{"id":278,"date":"2019-08-14T18:44:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T18:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lindymwrites.com\/?p=278"},"modified":"2021-05-29T18:59:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T18:59:10","slug":"review-aunt-fannies-floor-cleaner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lindymwrites.com\/review-aunt-fannies-floor-cleaner\/","title":{"rendered":"Review:: Aunt Fannie\u2019s Floor Cleaner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A\nlot of mess ends up on your floors! And it\u2019s not just the stains you can see or\nthe sticky spots you can feel under your socks. It\u2019s also all the germs and\ndirt brought in on your shoes and slowly spread around the house by your feet\nas time goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yuck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\nto save the day is a floor cleaner by a company new to us: Aunt Fannie\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\nfar as \u201cnatural\u201d cleaners, Aunt Fannie\u2019s might be as pure and natural as they\ncome! Their Vinegar Wash Floor Cleaner made some big promises we were itching\nto test!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is Aunt Fannie\u2019s?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Aunt\nFannie\u2019s has a very unique niche in the natural cleaning market: using\ningredients that aren\u2019t just the naturally-derived form of harsh conventional\ncleaners, but using ingredients that work with good microbes to support an\noverall healthy living environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When\nfounder Mat Franken\u2019s son suddenly developed life-threatening allergies,\neczema, and more, he immediately began the process of removing all processed\nfoods and plastics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While this helped, it didn\u2019t solve the problem. As Mat puts it<\/a>,\n\u201cthe chemicals and crap we took out of the family diet were still in our broom\ncloset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mat discovered that conventional and even \u201cnatural\u201d cleaners went too far. They wiped out\u00a0all\u00a0<\/em>bacteria, good and bad\u2014almost like an antibiotic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This created a disrupted living environment for his son, who needed good microbes in order to thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nanswer to his son\u2019s hyperactive immune response was to use non-disruptive ingredients\nthat adapted to the other naturally-occurring organisms in the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nhouse was clean, his son was cured, and Aunt Fannie\u2019s was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a message that is unique, resonates with me personally\nand aligns so well with what we\u2019re striving to promote with this site. \nLike every company we review, this is a company who proudly\ndisclose their cleaning product ingredients<\/a>.  Like the majority we review, they understand the problems\nwith today\u2019s cleaning product industry<\/a>.  They understand that, at its most irresponsible, the\nindustry is causing e.g. asthma or respiratory issues<\/a>, contact dermatitis<\/a>, numerous long\nterm environmental issues, hormone disruption<\/a> and even cancer<\/a>.  Like many companies\nwe review they choose their ingredients with care and attention, \navoiding phosphates<\/a>, fragrances<\/a> etc etc.  But\nbalancing their ingredients at a microbial level.  I personally haven\u2019t\nseen anything like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I\u2019m sold\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Impressions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Aunt Fannie\u2019s Floor Cleaner<\/a> comes in a cute little 32\nounce pour bottle. The back label was a little confusing\u2014many of us can\u2019t\nreadily define what a microbiome is or why we should care\u2014and Aunt Fannie\u2019s\nwebsite doesn\u2019t do a great job of describing it, either.  (For the record,\nit\u2019s a group of good microorganisms that fight against bad bacteria).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\nliquid is cloudy, but the bubbles were very promising!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\ncleaner comes in four different scents, and I got the Fresh Lime Mint. Since\nthe main cleaning agent is white distilled vinegar, it definitely smelled of\nvinegar. A few notes of peppermint and lime came through, but I had to pay\nclose attention to detect them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On with the cleaning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\ndirections say to use \u00bd cup of cleaner to 2 gallons of water. Soak the mop head\nin the solution and repeat as necessary. I typically clean my kitchen floor\nwith a cleaner in a spray bottle (I like to apply cleaner directly to trouble\nspots) and a flat mop, so I hadn\u2019t done this method in a number of years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kitchen Tile<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Although\nI have a big messy kitchen floor, two gallons of cleaning solution felt\nexcessive. I halved the amount (1\/4 cup of cleaner to 1 gallon of water) and\nsoaked the mop head as directed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n