Homemade Eco-friendly Cleaners Recipes
Monday, January 05, 2009 Posted by Jolly Mom
Glass Cleaner
1 cup distilled white vinegar
2 cups water
1/2 tsp dish soap
10-15 drops essential oil
Spray Bottle
All Purpose Cleaner
1/2 tsp washing soda
1/2 tsp liquid Castille soap
2 cups hot water
10-15 drops essential oil
Spray Bottle
Disinfectant
Hydrogen Peroxide
10-15 drops essential oil
Spray Bottle
Hardwood Floor Cleaner
4-5 Tbsp Murphy's Oil Soap
2 Cups Water
Spray Bottle
Furniture Polish and/or Stainless Steel Cleaner
2 cups oil (vegetable or olive)
1 squeezed lemon
15 drops of lemon essential oil
Air Deodorizer
1 tsp baking soda
1tsp vinegar
2 cups water
10 drops essential oil
Spray Bottle
January 5, 2009 12:44 AM
Piera!!!!! This is so impressive! I knew that you made your own cleaners...but come on... you even make labels for them that are professional!!!
What don't you do?
January 5, 2009 5:47 AM
WOW! Thanks for sharing.
January 5, 2009 8:13 AM
I always wanted to make my own! Thanks for the how-to!
January 5, 2009 8:32 AM
Thanks Piera! I already buy "green" non-toxic cleaners, but I would love trying to make my own! How cute are your little bottles! You should sell them on Etsy:)
Thanks for the recipes!
January 5, 2009 9:27 AM
I make some of my cleaners too but you have now inspired me to make all of my cleaners. Great post!
January 5, 2009 9:36 AM
Wow! How organized and clean your house must be :) ....Very Cool! Thanks for sharing the recipes!
Blessings,
Kara
January 5, 2009 9:50 AM
How inspiring...I did not realize that you can save so much by going this route!! I will do this!!
January 5, 2009 1:49 PM
This is not something I would have ever thought of doing. Now I want to clean something so I can try out your recipes!
January 5, 2009 2:18 PM
Oh these are fabulous! Perfect timing too-I know making cleaner is on a lot of resolution lists. I'll be linking!
January 5, 2009 5:31 PM
Great job! I try to make my own cleaners too. I have some glass cleaner I made two years ago... yeah, I don't clean the windows much (ever).
I made a all-purpose cleaner/disinfectant a few months ago. It works well but has so much vinegar in it...whew!! I put a few drops of tea tree oil in it to try and cut the vinegar smell. Uh, not really the best combination. Anyway, I just run the vents big time, lol.
January 5, 2009 5:49 PM
I'd really like to try making some of these for reducing my family's exposure to toxic junk. Do the essential oils do anything for cleaning, or just make it smell nice?
~Jenny~
January 5, 2009 8:32 PM
I love it. I hope you don't mind but I linked my blog to your blog
http://itisjustjules.blogspot.com/... In good health, Jules
January 5, 2009 8:51 PM
thansk so much for the recipes
January 5, 2009 9:24 PM
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January 5, 2009 9:44 PM
Sweet sassafrass- I have all the ingredients in my cupboard! I know what I'm doing after the kids go to bed :) Did you know 1 tsp of Dr. Bronnor's peppermint castile soap in a cup of water is the BEST aphid spray? :)
January 5, 2009 10:18 PM
Some very great ideas! I will have to check some of these out and try them out!
January 6, 2009 10:12 AM
That air freshener must really be reactive! Vinegar and soda together? Gonna have to try that one!
January 6, 2009 2:34 PM
With the stuff that lists hot water as an ingredient--do you have to make new every time you want to use it? Or do you just kind of give the bottle a shake?
January 6, 2009 4:15 PM
wow, thanks for sharing that!
I am hosting a childrens valentine swap to anbody interested!
January 6, 2009 4:31 PM
How smart are you?!! Love it!! It looks like you put the ingredients right on your label, so you just need the bottle to make a new batch! Ingenious, girl!
January 6, 2009 4:42 PM
Where the heck did you get some of those bottles? Esp. that stainless steel one? I'd melt my eyeballs for those!
January 6, 2009 5:55 PM
Thank you so much for these, they look super helpful. I have a question about the air deodorizer: does it keep well? I'm thinking of taking some with me to school (college student, dorms, I'll need this!) but want to make sure it'll still, um, work.
January 6, 2009 9:43 PM
Oh I'm so totally making this stuff. But I have a question, what is washing soda? Where do you get it? Thanks!
January 7, 2009 9:41 PM
HR-- that steel bottle looks like it came from The Container Store.
Miranda-- Washing soda is sodium carbonate. People used to use it as a laundry booster (similar to the way borax is used). You can normally find it in the laundry detergent section of the grocery store.
January 7, 2009 9:50 PM
Hey Guys! Thanks for all of the comments! To answer some questions, all of the bottles were purchased from The Dollar Tree and they were all (you guessed it) a dollar-lol. Even the stainless steel one. Washing soda can be found at the grocery store and I sometimes use Borax instead, which is very similar.
The air deodorizer keeps very well! I have kept it in a bottle for a couple of months and it is great!
The hot water is just for when you make it. It helps dissolve everything so that you don't have a bunch of powder settle.
Also, a tip-the furniture polish is also what I use to clean my stainless steel! It works amazingly!
January 10, 2009 7:31 AM
A small suggestion - I would store the peroxide cleaner in a dark colored bottle. Light is not a friend to peroxide and breaks it down. An opaque container would be best...
March 30, 2009 12:22 PM
i know this is an older thread, so hopefully someone is still reading it. where do you get the castile soap?
btw, if you can't find washing soda, sodium carbonate is also packaged & sold as swimming pool ph increaser. i found it at walmart but lowes & home depot will have it too.
July 12, 2009 8:57 AM
thanks love your ideas. here's one that i have used for years 2T.Prell shampoo, 1 reg. bottle of rubbing alcohol and a gal of water. wonderful window cleaner and over all purpose cleaner. louise
August 22, 2009 2:02 PM
Great recipes, thanks!
August 26, 2009 10:47 PM
Wow, thanks for all the goodies. I do make my own laundry soap and use hydrogen peroxide for a disinfectant. I will give the others a try now also.
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Marj M.
October 27, 2009 6:39 AM
I have always wanted to do this but where do you find Castile Soap and essential oils?
March 14, 2010 6:31 PM
This is WONDERFUL!!! I've added it to a "Green Cleaning" roundup on my website today.
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Great site!!
May 15, 2010 12:54 AM
I have made my own laundry stain spray for a few years now and I love it. Here is my "recipe": 1 cup peroxide, 1/2 cup of Tide (use good quality detergent only) and hot water to fill an empty spray bottle. Works as good as Shout and Oxiclean.