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Isn't it awesome?! I haven't been able to give up ALL my cleaners yet, but am doing it slowly. One thing I absolutely love is I got rid of all floor cleaners and only use a steam mop. I am AMAZED at how nicer/cleaner my floors look. It's unreal how using cleaners on your floor can really build up and actually make your floor dirtier over time.

Good for you.

Well there was one in particular Ryan and I researched that we REALLY wanted but you could only order it online so we didn't get it. I think it was a Haan. I can't remember now, lol. We ended up going with the Shark. It's not supposedly as great as the other we wanted, but I wanted to be able to return the item if I didn't like it and buying the Shark locally allowed that. The Shark does take a lot of arm strength, lol. Especially if you have a LOT of floor like I do. You also definitely have to sweep the floors and then I also take a vacuum over the floors before I even use the Shark because if you don't get up all the dog/cat hair, etc it will clump up some when using the Shark - hard to explain. I also learned not to let the water get low in the Shark, it works better when not. I find I get my floors better cleaned when I use a lot of steam, therefore you go through more distilled water using it. I've had my gallon of distilled water since January, though, and I mop almost every week. I also use one pad per room so I know I get the floors cleaned - both sides of the pad. After a couple of months of use my pads are starting to look a little ragged, but I haven't tried bleaching them yet, so I'm going to do that when I get a chance.

I don't know how to explain it, but my floors FEEL like they don't have a film on them anymore. There is something about cleaners that leave a film on the floors and IMO my floors have stayed cleaner longer now that that film is gone. It takes a month or so of using a steam mop to really see a difference in your floors as far as the look of no film on it. Ryan just doesn't see it, but he never goes barefoot in the house - I do, so I DEFINITELY notice a difference.

ETA: My floors also LOOK like they are cleaner.

And so far in the past two plus months I haven't bought any cleaners! Just one gallon of distilled water.

Before I used the Swiffer wetjet, which I thought did a terrible job, really. And I was going through cleaner and pads like you wouldn't believe as much as I have to mop.

So the Shark definitely does the trick for now. I may someday, maybe in a year get that other one I wanted.

I got some spray bottles, the first ones I got were not very good. I ended up getting the spray bottles from the gardening section of my supermarket.

Anyway, on one of those I put:

1/4th a cup of vinegar
Eucalyptus oil
About a tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide
Water

And now I put some of the castile soap.

I use that for cleaning the benches and table, etc. Things generally stay pretty clean but every few days after I do the dishes at night, I fill the sink with some boiling water. Then I put in about 1/4th a cup of washing soda, a tablespoon of borax,some eucalyptus oil and some vinegar. Then I put rubber gloves on and I wipe down the benches, stove, table, etc.

For the toilet, I use bi-carb and vinegar with some eucalyptus oil. And for the floors, just vinegar and hot water. But, I really want to try out a steam mop. Oh and for an air freshner, I put lavendar oil, water and a bit of vinegar in a spray bottle.

I still use store bought detergent but I bought the green one, and I add washing soda to it. So, I use less than what you're supposed to of the detergent because the washing soda boosts it. I have been really happy with it, it works better than the other detergent I used to use. But, I am looking at getting soap nuts. I also add pure eucalyptus oil to the wash, but for the cleaning I use water soluable. I absolutely love the smell of eucalyptus, lol.

About the floors, too. I noticed that when I stopped using my old floor cleaner and started using vinegar and hot water, the floors feel so much cleaner. It took a few times, but the waxy residue from the old cleaner is gone.

I really love the way the house smells, lol. I think it is because of my addiction to eucalyptus, but I notice how much I dislike the smell of other cleaners now. Some of them smell nice, but nowadays if I am at someone else's house and they've just cleaned the benches, it is really over powering.

They have it on vitacost.com too.