http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/...ave-big-money/
http://www.colormekevin.com/soap/howtomakesoap.htm
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howtos/ht/toothpaste.htm
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organ...ecleaning.aspx excerpt below
Believe it or not, you can handle all your day-to-day cleaning with just seven easily available, inexpensive, environmentally benign substances. Baking soda, washing soda, soap flakes, oil soap, vinegar, borax and ammonia will take care of just about any mess
Just google what you want to learn and some pages will come up. From there you can decide what is best for you.
Hope this helps and gets you started on your way.
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