Choosing Safe Cleaners for Kids and Pets

Nothing shows dust like a little sunshine, and as spring emerges we’ve got fantastic tips on how you can shop for and select safe and green cleaning products from our founder and resident green cleaning expert John Latta.

This spring, remember these 4 tips when you are out shopping for green cleaning products:

Look at the ingredients! Choose products that fully disclose their product ingredients.

1. Think Chem 101. Unless you have a degree in chemistry it is difficult to discern safe and green chemicals from the ones that are toxic and/or harmful. Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis and Potassium Cocoate sound pretty scary until you find out they are the names for Almond Oil and Coconut Oil! Avoid ingredients like Sodium Hypochlorite (corrosive to skin and found in some spot removers), Formaldehyde (toxic to ingest and found in some air fresheners) and Petroleum Distillates (flammable and found in some furniture polishes).
2. Read the warning label. Read the cautions and warnings on the label. What will happen if the cleaner comes in contact with your skin or your eyes? What happens if you swallow any of it? 
3. Can you safely breathe it? Avoid aerosols with aerosol propellants which are typically flammable and not safe to inhale. There are many effective cleaning products available that are safer than ever to use. Look for products that are non-toxic and that are safe to breathe and/or get on your skin.
4. Choose bio-degradable. Biodegradable ingredients are capable of being broken down by Mother Nature and dissolving into the earth. There are so many effective biodegradable cleaners today that it makes no sense any longer to use products with ingredients that don’t biodegrade.

With households full of kids and pets, toxins in cleaning products can be life threatening. Choosing green cleaning products is simple, safe and so important. Look, think, read, choose!

Have more questions? Contact KIDS ‘N’ PETS or reach out to us on Facebook and share your spring cleaning tips!

Safely and Effectively Cleaning Cloth Diapers

You know KIDS ‘N’ PETS is safe to use on carpet, clothes and any other water-safe surface.  Did you also know that it’s safe AND a great solution to cleaning cloth diapers?

KIDS ‘N’ PETS will help take out the odor and the stain.  Just pre-treat the diaper with KIDS ‘N’ PETS All-Purpose Stain & Odor Remover and then throw it into the wash when you are ready.

To show the effectiveness of KIDS ‘N’ PETS, we actually stained a diaper with some strained carrot baby food.

Clean cloth diaper to start

Here is the diaper with carrot flavored baby food stain  

Using KIDS ‘N’ PETS All-Purpose Stain & Odor Remover

After letting it sit for 5 mins we wiped up the mess

Once it went through the wash, the mess is gone!

KIDS ‘N’ PETS safely removed the stain and the odor.  The non-toxic, biodegradable product makes it a great choice when removing the unwanted stains and odors from cloth diapers.