TRICKY CLEANING CHALLENGE
To Clorox or Not?
There are occasions when dog pee/poop hits your floors, raw meat juice oozes onto your kitchen counter, dirty diapers stink up the pail, and of course other body fluids, hair, toenails and who knows what contaminates your bathroom? When yucky things happen or E. coli, salmonella, or sickly viruses, for example, come into your home,you want to safely disinfect, right?
What do you use for this kind of job? We have been bombarded by lots of advertising messages telling that using a certain cleaning products will keep us safe. There are some surprises showing up in the health status of Americans that may be related to our exposures to cleaning chemicals. I just looked up the top selling household cleaners – Pine Sol, Clorox and Lysol are at the top of the list. Ever thought about what using them might do to you or your family, including your pets??
Watch this short video about chemical exposures and the effects on humans.
No one is suggesting that we let disease causing organisms flourish in our homes. Yes, we do need to KILL those critters and disinfect those surfaces where harmful disease causing microbes lurk. How can we get that most bang for our buck…when killing pathogens is the goal? . Thinking practically and knowing that we want to minimize DISEASES in our homes….Maybe we need to use the right product for the job, and minimize our exposures, strike a balance so to speak.
How do you make a decision when selecting your disinfecting products?
Are these what you think about when selecting a disinfectant?
- Effective disinfection
- No sticky residue
- No odors or respiratory irritants
- Economical – Cost of product shouldn’t break my budget (these are not really sexy product purchases, so if you could save on these products, there is money left for something else or your saving account)
Have you ever heard of Shaklee? They offer an alternative. Let’s look at their product called Basic G (that stands for Germicide). It is a non-chlorine bleach based disinfectant and it delivers a very effective outcome.
PRODUCT COMPARISON based on effectiveness:
| Criteria | Lysol Disinfecting Spray | Shaklee Basic G Concentrate Germicide (Diluted to a spray) |
| Disinfection | Kills 99.9% of fungi, viruses, and bacteria | Kills 99.9% of E. coli and Salmonella bacteria and a whole bunch more bad critters including Adenovirus Type 7 and MERSA for starters |
| Fragrances/Odors | Assorted fragrances like Citrus Meadows™ & Vanilla & Blossoms™ | Eradicates harmful odor causing bacteria, viruses and fungi from surfaces Fragrance free |
| Cost per gallon disinfectant spray* | $52.50* | $0.27* |
*Cost Comparisons (Lowes Foods to go website)
PRODUCT COMPARISON based on cost:
| Spray Disinfectant | size | Cost | How do you use this product? | Gallon of Solution | Cost per gallon | |
| Lysol Disinfecting Spray | 19 oz | $7.35 | Straight out of bottle | .14 | $52.50 | |
| Clorox Bathroom Cleaner | 30 oz | $4.19 | Straight out of bottle | .23 | $18.22 | |
| Seventh Generation Bathroom Cleaner |
26 oz | $4.69 | Straight out of the bottle | .20 | $23.45 | |
| Shaklee Basic G (Concentrate*) | 32 oz | $17.30 | you dilute this product it is concentrated and you add your own water* | makes 64 gallons | $0.27 | WOW
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* Basic G is a CONCENTRATE and needs to be diluted to 3/8 tsp in 16 0z water for application.
Use Shaklee Basic G and make your own dilution in a reusable spray bottle.
Financial Bottom Line:
Pennies per use.
One bottle of Shaklee Basic G costs $17.30.
To get the same amount of disinfecting power, you need:
320 Bottles of Seventh Generation Bathroom Cleaner @$4.69/ bottle and they would cost you $1500
or
457 Bottles of Lysol Disinfecting Spray@$7.35/bottle and would cost you $3360. Um……let’s see, $17 vs $3300? Not a hard decision, right?
Environmental Bottom Line:
SAVINGS:
Reducing solid waste: 320-457 plastic bottles that won’t be going to the landfill from your house!!!
Natural resource costs attached to this as well. The gas consumed in all the trips for supplies, distribution costs for shipping water. (Example: One 32 oz bottle vs. 457 19 oz bottles)
Time cost — so much easier to have the cleaning power on hand than have to keep making those trips to the store to get your cleaners.
The Conclusion:
Get a bottle of Shaklee Basic G and a reusable Shaklee Basic G 16 oz clearly labelled Spray Bottle that only costs $2.70 and you are good to go for a LONG time.
For convenience/ also available as – 
Shaklee Germ Off Disinfecting Wipes. Love, love, love the ease of use!
Fragrance-free, cloths do not contain any bleach or alcohol.
34% better than Seventh Generation™ Disinfecting Wipes.
17% better than Lysol® Disinfecting Wipes at soil removal and comparable filming/streaking.
FOR OTHER CLEANING NEEDS TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT SHAKLEE GET CLEAN
The Organic Super Cleaning Concentrate Basic H2 can Save You up to $12,000
The one and only Basic H2® is a versatile, super concentrated cleaner with a thousand uses. Ninety-nine percent natural and 100% powerful, Basic H2 replaces all the cleaners you’re probably buying now—window cleaners, all-purpose cleaners, degreasers, floor cleaners, tub and tile cleaners, and more—saving you money and space. Get Clean Basic H2 is the ultimate super concentrated cleaner! Look how much you would have to spend to get the equivalent cleaning uses! To get the same amount of clean as one 16-ounce bottle of Organic Super Cleaning Concentrate – Get Clean Basic H2, you would have to spend nearly $482 for the equivalent amount of all-purpose cleaner. $12,250 for the equivalent amount of window cleaner. $14 for the equivalent amount of degreaser. More on this in another article.
