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I’m all about trying new household products.
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A natural grapefruit scented cleaner? With a pamplemousse translation?
Bring it!
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Okay, no unicorns is a tad disappointing… but it smelled great and worked quite well.
Until the day I used it to wipe down our smooth surface stovetop and then turned on a burner.
Holy craparoni! The lovely fruity smell went from delightful wafts of citrus to noxious room clearing fumes in no time flat.
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And upon further examination the oh so natural ingredients were anything but.
I read sodium gluconate is derived from plants, but it doesn’t sound like I’m going to be picking it off a tree in a pesticide free orchard anytime soon. Turns out it’s the sodium salt of gluconic acid.
Blech!
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River's world..... 
OK … so ammonia doesn’t smell all that good at first, but you can use it safely in microwaves and stove tops in weak solutions. Great for burned on stuff.
Grapefruit? Who comes up with these ideas? Great fruit. Eat it all the time. Never occurred to me to use it to clean stuff …
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But it smells so good.
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It’s so expensive and NOT what it says so I’ve stayed away from it.
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But it smells so good.
☹️
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uh huh….until………………? it didn’t.
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That’s pretty much it, yes.
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I just LOVE the sodium salt of gluconic acid.
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Then this product is certainly for you!
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Everybody lies. Some people just package it up prettier than others…
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With citrus. Yes….
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I use baby wipes to clean the stovetop after each use. No chemical sprays needed.
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Wow. Never thought of that…
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I don’t know anyone who actually does this. Probably because it’s crazy.
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I read somewhere that the smell of citrus activates your brain. Well, this stuff certainly got you thinking so at least that much is true.
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Glad to know it’s good for something.
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I love the smell of Method products and the pretty colours of their products. But when I had my housekeeper training, the only products they let us use were white vinegar and bicarb. Everything else was just with slightly dampened microfibre.
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I think this is the first Method I’ve tried. As long as I don’t turn in the stove I guess I’m okay.
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I like their wooden floor cleaner – it is almond scented. I have a lot of wooden flooring in my apartment, and the scent is delicious after I have used it.
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That does sound nice..
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Put some in your bath water, and you should come out smelling like a rose and looking like a grapefruit — or is it the other way around? In any case, think how good you’ll smell (just remember not to sit on a hot stove).
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You might be on to something there.
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It is “derived” from natural products. So Is thermonuclear weaponry. One may clean, but I can guarantee the other will wipe those stains right off whatever you throw at it.
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Derived. Which means they probably passed a leaf over the bottle at some point…..
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That would also make it organic.
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And more expensive….
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Grapefruit IS a delicious fragrance, but I’d recommend you get a bottle of grapefruit essential oil instead if that’s what’s lured you in. ‘Greenwashing’ is all over the place because they know people want to do the right thing. Sometimes the more appealing the packaging is, the more wary we should be. Good on you for trying, though!
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It’s annoyingly how many many natural products are anything but.
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