Have You Heard of Citra Solv Concentrate? Give Away!

Thrifty Chick is having a Fresh and Clean Party today! I had to join in because I have a fresh product that lots of people have never heard of! And when I say, "have" I mean I have a bottle of this golden stuff to give away! 


Citra-Solv Concentrate really works for me and until about three months ago, I had never heard of it. Now, I can't imagine what I would do without it. That's a pretty strong sentiment.


I became interested in Citra-Solv when I read about it's ability to transfer photocopies on to fabric. I tried in vain to find it around town and complained here on my blog. That very same day a customer service rep for Citra-Solv wrote to me apologizing that I couldn't find their product and sent me some! How's that for customer service?!


Anyway, I love using Citra-Solv for photocopy transfer and have made these projects with it so far.

1. Citra- Solv transfer stocking, 2. White Stocking, 3. Citra-Solv Skeleton, 4. I Spy Patch, 5. For A Fresh Faced Girl, 6. Citra-Solv Package


Just yesterday, one of my favorite blogs, The Graphics Fairy, featured her own Citra-Solv project too. Be sure to check out her beautiful tea towels when you get a chance.


So, that's cool, but that's not something I can't live without.  Remember, this year I am all about defining what is really a want vs. a need.


I can't live without it's cleaning properties!

I have recently discovered the joy of spray painting! Love it! Now, I don't usually use paint that's not acrylic because of the clean up factor. I live in an apartment and have to clean up in my kitchen sink. I live on the fifth floor and once I learned the hard way that what I do in my sink has the potential to effect the people on all the floors below me.

Also, ventilation is a problem for apartment dwellers. I do not have any windows in my kitchen. Fumes are hard to get rid of. You'd be amazed by how some fumes travel through the building too.

Citra Solv is made from orange oil and it smells wonderful.

Here's the big news: Citra-Solv washes spray paint off my hands instantly! It washes off over spray effortlessly! I paint out on my balcony. It's a tight space so I always end up getting paint on an elbow or the back of my arm. Citra-Solv takes it off no problem. Now, the label says that it can be a skin irritant. It feels like fresh orange juice- which can irritate, but no worse. I do make an effort to fully wash with soap after the Citra-Solv and I am really careful not to touch my face while I am using it. Still, it's so much safer than paint solvent or turpentine. For goodness sakes, my father used to use gasoline to clean up! On his hands!

The proof is in the pudding -behold.
When I made this snack tower I coated it with spray primer to hide the various prints on the tins.



As I was assembling it, I discovered that some primer had gotten inside the tins. I could have cried because I plan to fill it with food.





No worries! Citra Solv got it all out!!


Whoo hoo! That's not all!

Have you ever been disgusted by the liberal use of packing tape all over glassware at the Goodwill? I understand that they are trying to keep things together and prevent breakage, but my goodness! That sticky stuff is hard to get off. I used to use Goo Gone, but frankly the greasiness bugged me. Citra-Solv works much better to dissolve that adhesive. One cotton ball and it's all off. Now you do have to be careful with plastics. Some cheap plastics will get cloudy with Citra-Solv. It's powerful stuff.


In our mad Christmas cleaning we used a ton of Citra-Solv. Cliff used it for the stove and I used it (diluted) in my classroom. We cleaned our tubs and the faucets and basically anything that couldn't run away from us. The apartment smelled divine and my first bottle is not completely gone!

After blogging all about my Citra-Solv crafts, Melissa from Citra-Sov sent me a Christmas card and a box with a few bottles of Citra-Solv!  What a cool company!

Now I am going to share the love! I have a 16 oz. bottle of orange Citra-Solv Concentrate to giveaway! Leave a comment here and on Sunday I will pick a winner.

The best part- when you are done cleaning, you can use some of this liquid gold to craft. Or maybe it's the other way around.

Updated:

In the comments section Erica left this tip:

Whoever doesn't win can get $10 in coupons for Citra Solv: http://citra-solv.com/coupon.shtml
Here's where to find them locally or online:
http://citra-solv.com/where2buy.shtml
Citra Solv is an awesome product, but Steve and Melissa (the owners) are great people who genuinely care about their customers & the environment. And they have a section of their website devoted to Citra Solv art!!

And Turbo Family left this comment about using it for ants!

I love citra solv as a cleaner and ant killer (diluted in a spray bottle it essentially smothers ants & other insects, works quickly, no unpleasant smell & non-toxic.

This contest is now closed. deanneking you are the winner!

Sorry, Deanneking, I couldn't get in touch with you. So I picked a new winner.

I am also linking up to Works for Me Wednesday.