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Warning: Never mix these common household cleaners

Making your own cleaning supplies can include natural ingredients like lemon, lavender and tea tree oil. (Handout/TNS)
Making your own cleaning supplies can include natural ingredients like lemon, lavender and tea tree oil. (Handout/TNS)
By Mike Timmermann
March 23, 2017

If you’re trying to save money, brand name household cleaners are one expense that you can easily cut from your budget -- by using bleach, vinegar and baking soda instead.

But there's a very important warning from Good Housekeeping that we can't stress enough: Do not mix bleach with anything but plain water.

Read how not to inadvertently create a poisonous gas used in World War I in the full article at Clark.com.

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