Soft Scrub

I had all but given up trying to find an effective product to clean the bathtubs until I found this recipe. I used ever faithful 20 Mule Team Borax, Mrs. Meyer's dish soap with lavender scent and about 6 drops of Aura Cacia Sweet Orange Essential oil. This worked very well for the bathtubs, sinks, chrome fixtures, shower caddy and toilets. It's easy, cheap and quick to make up a batch and cost mere pennies. My lungs were grateful, too. These are also ingredients I always have on hand especially the borax because I use it to make homemade laundry detergent. THANK YOU for posting the recipe and I'll be sure to forward it to family members and friends.

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I used Dr Bronners Peppermint soap, and it did a terrific job on the hard water stains in my tub without having to resort to lung-roasting chemicals. Thanks very much for the recipe!

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This is wonderful, very easy and most importantly, it's GREEN! With Murphy's, which I used this time, no additional scent is needed. I think I'll try Dr. Bronner's liquid (unscented) next time and experiment with different oils. Thanks so much for this great recipe, Sully!

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My bathroom was screaming for this, so I made it. Made for Alphabet Soup Tag.

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Excellent recipe. It works great for one cleaning of kitchen, bathroom sink plus the shower. I put in orange oil and it smells great.

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Wow it worked great on the sinks and stuff....didn't think it was much of a stove top cleaner but maybe my stove top is dirty than most LOL...will definately keep using this stuff...I used Dr.Bonners peppermermint as another person did sine I had it on hand and love the smell.

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Forget 5 stars...this recipe has gone well beyond that!!! I will never buy commercial toilet bowl cleaners again, after using this!!! I tried them all and they just didn't work!!! So...out came the "heavy duty" rubber gloves, an Magic Eraser...a little elbow grease and this wiped out tough stubborn stains that was forever present. This is not just for bathrooms, but can be used elsewhere in the house! It is pretty bad when you can get excited about really clean toilets...but here I am!!! Thank you for making life just a little simpler!

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OMG Thank You!!! I had a spot of melted plastic wrap on my ceramic stovetop and this took it off...whoosh and it was gone! :) AND my cooktop hasn't looked this good since I bought it. Your Soft Scrub works 100% better than the store bought products. I'll be trying this on everything, but I was so excited about my cooktop I had to sit down and write a review immediately.

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wow it sure work effectively ... love it.... but dries out rather fast... i wish i could figure out on how to fix it so it would not dry out

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I made this for my BF to really get the grime off his hands when he has been working on his various "fix it up" jobs around the house. Really does get the grime off his hands without excess scrubbing or using some kind of solvent based cleaner. I like to add in orange EO as this really does help to dissolve grease... Thanks for sharing...

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Fantastic!!! I used Lemon scented liquid dish soap and it smelled good...I felt no need for essential oils! Thanks for making cleaning (everything!) easier!

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Wow. It really does work. My sink is shining, my stove top is shining, my pots and pans are shining. Thank you.

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Thanks Sully! This works great! I just moved into a home with a white Moenstone...(or something like that...I think it's a composite of some kind) and it marks up so easily from pans, and stains just as easily from tea and coffee...seems I've had to clean it about every day since I've been here...ugh. This worked really well on getting it sparkling clean. The silver marks from the pans took just a little elbow grease, but..that's ok, so would anything else and I love that it's non-abrasive. I was really puzzled at what to use and now I have the perfect thing! Works great in the bathrooms too. The other great thing about this cleanser is it doesn't stink to high heaven like those you buy so your hands won't smell like cleanser for the rest of the day :-) I didn't use the essential oil, but I may try that in the future. I think the Murphy's smells good...so the scent without the essential oil didn't bother me at all. Thanks again!

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Worked great. I used lemon essential oil and it smells wonderfully clean in my kitchen now. Even got the icky crud out from around the drain! Yeah! Thanks Sully!

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Wow! I just cleaned my whole kitchen and anything that can inspire me to do that is a winner! LOL! I used prepared as directed by the recipe, using a liquid soap for hands. It did great! For future preparations of this mix, I will try Dawn or Murphy's Oil soap and also plan on trying some essential oils! Great stuff and now I have borax on hand to use in many different ways, as Sully pointed out to me! Read the box! DH was even impressed as he "watched" me clean! LOL! I don't plan on buying any more Soft Scrub type products, will just make my own! Easy and cheap!

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This stuff is fantastic. I'm actually looking for things to clean now. So much cheaper and so much better than stour bought

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This stuff is great!!! NO GRIT!!! NO GRIT!!! LOVE that!!! I used dawn dishwashing detergent for the grease cutting properties. I love murphys oil soap as I use that to dust my good wood but it smells awful!! I have even tried adding essentila oils and it still comes thru. THIS stuff is beyond fabulous!!! I used lavendar/tea tree oil with a smidgen of rose and this is the best!!!! Thanks so so much for posting!!!

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OH MY GOODNESS!! This stuff is SO INCREDIBLE! I just kept cleaning and cleaning. I didn't have any Murphy's, so I just used Ivory, and then a few drops of some orange hope fragrance oil, and this is truly the best smelling, best cleaning, best everything I've tried! I simply LOVE it!! I used it on the tub, it's shining now! I used it on my entire kitchen and bathroom, and it's just amazing! I REALLY love the smell due to my orange oil. Thanks so much, this is truly the best!!

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Thanks for a fantastic (and cheap) cleaner! It melts away tree sap and wax (really!), and I like the gentle scent of Murphy's Oil Soap. It's also excellent for instantly removing difficult odors (like canned tuna, onion, and moldy sponge) from hands. And it does a good job of removing soap scum from the tub. The mixture may dry out over time; just add a bit of water and it's good as new!

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