Baking soda, is probably one of the easiest household cleaners to use. Baking soda can also act as an abrasive cleaner perfect for removing stains from sinks, counter tops and even fine china. Baking soda is actually sodium bicarbonate, which is a natural substance that neutralizes both acids and bases, so it eliminates odors rather than just covering them up. That's the reason that keeping an open box of fresh baking soda in your fridge keeps the fridge smelling nice and clean! Baking soda can be used to scrub your sink, toilet, frying pans or pots, etc.

Vinegar is a great and  inexpensive cleaner. Most wood floor manufacturers reccomend that when you clean a wood floor you use warm water in a bucket with a 1/4 cup of vinegar. The vinegar is slightly acidic and gives the water the cutting power needed to get your floor looking great! (Remember, never soak a wood floor .. you will cause it to warp! Use only a slightly damp mop and be sure to dry the floors after you have cleaned them). Vinegar is also good for removing hard water deposits, shining glass, windows and most metal surfaces. It can also remove stains and mildew. You and also run two cups of vinegar through your coffeemaker once a month to clean the cofeemaker out. Be sure to run water through the coffeemaker a few times after you are done to clean out all the vinegar. You can also use vinegar to help your pet keep fleas and ticks away from them, just put a teaspoon of white distlled vinegar for each quart bowl of drinking water and this will keep your pet free of fleas and ticks. 

Bleach is a great cleaning product, but you need to be very careful not to get it on surfaces that it can damage. Bleach will damage carpeting for example. Bleach however is great for disinfecting bathrooms and kitchens. Bleach also kills mildew and mold and is great for cleaning the grout in your bathroom shower!

Borax is also known as a laundry booster; add a handful to your washer to help your detergent work better. Also deodorizes garbage pails and disposers, cleans and whitens walls and floors, and cleans cookware.

WD-40, a petroleum-based lubricant and cleaner, has many household uses beyond the garage. Among the many household uses for WD-40 are crayon and adhesive removal, grease and grime cleaning and lubricating metal parts throughout your house. Here are my favorite household uses for WD-40.