Comments on: How I Keep My Kitchen Sponge From Smelling http://lifeofahappymom.com/blog/2011/09/07/how-i-keep-my-kitchen-sponge-from-smelling/ Musings, tips, and fun from a stay-at-home Mom who loves her job! Mon, 20 May 2013 21:33:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lisa http://lifeofahappymom.com/blog/2011/09/07/how-i-keep-my-kitchen-sponge-from-smelling/comment-page-1/#comment-22850 Lisa Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:48:37 +0000 http://lifeofahappymom.com/blog/?p=1173#comment-22850 I just read the ingredients on your soap. I think that there are other essential oils that kill bacteria, and apparently your soap has at least one of them. I'm glad I was able to help solve the mystery! :) I just read the ingredients on your soap. I think that there are other essential oils that kill bacteria, and apparently your soap has at least one of them. I’m glad I was able to help solve the mystery! :)

]]> By: Sara http://lifeofahappymom.com/blog/2011/09/07/how-i-keep-my-kitchen-sponge-from-smelling/comment-page-1/#comment-22834 Sara Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:41:32 +0000 http://lifeofahappymom.com/blog/?p=1173#comment-22834 Thanks! You've solved the mystery. I thought my amazingly non-smelly sponge was just that----an amazing sponge. Now I realize that the new sponge arrival coincided with strict usage of Meyer's Geranium dish soap. I don't think it is tea tree oil that is doing the magic, but there are a lot of pretty cool ingredients... Thanks! You’ve solved the mystery. I thought my amazingly non-smelly sponge was just that—-an amazing sponge. Now I realize that the new sponge arrival coincided with strict usage of Meyer’s Geranium dish soap. I don’t think it is tea tree oil that is doing the magic, but there are a lot of pretty cool ingredients…

]]> By: Karen Jackson http://lifeofahappymom.com/blog/2011/09/07/how-i-keep-my-kitchen-sponge-from-smelling/comment-page-1/#comment-15399 Karen Jackson Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:59:51 +0000 http://lifeofahappymom.com/blog/?p=1173#comment-15399 One of my favorites. Great idea but unfortunately the formulation and degraded store oil could pose a problem. Cheap tea tree oil is now sold in health food stores and there are home-made concoctions against molds or bedbugs. More and more cosmetic products, like shampoos, now feature tea tree oil. But this is low-grade tea tree oil made from the residue left after the first pressing of essential oil or imported from China and South-East Asia without any research or quality control. Its effectiveness is much lower while its medicinal smell is stronger – not usable for BioZap. Only the genuine Australian tea tree oil, whose composition is subject to the strict quality criteria of the Australian government, has been proven effective against molds and germs. http://www.radonseal.com/molds/tea-tree.htm Is the information on quality of tea tree oil. Melaleuca's products amazing. Leave it to the professionals who already have proven not only quality but effectiveness and results. No need to play "Kitchen Chemist" The results will not be the same. One of my favorites. Great idea but unfortunately the formulation and degraded store oil could pose a problem. Cheap tea tree oil is now sold in health food stores and there are home-made concoctions against molds or bedbugs. More and more cosmetic products, like shampoos, now feature tea tree oil. But this is low-grade tea tree oil made from the residue left after the first pressing of essential oil or imported from China and South-East Asia without any research or quality control. Its effectiveness is much lower while its medicinal smell is stronger – not usable for BioZap.
Only the genuine Australian tea tree oil, whose composition is subject to the strict quality criteria of the Australian government, has been proven effective against molds and germs.

http://www.radonseal.com/molds/tea-tree.htm Is the information on quality of tea tree oil. Melaleuca’s products amazing. Leave it to the professionals who already have proven not only quality but effectiveness and results. No need to play “Kitchen Chemist” The results will not be the same.

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