Common basic ingredients used for most homemade cleaners can be bought in the grocery store. If you want some of the more uncommon ingredients, here is a list of where you can usually find them. Not all paint or hardware stores will carry them; phone to find one that does, as some ingredients are not much in demand today.

Acetone---hardware and drug store (is in nail polish remover) Art Gum---art supplies Boiled Linseed Oil---hardware or paint store Denatured Alcohol---hardware or drug store Fuller's Earth---hardware or drug store Gum Turpentine---hardware or paint store Neat's-Foot Oil---shoe repair shop or hardware Oxalic Acid---hardware or drug store Pumice Powder---paint or hardware store Raw Linseed Oil---hardware Rottenstone---hardware Stick Shellac---hardware Tung Oil---paint store Whiting---hardware (or school athletic department--used to mark white lines on fields)

This article was written by Anne Field, Extension Specialist, Emeritus with references from Georgia Extension bulletin, Home Furnishings.



MSU 2003