Norwex vs. Everything Under my Kitchen Sink

Anyone knows that applying the principles of Reduce ~ Reuse ~ Recycle yields financial savings.

So clearly the $48.99 spent on the Household Package (above ) would be a huge savings over the multiple chemical cleaners one has in their home.

BONUS POINTS:

• Norwex cloths are warrantied for 2 years
• More space in your cabinets
• More time since you will clean less. Did you know all cleansers leave a film behind that actually ATTRACTS more dirt?

Negative Nellie:  "But you have to wash the cloths, that uses electricity, water and detergent."

Me:  (thinking "Really, Nellie! You want to go there!). Suppose you use Norwex UPP which breaks down to about $0.07/load and you wash your cloths every 2 weeks.  52 washes * 7 cents = $3.64. Water and electricity will vary from home to home but living in my relatively expensive state of Connecticut I'd be using about $15 of water and electricity over the 2 years. So adding that up we get $18.64 for TWO YEARS of household cleaning.

(transparency revelation:  that's not really the stuff under my kitchen sink although I have just as much in my house; I've been boxing it up lately since I've discovered Norwex....this picture is from another Norwex Sales Consultant who is generous and lets us put our names on her photo work; everyone is just so nice at Norwex!)

Andy Will it Work Norwex

Best INDEPENDENT news clip about Norwex that I have seen.

I really feel like I've been brainwashed by marketers of disposable products: everything from paper towels to diapers (that topic is for another post).  When I was young in the early 70s we used cloth rags, my mother would buy a SINGLE roll of paper towels occasionally....ok, I'll refrain from a rant as I just wanted to get this video posted. (and I have no intention of EVER saying anything disparaging about toilet paper, I will keep buying it in large quantities).

The Problem with Norwex

As I’m transitioning to a fully “Norwexed” home, I’ve found extra time on my hands. Using my Enviro Cloth, Window Cloth, and Dusting Mitt the house gets cleaned efficiently and STAYS clean longer since there is no chemical residue left on my woodwork/windows/furniture/counters to attract more dirt.  With this extra time, I have branched out to try and clean a few things that I was hoping to replace. 

First I have a red porcelain coated cast iron kitchen sink with 2 dividers, thus 3 sinks! It is one of the few items I wanted to keep when our kitchen renovation was done 14 years ago.  With the red sink, we chose a white faucet, 2 white drain baskets for the side sinks and a white coated “In-sink-erator” garbage disposal drain.  Over time the In-sink-erator white coating was washed off and/or flaked off so it is now black.  The white drain baskets would get so dirty I used to soak them in baking soda paste and then scrub them with a toothbrush.  They never returned to white. They were dingy light brown and there was always a tiny bit of black mold I couldn’t quite remove from the bottom. Even though I knew they had been cleaned well, I still didn’t like putting fruit or veggies in the sink to clean. I once purchased new drain baskets at the grocery store only to find they didn’t seal the drains tightly and I had to return them.  

(Not the best pic - the water remaining looks blotchy)

So with a few extra minutes available I gathered up my cleaning paste and spirisponge and gave the baskets a soak in the cleaning paste.  Then I started running some water and began to scrub.  With very little scrubbing they became absolutely white again.  No need to buy new ones now!

Next I tackled my coffee pot.  Although it was rinsed daily and washed with dish detergent and a sponge at least every other day, there was still a buildup in the pot.  In the back of my head, I added it to the list of something to look to replace. I again used some cleaning paste and the spirisponge to quickly wash the pot and find amazing results!

Also did the drain under my fridge water/ice dispenser, not yet perfect but MUCH improved:

So….the problem is I can’t buy new things because the old things clean up so well? Hmmm….I’m really starting to like this Norwex stuff A LOT. I feel like it is nipping my consumerism and allowing me to live a more true, simple life.