you can make your own glass cleaner refill for $0.04 store…
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you can make your own glass cleaner refill for $0.04
store bought glass cleaner is made up of mostly water, then some alcohol, ammonia, and a small amount of detergent. I don't personally find the alcohol necessary for a streak free finish on glass, so I just make mine with 1/4 teaspoon dish detergent, 2 tablespoons of ammonia, fill up the rest of the 32 ounce spray bottle with water. with 1/4 cup of isopropyl alcohol, the cost would increase to $0.29 per refill.
ammonia is an excellent degreaser. it's purpose in glass cleaner is to cut through the grease in fingerprint smudges, but this same property makes it work well for things like grease splatters on the stovetop from cooking. big caveat here that ammonia can be harmful over time to some surfaces such as natural stone and ceramic, so make sure anything you use it on won't be damaged.
I know nobody is going to get rich saving $2.40 on bottles of glass cleaner, but most of us already have dish detergent and ammonia in the house, and it's less annoying to make up a bottle real quick than have to wait for a grocery run to get more anyway, IMO. bonus points if you're environmentally minded and want to reduce your single use plastics consumption (since you can make 64 batches out of the two plastic bottles of cleaning products.)
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store bought glass cleaner is made up of mostly water, then some alcohol, ammonia, and a small amount of detergent. I don't personally find the alcohol necessary for a streak free finish on glass, so I just make mine with 1/4 teaspoon dish detergent, 2 tablespoons of ammonia, fill up the rest of the 32 ounce spray bottle with water. with 1/4 cup of isopropyl alcohol, the cost would increase to $0.29 per refill.
ammonia is an excellent degreaser. it's purpose in glass cleaner is to cut through the grease in fingerprint smudges, but this same property makes it work well for things like grease splatters on the stovetop from cooking. big caveat here that ammonia can be harmful over time to some surfaces such as natural stone and ceramic, so make sure anything you use it on won't be damaged.
I know nobody is going to get rich saving $2.40 on bottles of glass cleaner, but most of us already have dish detergent and ammonia in the house, and it's less annoying to make up a bottle real quick than have to wait for a grocery run to get more anyway, IMO. bonus points if you're environmentally minded and want to reduce your single use plastics consumption (since you can make 64 batches out of the two plastic bottles of cleaning products.)
#finance
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