

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