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Title: Clean House Clean Planet by Karen Logan ISBN: 0-671-53595-1 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (33 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Very useful, but redundant
Comment: While I recommend buying this book and trying out all the recipes, I don't recommend going wild all at once like I did.
The basic message of the book is this: Clean your windows and mirrors with plain club soda. Clean everything else with one or more of the following: baking soda, vinegar, Dr. Bronner's soap, or distilled water. The trick is to scent your baking soda or vinegar with a few drops of your favorite essential oil.
The cool thing about the book is that it gives detailed recipes for exactly what proportions of these main ingredients (plus a few others) work best to clean each different thing in your house, and it goes into some detail about what spray and squirt bottles work best, too. It's very practical and useful and I learned some new things from reading it (did you know that in the United States, you can't legally say that tea tree oil is a disinfectant?).
Unfortunately, she does repeat herself a lot, and she encourages you to buy more than you really need. WAY more. You won't save any money at all if you buy all the things she suggests you buy! I would say start out with one gallon of vinegar, one or two boxes of baking soda, one or two essential oils, some distilled water if you don't already have it, and maybe some Dr. Bronner's if you can afford it (you can use regular hand dishwashing liquid for most of these recipes). Spray bottles are nice, too, but I had a hard time finding the right size.
Back to the merits and un-merits of the book: The Table of Contents and the Index are well organized, but the book itself isn't quite so much. It would help so much if the topic headings on each page pointed to what was actually on that page instead of giving a general chapter name. If you're trying to look up a particular recipe, it can take a long time to find.
In conclusion, this is a good book that I definitely recommend buying. I love being able to clean nontoxically and this book is a huge help. I just wish I had bought a lot less stuff at the outset.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book
Comment: I own a Cleaning Company in Kansas called Babe on a Broom. I hired a new girl recently that told me about this book. I have read it from cover to cover. I have bought all the ingredients to make the products. We used some of them today while cleaning a house that is for sale in our neighborhood. All I can say is, this book is the best kept secret and should be on the best seller list. The products are fantastic. Most are made with ingredients that everyone has in their homes anyway. The local health food store had all that I did not have. I have been using commercial cleaning products that I buy wholesale by the case. They are good but the chemicals and the smells have some adverse effects on me and my staff. I am looking forward to their comments after they use my home made products. The scents that we used are so clean and refreshing. Thanks Karen for a wonderful book. I would very much like to talk to you in person. The number on the back cover of the book is no longer in service.
Rating: 1
Summary: Not-So-Clean Rip-Off
Comment: This book looks suspiciously like a rip-off of Annie Berthold-Bond's groundbreaking Clean and Green to me. Karen Logan appears to have been willing to capitalize on all of Berthold-Bond's hard work of research and formulating, even copying some of her stories (the borax in the toilet one, for instance). How clean is that? I guess you can't copyright recipes, or I suspect Ms. Logan would be in trouble with the authorities. I'd rather go with the original, not the copycat: Clean and Green has real heart along with the great information.
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Title: Better Basics for the Home : Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living by Annie Berthold-Bond ISBN: 0609803255 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Naturally Clean Home: 101 Safe and Easy Herbal Formulas for Non-Toxic Cleansers by Karyn Siegel-Maier ISBN: 158017194X Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Baking Soda: Over 500 Fabulous, Fun and Frugal Uses You'Ve Probably Never Thought of by Vicki Lansky, Martha Campbell ISBN: 0916773426 Publisher: Book Peddlers Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 Houseplants That Purify Your Home or Office by B. C. Wolverton ISBN: 0140262431 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Clean and Green: The Complete Guide to Non-Toxic and Environmentally Safe Housekeeping by Annie Berthold-Bond, Annie Berhold Bond ISBN: 1886101019 Publisher: Ceres Press Pub. Date: October, 1994 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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