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[–] 3 points 8 hours ago*

I avoid all that stuff.

• 1 cup distilled white vinegar (5% acidity)

• 1 cup water

• 1 teaspoon liquid dish soap

• 1 standard spray bottle

Works really well to remove soap residue. dries clean on surfaces. Simple and safe.

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  • [–] 5 points 15 hours ago (1 child)

    Oh wow I just tried out Zep floor cleaner about a month ago and like it a lot as well. My only complaint would be it says lemon scent, and while cleaning its got some scent, but once it dries its basically scentless. Im guessing lots of people love that, for me I really enjoy the fake smell of "clean".

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  • [–] 1 point 12 hours ago

    ZEP is good stuff.

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  • [–] 1 point 13 hours ago (1 child)

    How the scent?

    In use blue Dawn for most purposes, personally.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    I'm a big fan of the Zep Citrus Degreaser. I buy it 5 gal at a time for an industrial degreaser at work and pinch a little off to take home. Works awesome, appliance/countertop safe, and goes a long ways around the house.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Look, theft is not cool. With that said, it sounds like you're running an after-hours quality control service for your job's products. At least that's how I'd spin it :)

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  • [–] 11 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    Big sucker for a simple diluted castile soap for most cleaning, but love to see what others are up to!

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  • [–] 1 point 10 hours ago (3 children)

    I love Bronner soap after finding out that it didn't make my skin itchy while using the bar soap as a shower item. Then I started using the liquid form for all the soap dispensers in the house. It's really that good (to me)!

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  • [–] 2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

    As someone with dry skin, Bronner's (and castile-based soaps generally) are too good at their job. They leave my skin devoid of oil, and therefore dry and cracking. They are, however, great for cleaning just about everything else.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 hours ago* (1 child)

    I understand what you mean! I think that is the reason I like it so much. I don't like my hands feeling greasy/oily/whatever residue is left over from other "normal" soap brands and/or lotion, and this gets rid of that feeling no matter if I just ate the greasiest burger or just got done putting lotion on.

    I've never really had that problem of "leaving fingerprints" on any of my devices, and I feel like it also alleviates that tearing down of materials thanks to the oil on our skin. So for me, it is a win-win.

    If it is okay to ask, what do you use for your case in this instance? :-]

    EDIT: I do have dry hands, but I think that is more so due to me washing my hands religiously because of not liking my hands feeling any way other than clean. :-P

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I'm a big fan of Simple Green. How does this compare?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    Tell me about it; buddy. I've been looking for a new general purpose cleaner to put in a foaming spray bottle I got. Does it degrease shit too? Is it food safe?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Those foaming spray bottles are tricky. I've found adding a bit of alcohol to the mix makes more soaps compatible.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Yeah? I haven't actually gotten the chutzpah to use it yet, I just kept seeing videos of people using them to clean bathrooms and it looked so much easier.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    It's not duper heavy duty keep a separate degreaser around for tasks like cleaning the range top. We clean the kitchen counters every night so it's good having a medium strength, from-concentrate product.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I've always assumed it was essentially simple green. Have you compared them?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    That just has the look of an effective surface cleaner about it. I use the Public Goods surface cleaner because the concentrate requires less to ship and is easier to store, but it just doesn't have the weight of authority you want from a good cleaner.

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