Who let the dogs out?

I love this photo! Do you know how many times your kids touch your glass doors & windows? What about when your child occasionally “licks” the glass door while pressing their face & hands against the glass?

My dogs love to press their noses against the glass, which leaves their "nose prints" behind.  It doesn't matter if my dogs are inside or outside, they can make a mess of my glass doors.  I am cleaning my glass several times, but I do it the easy way! 

Using toxic cleaning products on the windows or glass is not preferred for obvious reasons!  What cleaning products are your children or pets ingesting during the course of the day? How long does your cleaning product have to remain on the surface before your surfaces are clean?

It wasn’t until I began to thoroughly read the product instructions on my disinfecting wipes -- the product had to remain "wet” for 4 minutes to clean the surface.  WOW!! Although the smell of “clean” was in the air, it took a while! I was still using a chemical that I didn't want my kids or pets to ingest.  I tried “green” cleaners, but I was not impressed with their ability to clean nor with the number of disposable paper towels that were required to wipe the cleaner from my surfaces.

With Norwex there are no chemicals necessary! Just use water! So easy to use that you can do it several times a day! If your window or glass is dirty, use the Norwex Antibac Enviro Cloth with water and follow with the Norwex Antibac Window Cloth for a streak-free shine.  These products are also available in a Basic Package.  A great way start using Norwex and experience how easy it is to use!  Start saving time & money!

Don’t put your pets or children at risk of being exposed to toxic chemicals; use something that you can trust. With kids helping & learning to clean using Norwex & water, you will be spending more time enjoying your kids & pets this summer.

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What are your summer travel plans?

Going Camping? Boating? Traveling in your RV? Riding Dirt Bikes?

With summer coming soon, many families take to the road in their RV, go camping or boating. Here are a few Norwex products that you may find come in handy during your travels. 

The Antibac Enviro Cloths, Travel Cloths, Window Cloth or Car Cloth are a must for traveling in the car or RV! Have you ever stopped to get gas & wondered how you were going to clean your windshield? How about using water & the Car Cloth or Window Cloth? How about using the Antibac Enviro Cloth or Travel Cloths on your hands & face to wash up? My family takes their Body Pack (face cloths) with them and uses them to wash up on the road.

The Dusting Mitt, Enviro Cloth, Window Cloth, Tea Towel & Kitchen Cloths are all great for camping. Use the Tea Towel to dry hands instead of using paper towels. Think of all the paper towels & money you will save on your trip!

My brother & his family enjoy camping. Since the Norwex MOP did such a great job in their house, they took it camping… Here is what I received when they returned.

"I took it camping - no bleach just water and my camper floors were spotless!!!! Who would have ever guessed!"

The Kids Mop & Cloth Package would be great too - and great for a trailer, boat, or cottage.

Since the DishWashing Liquid is biodegradable, it is safe for animals and the environment if you dump out your dishwater into the woods or wherever. Use the EnviroTowel to dry dishes. It is super absorbent and drives quickly.

The Drain Care is safe for RV's, good for maintenance and would be handy to have if you're out in the boonies and get a clog. The Mattress Spray is a great idea for campers. Use it for mattresses, sleeping bags, pillows and all other bedding. It's great especially for seasonal items that may be in and out of storage.

The Body Pack, is awesome for camping! Just add water and you can freshen yourself up a bit whenever you need it. Great for staying clean while "roughing it." If you have children, you will want the Baby Body Pack for a smaller size for their face & body. I had a customer tell me that the body pack gets 'Kool-Aid' mustaches off right away!

You will love all the Antibac Enviro cloths for those nasty itchy mosquito bites - just wipe a wet Antibac Enviro cloth on the itch and it goes away for many hours before you have to reapply!

Here is a tip -- If you get a mosquito bite, apply a little Shea Butter, and it seems to just disappear!

The Sport Towel or Bath Towel is great, since both dry quickly, and don't need to be laundered too frequently. If you need to do laundry, don’t forget you can take along a small container of the Laundry Detergent & dry your cloths quickly using the Dryer Balls.

If your family rides dirt bikes when you go camping, you can't really launder riding gear, especially while out in the wilderness. Everything gets dirty after a few hard rides. The Sportzme is great to freshen up the gear, chest protectors, inside boots and helmets, even socks and jerseys. (After all, it was designed for hockey equipment.) You can also use it to spray down the tents. Especially, if you have smelly boys!

The Odour Eliminator is an excellent deodorant for use in garbage cans/bins, washrooms and removes unpleasant organic odors. Since the Odour Eliminator is highly concentrated and diluted with water, this is a great cost saver.

After you are finished camping, boating or traveling in the RV, put all your Norwex cloths, towels & MOP pads in the Washing Net and you will be ready to toss them in the laundry when you get home.

This from a customer…

"I have to tell you that Norwex is great for traveling. Having cloths that don’t mold when you stick it in a baggie is AWESOME! Also, that green towel is awesome for soaking up water when you are hand washing... things that need to be cleaned."

Now doesn’t this sound like everyone will enjoy the trip? 

Visit MarilynQuicksall.Norwex.Biz for your Norwex travel products!

When it comes to Spring Cleaning – Less is More!

As Spring has arrived, my thoughts have turned to Spring cleaning.

Have you heard the term “Less is more”? As I began my spring cleaning, I was focused on getting rid of the dust & dirt left behind from the winter months. Using Norwex gives my home a smell of clean. Only using water to make my home clean truly gives me a sense of “less is more”. I don’t have to leave toxic cleaning products on my windows, counters, furniture or floors. As I do dishes & laundry, I realized that I only use 1 teaspoon of detergent – Now that is less than any product! Even the air freshener I use is so concentrated that it has taken me a year to use it up! Compare that to other laundry detergents, dishwasher detergents & air fresheners. The smell of clean smells like nothing and using so little product saves me time & money!

I had a customer that was having difficulty with her kitchen tile & grout. The heavy traffic areas had turned the grout lines dark and left her floor looking dirty. She had tried every non-toxic cleaner from a bleach water solution, ammonia water solution, and vinegar & water spray. Finally, she tried floor & grout cleaners, but nothing ever worked. She had decided that she would have to replace the grout or try to paint it.

I told my customer to try the Norwex Cleaning Paste, an old toothbrush, and water! Well… see for yourself. These are the before & after photos my customer took of her tile and grout.

You can see that the grout line that has been cleaned has returned to its original color. She is thrilled that Norwex has once again proven that it can clean & renew surfaces.

Norwex will save you time, money, improve your family’s health and protect the environment. I have had many customers tell me that their family has been so much healthier using Norwex products.  Why smell all those chemicals when going down the store aisles? Imagine how much better you can feel and how much more time you can spend with your family, just changing cleaning products.

Spring is the best time to evaluate how you are cleaning your home and what you can do to help the environment by using eco-friendly products. Make this year the year that you become more eco-friendly.

Norwex Launches New Kids Line

Does your children know what it means to be eco-friendly?  Norwex launched the New Kids Line to teach your children to improve the environment by reducing the use of harmful chemicals while helping you clean.  Children mimic what parents and grandparents do.  So now is the time to show your children and grandchildren how they can help you clean, just using water!

Do you have a child with allergies, asthma or chemical sensitivities?   This will help your children breathe better and help the children understand what they can do to protect their environment.

Do you have a chore list that you use for your children to mark off when their chores are complete?  Do you acknowledge them with stars for them to earn for rewards?  The Norwex Kids Line can help you get your children excited about cleaning.

Children will enjoy helping you clean with the brightly colored kid sized Cloth Package!  Which includes the Kids Dust Mitt, Kids Window Cloth and Kids Enviro Cloth.  There is also a Kids Back Pack that the kids can store their cloths or use the Kids Pack to carry a lunch box, gym clothes or for a trip to the park.

The Kids Mop Package includes the Telescopic kids handle, a kids mop base, a small dry mop and a small wet mop.  When spills occur, kids will be able to mop up their own mess using just water.

Visit http://www.cleanchemicalfreeus.com/ to learn more about the Norwex Kids Line and all the other awesome  Norwex Products for cleaning and personal care.

Norwex can save you time, money, improve your family's health, and protect the environment.

Norwex -- improving quality of life.

Did you know?

"The Norwex Mission is to improve human life by radically reducing the use of chemicals in personal care and cleaning.”

NORWEX is the global leader in Microfiber technology, and the only distributor of: Silver embedded, Antibacterial Microfiber!

DID YOU KNOW?

Norwex products save you time, money and our environment.

80,000 new chemicals have been created over the last decade and they have not been assessed for human impact.  Bjorn Nicoliasen

Over 150 chemicals found in the average home have been linked to allergies, birth defects, cancer and psychological abnormalities. Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission

Last year North American consumers used 83,000 tons of disposable wipes? This amount would fill 9,000 tractor-trailer units stretching out more that 62 miles!

54,000 tons of cleaning chemicals are dumped down the drain every year causing toxicological effects on our water systems and air quality due to the chemicals !

Norwex Microfiber removes 99.9% of bacteria and comes with a two-year warranty and a 60-day money back guarantee.

Norwex is licensed with Canada Health; committed to providing high quality environmentally safe products.

Laboratory tests have concluded that Norwex Microfiber Envirocloths (w/ water) will remove more bacteria than household bleach, after washing the cloth 300 times they are still effective at removing 99% of dirt and bacteria.  (source: University of Arizona case study)

Norwex Enviro Products (also known as Eidsvoll Miljo Produkter) has maintained 60% of the microfiber market in Europe for the past 7 years. Largely used in commercial applications such as hospitals, schools etc.

Norwex Microfiber has replaced chemical use in Winnipeg School Division #1, various locations in University of Manitoba in addition to other commercial applications.

The British Medical Association quotes “cleaning product fumes make children 4 times more likely to develop asthma”.

A study conducted on cleaning with micro fiber by Michael Archibald of the Royal Roads University, in Victoria, British Columbia concluded, “This system is simple, efficient, and effective, and represents the next generation in cleaning systems. Lastly, this system is as effective as cleaning with chemicals.”

The "California Department of Fish and Game" tested the toxicity of common chemicals found in waterways. Two of the most toxic substances present in the water were: Household Bleach and All-purpose Cleaner.

The toxic chemicals in household cleaners are three times more likely to cause cancer than air pollution.- Environmental Protection Agency, 1985.

Women who work at home have a 54% higher death rate from cancer than those who work away from home. The 15-year study concluded it was a direct result of the much higher exposure rate to toxic chemicals in common household products.


You can help make a difference!
For more information contact:

Marilyn Quicksall
Independent Norwex Consultant
cleanchemicalfreeus@gmail.com
http://www.cleanchemicalfreeus.com/

"Chemicals have replaced bacteria as the main threat to health. The diseases we are beginning to see as the major causes of death in the latter part of (the 1900's) and into the 21st century are diseases of chemical origin." Dr. Dick Irwin, Toxicologist, Texas A&M University

Change your way of cleaning and improve quality of life for your family?

The Norwex Antibacterial Microfiber offers a safe, fast and cost effective alternative to cleaning with chemicals. You and your family will no longer have to be expose to dangerous toxins that can be found in everyday cleaners with chemicals.

4 Things to Think About....

* Save Money--- By using Norwex, you will dramatically reduce the use chemicals and cleaning supplies up to 90% .  An average household spends $450-$600 a year on household chemicals, paper towels and sponges.  

* Save Time and Effort---It has been proven that you will cut cleaning time by 75% or more.

* Better Health--- With Norwex products you don't breathe, touch or ingest chemicals. While using this product, you will have a cleaner indoor climate.  It is more important that ever to eliminate household chemicals and their adverse effect on allergies and asthma.

* Better Enviornment--- Cleaning with Norwex will help you do your part to preserve the environment for future generations.

Norwex is quickly developing a worldwide reputation for improving quality of life by radically reducing chemicals in cleaning and personal care and for being the world leader in microfiber. These cleaning methods have been proven to dramatically reduce cleaning time and costs while preserving health and environment.

Norwex contains an environmentally friendly antibacterial agent that has passed both FDA and EPA approval.  Unique to Norwex microfiber is a silver agent (patent pending), irreversibly bound to the fiber which kills 99.9% of all bacteria the cloth picks up. Norwex microfiber reduces bacteria by 99.9% in 24 hours with laboratory testing

Since bacteria is 99.9% destroyed over 24 hours within the cloth, the silver agent reduces the risk of cross contamination from surface to surface or to your hands from bacteria growth over time.

Bacteria does not become resistant to silver. There is nothing to become resistant because the Bacteria is removed from the surface before destruction.

SILVER -  not a chemical but metal with antimicrobial/antibacterial properties. Silver has been known as a natural way to kill bacteria. And it's not harmful to humans.

Norwex uses micro-technology, not nanotechnolgy. There are other antibacterial textiles on the market which utilize nanotechnology (other microfiber cloths, shirts, socks etc...) with silver-laced fibers, (usually says good up to 50-100 washings). In these textiles, the silver washes out over time. Many scientists agree that in this way, silver can actually be a bio-hazard to our water systems, as we need a healthy amount of bacteria to support life in our world. The Norwex silver agent cannot be washed out and is permanent so it poses no threat in any way.

New to Norwex?

If you have never heard of Norwex, you may not be alone.  I have recently been asked what is Norwex and how do you use their products.  Some want to know how long has Norwex been in business.  I decided that the best place to start is with the history and an introduction.

Norwex products originated in Norway in 1994. In Europe, microfiber products have been commonly used in homes, hospitals, schools, hotels and various commercial applications for years. The product line was originally developed for the commercial cleaning industry but a local cleaning company in Norway received a sample of a new cleaning product to use in day to day cleaning.


The ideology was then, as it is now, to produce a more efficient cleaning product where only water needs to be added to the cleaning cloth or mop. This led to the decrease in the use of chemicals and other non-biodegradable detergents.

To maintain a cleaner and healthier environment is still a part of the Norwex philosophy today.

In the Spring of 1999, Norwex expanded into Canada and the United States and experienced great success and growth. The business and product line expanded to include personal care without chemicals.

Norwex can only be purchased from an Independent Norwex Consultant and is typically sold through home/office presentations. Through demonstrations we are able to show how the products are used, how you can save time and money, and protect the environment. For example, an Enviro cloth can remove butter from a window in one swipe leaving the window totally dry and grease-free.  Can your cotton microfiber cloth do that?  What about the bacteria left behind?

Customer product favorites include the Antibacterial Enviro Cloth, the Window Cloth, the Dusting Mitt, the Superior Mop with the Rubber Brush, Antibac Face Pack, the DeScaler (for hard water), the Laundry Detergent, and Dryer Balls.

All the products come with a 60-day money back guarantee and the Microfiber products come with a 2-year warranty and the dryer balls come with a 1-year warranty.

The benefits of cleaning with microfiber is that microfiber cloths are environmentally friendly. Norwex has developed a unique technology that combines an antibacterial silver-based agent with the microfiber. The antibacterial agent is actually embedded inside the tiny microfiber and destroys the bacterium that is picked up in its fibers. They can reduce the consumption of cleaning chemicals in your home up to 90% while reducing your exposure to toxic fumes. This helps those with allergies, asthma and chemical sensitivities. The microfiber cloths also removes 99.9% of the bacteria from surfaces, resulting in a cleaner, healthier environment. Norwex microfiber is a fiber that is 1/100th the size of a strand of human hair, unlike the microfiber that you purchase in other retail stores. The microfiber picks up dirt, grease and moisture leaving a surface clean and dry. The traditional cotton cloth pushes dirt and moisture around, leaving the surface moist and unclean.

The Window cloth allows you to clean windows, mirrors, jewelry and shiny surfaces with water alone. Clean dirty surfaces first with a moist Enviro cloth and then polish with the window cloth for a streak-free shine. On less dirty surfaces, simply spray water on the surface and polish with a dry Window cloth.

You can visit my website at http://www.cleanchemicalfreeus.com/ to learn more about Norwex, shop online, or view the monthly specials.  Review the Scientific Testing Reports, Technical information and the Norwex MSDS sheets to learn more about the science behind Norwex.

I began using Norwex when my granddaughter was born and my children didn’t want to use household chemicals. My kids are so glad that they found Norwex and I was amazed with the product, so much that I started selling it.