Household products you recommend

Thanks for all these hints .I was in Waitrose yesterday and they had the whole Method range on offer. I remembered some of you lovely people had recommended it and so I bought some of the bathroom cleaner .I am delighted with it and the smell is lovely. The tiles in the shower now look better than they have done for ages. I am off to buy some of the other ones tomorrow. Thank you.

Another white vinegar fan here.

Periodically I put some in the washing machine drawer and run it on 90 deg to remove any build up of detergent, and to generally freshen the machine.

My mum used it to clean windows as I do, and it is brilliant at removing limescale from showerheads.

You beat me to it Missfl - white vinegar is brilliant, Here in FRance it is really cheap, so I take a 5 litre container to both daughters when we visit UK.

White vinegar and water, nothing cleans glass as well.
Really miss Orange Glo. Loved it on wood.

Another fan of method, I love the smell of the furniture polish, I’m also in agreement about household soda, brilliant at keeping sinks and basins running, and smelling fresh

We are on septic tank drainage, so bio harsh products are a no no. We like Method too, a little goes a long way, and our local healthfood store refills our Ecover bottles, saves the planet and my purse! Always use white vinegar and newspaper for glass (from that old series "How Dirty is your House?") and yes, baby oil is fab for stainless steel machines.I don't have much wooden furniture but love National Trust polish in a tin - nice smell, reminds me of my childhood when my friend and I wrapped our feet in clean dusters to polish Mum's floors!

Small-handled microfibre duster, recommended to me and it's transformed my dusting now. Sainsbury's or Wilko, also find online.

Like Bevin I’m a fan of white vinegar. I’ll try it with soda crystals down the toilet now.

I always have a bag of soda crystals in the cupboard, so useful, soaking greasy pots and pans, washing down gloss prior to decorating (pretty well dikuted, and add a splash of suitable detergent) pour some straight from the pack to freshen up your plugholes, good stuff and cheap!

BTW, didn't find Mrs Hinch's tip for denture tablets down the loo worked at all!

I've started using Aldi's shower spray on my SIL's recommendation and it's excellent. I did buy a rotary brush a few weeks ago to get rid of the limescale on one of the shower doors which worked a treat.

I used soda crystals and white vinegar down the sinks following the cleaning hacks by Mrs Hinch on YouTube which left them all lovely and clean. She also uses fabric conditioner diluted in a spray bottle to clean kitchen cabinet doors so I tried that - works well and smells lovely.

Grease

Vote for 'Elbow Greased' here; £1 a bottle, cleans everything

Use drop of olive oil on laminate worktops. Rub over, leave to 'dry' for half an hour or so then polish off with a soft clothe. You can safely put food on the worktop without fear contamination.

I use a refillable spray bottle for many jobs. I fill it with white vinegar, a few drops of Stardrops and lots of water. Sorry, I am not sure of the proportions, but at a guess, about one third white vinegar to two thirds water.

I'm with dragonfly on this one. I am always reading labels as I get headaches from breathing in droplets from cleaning sprays.
Diluted white vinegar in a spray bottle is great for Windows, mirrors etc.
Thanks for the lemon tip anja and I will refill my bleach bottle too.

Salt or Bicarb rubbed in takes the stains off cups , mine go in the dishwasher , before he got a dishwasher my son, lived next door , brought his cups and mugs in for me to run them through !

Steradent tablets to soak away tea stains in mugs and cups.

Another vote here for Method. Comes in recycled and recyclable plastic and is animal friendly.

Re bleach. I buy the baby sterilisation tablet (comes in foil) and drop one or two into an old spray bottle. Saves buying more plastic and overdoing the bleach.

A slice of lemon left overnight in the toilets seem to keep them nice and fresh. Can use slice left over from the G&T !

A`kin hair and body products, contain no nasties

bio D washing up liquid

Soda CRYSTAL...to clean greasy pans, it does tend to leave a white reissue but rising with water will sort it.

I have been reading the labels recently and I am horrified by what they contain. I only use eco brands now.

Using fabric softener on high shine items/tiles.

I'd be very happy to read recommendations for a wooden floor cleaner that doesn't need rinsing ...

Most of my household cleaning products I buy in the French supermarket chain LeClerc. I try where possible to buy only ecologically approved products and they have a far wider range of products and brands there than in the UK, where Ecover seems to hold a monopoly position and can charge as much as it likes.

In particular I am able to get a soap based washing machine liquid, which is the only brand my DDiL can use as she has an auto-immune disease that means detergent based ones cause her skin to itch and redden.