Biokleen Review: Soy Lube SL-100

A product like this may seem like "eh, no big deal". But actually, it is. Nearly every home in America has this same type of product for fixing squeaky doors and stuck hinges, and whatever else we use that nasty blue can stuff for. You know the stuff I'm talking about, I won't name names. That stuff is highly toxic, and "harmful or fatal if swallowed". But yet most of us have it in out homes! And sometimes, not particularly hidden from our kids (we just can't think of everything). It's also highly flammable and just generally bad for the environment.

Well, get rid of that garbage and switch to the good stuff! And why not? Biokleen's Soy Lube does all the same things that other stuff does, without being so dang harmful! Here's some info from their site:

"Biokleen Soy Lube SL-100’s bio based formula is made entirely from renewable resources for an effective lubricant that lasts longer and is less hazardous than mainstream alternatives."

I have a really REALLY loud door at home, and of course it's the one for my baby's room. I sprayed some of this stuff where it sticks, and that was it! No more ear piercing squeal. And I haven't had to reapply yet, and it's been about two months since I used it. I was so happy, I ran outside and sprayed the car doors too. And the sliding glass door....and the storage room door....and everything else that was stuck, hard to move, or loud! You really should switch to this stuff as soon as you can. It's just as effective as the other stuff.....but so much better for you, your house, and the earth.

Biokleen Review: Soy Blends Cleaners

Two more products that I love to clean with. Have I mentioned how great these cleaners smell? I actually don't mind cleaning because they aren't bothersome, or over powering bleach type smells that burn your nose and make your eyes water. Just simple clean and fresh smelling citrus. The Toilet cleaner has really grainy bits of volcanic perlite (basically ground up dried lava) in it. This helps with the scrubbing power. Minimal elbow grease needed! Lets face it, toilets get funky and no one likes to clean them. But this stuff makes the job much more bearable, and as easy as it can possibly be. With no harsh bleach smell either.

From their site:
• Free of Acids and Caustics
• No harsh fumes – gentle to skin
• 99% VOC Free
• Effectively cleans and deodorizes

The Kitchen and Bath Soy Cream Cleaner is also a scrubbing action type of cream with volcanic perlite. But the perlite in this cleaner is much more finely ground. The texture is very similar to other bleach cream cleaners. This stuff cleans and shines without scratching surfaces. I use it at least twice a week on my kitchen sink. I have one of those stainless steel sinks that always has ugly water spots left behind. This is the perfect cleaner for my sink. It makes it so nice and shiny after a good scrub down! One of my favorite kitchen cleaners for sure. I use it on bathroom fixtures some times too, when they look like they need a polish.

Here's info from their website about it:
• Natural Volcanic Perlite and Lime Peel Extracts
• 99% VOC Free & Ozone Safe
• Cleans, shines and protects without scratching
• Gentle to skin

Biokleen Review: Bac-Out Drain Care

This is an awesome cleaner for all the drains in your house. Every now and then, especially in the kitchen where the garbage disposal is, drains get stinky. This is the perfect solution. It's a thick liquid that you swirl down the drain. It has live enzymes that eat away at food and other organic junk in the drain.

Details from their site:

• Clears slow drains and keeps them flowing freely
• Cleans and deodorizes
• No artificial fragrance, colors or preservatives
• Superior to enzyme-only based products

I use this about every other week to keep my kitchen sink from getting stinky. My drains weren't slow at the time, but they did have a bit of an order. Yuck! Not anymore! This stuff also smells great, more like lime than anything else. Nothing harsh and nose singing. Just a fresh clean scent. I put it down the drain before I go to bed at night, and when I wake up, rinse the drain for a minute or two. That's it!

This is not meant for a drain that's clogged by hair I found out. I tried it. I have long hair and, thanks to bizarre hormonal changes during pregnancy, I loose a lot of it. My bathroom drain is clogged fairly often. So I tried this cleaner, just to see. It didn't really do anything, BUT it did make it easier for me to get the hair out by hand. And, my bathroom drain smelled great too!

Biokleen Review: Citrus Soy Solvent

I love this stuff! This is a fresh smelling cleaner, and I use it all over my house. I got one full sized bottle to review, which is 32 oz. But, this one bottle actually makes 1,024 oz. of cleaner! The solvent is concentrated. All you do is add one ounce of Citrus Solvent Cleaner concentrate to 32 oz of water, and get to cleaning. This means, you aren't paying for your own water! Running about 12.40 a bottle on amazon, you are actually getting a lot for your money. If you were to buy 32 bottles of another similar cleaner, you would spend much more in the long run.

Here's some info from their site:

• Super Concentrated
• Multi-Purpose: All Purpose, Heavy-Duty Degreasing, Light Cleaning, and Dissolving
• Dissolves gum, wax, paint, adhesives, tar and more
• Gentle to skin

But, hey. That means nothing if it doesn't work, right? Well, no worries there! This stuff works great! I use it in my kitchen, specifically on my stove at least every other day. Bacon grease? No problem. Spilled spaghetti sauce all over the stove? Piece of cake. Stuck on something or other that no one knows how it got there? Done. I host Thanksgiving dinner in my house every year, and I'm sure you can imagine what a mess that makes. Between stuck on gravy drippings and crusted over mashed potatoes, it usually takes a while to get the kitchen back to normal. And the smell? You know, it smells great that night, but I don't want to smell it in the morning the next day!

Citrus Soy Solvent really works to get the greasy caked on yucky stuff off, but it also smells great! It's not an over powering smell like other cleaners. It's just a light and fresh, slightly citrusy scent. Just clean. And because of that, it takes away the funky dinner smell so there's nothing left but clean to smell in the morning! Love it.

I wish I had a picture of what my kitchen stove looked like after Thanksgiving dinner, but a friend jumped in and helped me out by cleaning. Before I knew it, the kitchen was clean, and I had no pic of the mess! But, she had the soy solvent in her hand and asked me what it was. I told her, and she said it was the easiest clean up she had ever done after a massive meal like that. She had even cleaned the floor around the stove with it!

And the best part is, I didn't have to worry about what my baby was going to touch afterward. It's non-toxic, which means I don't need to worry about tiny amounts of residue that may get left behind after cleaning!

Biokleen Your house! ***Giveaway CLOSED***

The awesome folks at Biokleen sent me some products to review. I couldn't have been more excited to work with this company! I had already tried a couple of their products before. We use Bac-Out in our house regularly, and I think EVERYONE should keep this stuff around! I had also used their dish washer detergent and laundry powder before. So I knew that they made quality products. Biokleen has won several "best of green" awards in the past, and for good reason. I have tried several other national brand "green" cleaners, and have been mostly disappointed for a number of reasons. But Biokleen has always exceeded my expectations! Check Out their website. You will be surprised to see how much they have to offer now.

Here's what Biokleen sent me to test out:



Pretty cool right? I've been using all of this stuff for several months now. I'm really impressed! It's safe to say that I am a total Biokleen convert now. I even gave away my other cleaners to friends because I simply won't be using that stuff any more!

Some things you should know about Biokleen:

*No animal testing!
*No animal products in their cleaners!
*Started in 1989, they have been at this for a while!
*All of their products are NON TOXIC!
*No known carcinogens, mutagens, teratogens, or pollutants.
*Readily Biodegradable-Does not Biodegrade to More Harmful Compounds

That's just a short list of why Biokleen holds up to their motto of "Tough on Dirt, Gentle on the earth" Read more about their history and commitment not just to the earth, but you.

I decided to review each product individually, here are the links:

Citrus Soy Solvent
Bac-Out Drain Care
Soy Blends Cleaners
Soy Lube
Bac-Out


Now for the fun stuff. Biokleen has very generously offered a nice package to one of my readers. Here what you will receive directly from Biokleen:

1 Citrus Soy Solvent 32 oz.
1 All Temp Laundry Liquid 32 oz.
1 Bac-Out Fresh Lavender
1 Bac-Out Stain & Odor Eliminator 32 oz.
4 Coupons

That's one heck of a prize!

Rules:
This contest is open to US residents. Please leave your email in the comments with your entry so I can contact you if you have won. Contest will run From today Feb. 18th, until March 4th at 11:59 midnight PST. I will draw a winner the next day.

Mandatory entry:
1.) Visit Biokleen's website, and tell me how you think they could help in your home!
2.) Like Biokleen on Facebook.

Extra Entries:
1.) Like Tidee Bums on Facebook
2.) Follow this blog via GFC
3.) Tweet about the giveaway using @BiokleenInc and @tideebums and #giveaway in the same tweet. (can do this twice per day for the duration of the giveaway if desired. at least one hour apart) For Example: "@tideebums has a @BiokleenInc #giveaway on her blog!http://tinyurl.com/4gjwbu8"
4.) Read and comment on my other Biokleen reviews (worth one entry each!)

Super entries (worth 3 entries each!)
1.) Post about this giveaway on another site, linking back to this blog. (leave the link in the comments so I can see it, please) You can do this as many times as you would like, up to twice per day!


Please note, because of Facebook's rules, I will not ask you to write on Biokleen's Facebook wall. Thanking them for the giveaway is completely up to you (always appreciated), and will not count for entry.

Ergo Winner Announcement:

I figured since not everyone who entered is a facebook fan or follower, I should announce the winner in a blog post.

The winning number was:



The winner said:

"lisad33611 said... 135
Daily tweet 1
http://twitter.com/#!/My2CentsFL/status/25598613417631744
duncan.lisa at gmail.com
January 13, 2011 9:03 AM"

Congrats to our winner! She has been emailed (and already responded) to claim her prize! I hope you will stick around for more fun on the blog!

ErgoBaby Carrier Giveaway *CLOSED*

If you haven't read my review of the ErgoBaby Carrier yet, you probably should (click here)! What an amazing carrier! The generous people at Ergo have offered to give a carrier to one of my lucky readers!

This is my way of ringing in the new year, so I am going to have this contest run from today 1/03/11 to 1/17/11 at 12 midnight PST. I will draw a winner on Tuesday the 18th. I will draw a winner and notify them via email. You will have 48 hours to claim your prize, or else a new winner will be drawn. The prize is being shipped directly from Ergo, and the style is at their discretion. I will put the word in for you on which one you would like most, but ultimately, it's up to them and what's available :)


Want to skip the wait and buy one?
Click the banner bellow:

The Prize:
One ErgoBaby Carrier

Rules:
This contest is open to anyone. Please leave your email in the comments with your entry so I can contact you if you have won.

Mandatory entry:
1.) Visit Ergo's website (here) and tell me which carrier you would most like!
2.) Like ErgoBaby on Facebook.

Extra Entry
3.) Tweet about the giveaway using @ERGOBaby and @tideebums and #giveaway in the same tweet. (can do this twice per day for the duration of the giveaway if desired. at least one hour apart) For Example: "@tideebums has an @ERGOBaby #giveaway on her blog! http://tinyurl.com/34luh7h"


That's it! Please note, because of Facebook's rules, I will not ask you to write on Ergo's Facebook wall. Thanking them for the giveaway is completely up to you, and will not count for entry.