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Dave Burton wrote:This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Nest.

In this Badge Bit you will clean a kitchen.



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To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
  - clean a kitchen
      - before and after pics of
           - sink
           - counters
           - table
           - stovetop
           - floor
      - report on what cleaners were used (if any).
           - If you had to use soap, the soap must say "greywater safe" or "readily biodegradable"

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 - post a before picture of: sink, counters, table, stovetop, and floor
 - post an after picture of: sink, counters, table, stovetop, and floor
 - post a report on what cleaners you used (if any).  Or a link to the product.

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I used hot water and little biodegradable soap my friend made. The ingredients are: saponified, olive oil, coconut oil, Shea, butter, goat, milk
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Just used a bit of natural soap. Ingredients: Saponified olive oil, coconut oil, shea butter, goat milk
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Note: I hereby certify that this badge bit is complete!

 
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I used our homemade mixture of vinegar and water for cleaning, and lots of elbow grease.
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Kitchen go-over:

Warm water and bicarb of soda used, for the friction.

[What look like marks on the stovetop are reflections of tile-patterns.]
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The kitchen got away from me the past few days… time to clean.
I stuck with the boiling/hot water method and elbow grease here!
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