Our Products

As an eco-friendly cleaning business we are constantly researching the market of homemade natural cleaning products that give the results our customers demand, whilst also being kind to the environment. 

Our cleaner’s use five key ingredients and various techniques to ensure your home or work environment is left spick, span and sparkling.  They are:

White distilled vinegar
Acidic vinegar disinfects, deodorises and dissolves hard water scale, gummy substances and it also pulls dirt from wood.  As a fabric rinse 1/4 cup of vinegar is added to the washing machine to remove detergent completely from clothes, thus eliminating that scratchy feeling.  As a natural window cleaner and natural mirror cleaner the spray bottles that our cleaners use contain water mixed with 1/4 cup of vinegar.  This solution is sprayed onto the surface and rubbed off using sheets of newspaper or a lint-free rag to create a sparkling finish.  For outdoor windows we use a sponge with a few drops of liquid soap added to warm water. Recent research also show that vinegar is an effective weed killer!

Lemon juice
Lemon juice can help to lighten stains and easily cuts through grease due to its acidity.  As a laundry brightener 1/2 cup of lemon juice is added to the rinse cycle.  To clean copper we sprinkle salt on the cut side of half a lemon and rub it on to tarnished copper. After this process the copper is rinsed thoroughly with water to avoid corrosion and for a shiny appearance a little vegetable oil is rubbed on with a cloth.  We do not however use this cleaner on lacquered finishes.

Baking soda
Slightly abrasive and alkaline, this soda ash (a mineral) by-product neutralises odours and makes a good sink, tub, oven and countertop scourer.  To deodorise, an open box of baking soda is placed in the fridge and on carpets before vacuuming.  It can also be used to line kitty's litter box before adding litter.  To de-grease and sweeten sink and tub drains 1/2 cup of baking soda is poured down drains followed by 1 cup of vinegar.  This is left for 15 minutes then rinsed with hot water.  For a ‘soft scrub’, baking soda and liquid soap is mixed together but this is only made as needed due to the fact that it dries up quickly.

As a natural oven cleaner one cup of baking soda is combined with enough water to make a paste.  This paste is then applied to oven surfaces, left to stand for a short while and then scrubbed using a scouring pad.  A spatula or bread knife proves helpful for getting under large food deposits.  Although this recipe will require some elbow grease, it is non-toxic to you or the people around you. This cleaner is not used on self-cleaning ovens.

Washing soda as a stronger alternative to baking soda.
Found in the supermarket laundry aisle, washing soda is baking soda's more caustic cousin.  It's stronger and also requires the use of gloves and more rinsing, so this is saved for extra-stubborn stains.  To clean extremely greasy ovens a paste of 1 cup baking soda, 1/4 cup of washing soda with water is applied and left to soak overnight. Next morning the soda mixture and grime is easily lifted from the surface.  As a detergent booster, 1/2 cup washing soda is added to laundry.

Liquid soap
As a natural sink and bathtub cleaner, baking soda is used in place of scouring powder.  It is sprinkled on to porcelain fixtures and rubbed with a wet rag.  For more cleaning power a little soap is put on the cleaning rag.  Surfaces are rinsed well to avoid leaving a hazy film.  As a toilet bowl cleaner, baking soda is sprinkled inside the toilet bowl as a scouring powder then a couple of drops of Murphy's Oil soap is added.  The toilet bowl is scrubbed and the outside surfaces finished off using a rag sprinkled with baking soda.

Continuing our environmentally friendly policy, we encourage all our cleaners to use bicycle or foot where possible and we run our cars on LPG (liquid propane gas), which is an environmentally friendly alternative.

 

DS Cleaning provide environmentally friendly domestic and commercial cleaning services across West and South West London:

Richmond – Barnes - Castelnau - East Sheen - Mortlake - Putney - Wandsworth - Chiswick - Kingston - Kew - Hammersmith & Fulham – Wimbledon - Please contact us to find out if we are operating in your area.

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