Do Homemade and Commercial Cleaning Products Work Equally?
BY RACHEL PAXTON The results are in! Homemade cleaners equal and even out perform commercial household cleaning products! My daughter Amanda and I spent the good part of 2 weeks, including her Christmas vacation, working on a science project for school to find out which household cleaners work best. We did three tests: one with window cleaners, one with carpet cleaners, and one with laundry stain removers. Each test was performed six times with my husband and I each judging the results without knowing which product cleaned what. The results were very interesting. We decided to try cleaning a mirror coated with a mixture of toothpaste and water with 409, Windex, and a mixture of ammonia and vinegar. The ammonia and vinegar solution far outperformed the other two with 409 second and Windex last. Next we tested three carpet cleaners (Woolite, shaving cream, and Resolve) by staining some carpet samples with cola. Overall, the cleaners all did a pretty good job of getting out the stain (it
