Filed under: Cleaning | Tags: ammonia, Cleaning, cleaning solutions, gardening, slightly more mild obsessions
Yeah, so I felt bad not posting anything about ammonia whilst having all that stuff about vinegar. I’m doing my part to make ammonia feel better, so shush.
Aside from washing the floors and WINDOWS (8 parts hot water 1 part ammonia, Windex wishes it was this good) the place I use ammonia the most is, surprisingly, the kitchen sink.
It cuts grease, no, REALLY. You know how you leave some yummy baked mac and cheese in your spiffy Gladware, and then soak it in your nasty baking pan with soap…and then it all gets grimy? Yeah, I know, it sucks. Half a cap of ammonia, no more ick!
It rocks in the bathroom (kills soap scum, woot!)
It gets all the junk off of your oven (Leave a bowl/pan of HOT, maybe even boiling water and ammonia in your oven overnight, with the gas and pilot light off, then scrub the sides.)
And, it cleans up tarnished silver (not that I have any).
Oh, and for the gardeners, there’s a few alkaline loving plant food recipes that have ammonia.
Last, but not least, put it on mosquito bites. It burns, but the bite won’t itch anymore.
One more thing: Don’t EVER, EVER mix it with bleach. I know you already knew this, but I had to say it. Kay?
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I keep an ammonia-bleach compound in a bottle under my pillow. In case the boogeyman comes.
Comment by Steve February 29, 2008 @ 2:15 amI want people to mix it with bleach, I think it would be amazing
I <3 the silly DF’s that don’t know these things.
Comment by Jeff February 29, 2008 @ 5:45 pm