Is your kitchen or laundry closet overflowing with cleaning supplies? Maybe under the area under the sink has become a stockpile of cleaning stuff. Just think of all the nasty chemicals and toxins you are storing in your home. Wouldn’t it be nice to declutter those areas? Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to clean your home without using harsh chemicals?
You can do both! With just 10 ingredients (many of them you probably already have) you can make 10 awesome (non-toxic) homemade cleaners!
Here’s the list of 10 ingredients:
- white vinegar
- baking soda
- lemons/oranges
- salt
- olive oil
- Ivory soap or homemade soap
- glycerin
- washing soda
- borax
- essential oils (I recommend Grandma Bea’s Natural Products brand!)
Many of these ingredients are available at your local Buchheit Store!
And here’s the homemade cleaner recipes:
1. TOILET BOWL CLEANER
1 cup baking soda
1 cup white vinegar
10 drops Protection Essential Oil
Pour baking soda into toilet, then slowly pour in white vinegar, then add essential oil. The vinegar will cause a reaction with the baking soda and begin to fizz, this is normal. Use toilet brush to scrub the toilet, then flush.
2. TUB & SHOWER CLEANER
homemade dish soap
white vinegar
Pour homemade dish soap into a spray bottle until half full. Fill the bottle the rest of the way with white vinegar. Shake well. Spray on tub and shower surface and wait 10-15 minutes. Scrub if needed and rinse.
3. ORANGE POWER CLEANER
orange peels (about 5 oranges for quart jar)
white vinegar
Fill mason jar with orange peels. Pour white vinegar over peels until completely covered. Place lid on jar and let set for 1-2 weeks, shaking occasionally. After 1-2 weeks, strain liquid and discard peels. Pour liquid into spray bottle diluted 1 part orange peel liquid to 1 part water. Spray on any surface to clean.
4. FURNITURE POLISH
1 cup olive oil
Juice from 1 lemon
5 drops lemon essential oil (available at Buchheit!)
Mix olive oil, lemon juice, and essential oils together in spray bottle. Use damp cloth to apply polish to furniture, then buff with a dry cloth.
5. DISH SOAP
1-2 Tablespoons vegetable glycerin
2 Tablespoons white distilled vinegar
1 1/2 quarts water
5-10 drops lemon essential oils
1 cup grated homemade soap or any other all-natural soap
Grate the bar of soap to get enough to fill 1 cup. (about 1/2 bar)
Pour 1 1/2 quarts water in pot and add grated soap, glycerin and vinegar.
Heat until soap is dissolved, stirring occasionally.
Let cool until mixture reaches room temperature.
Add essential oils if desired.
Mix with stick blender.
Pour into containers and get ready to wash some dishes!
This homemade dish soap will not produce the suds like the store-bought detergents. Just remember, it's not the bubbles that do the cleaning!
6. GLASS CLEANER
2 cups water
2 cups white vinegar
10 drops lemongrass essential oil
Mix water, vinegar and essential oils together in a spray bottle. Spray on glass surfaces and wipe with lint-free cloth or old newspapers.
7. DISHWASHING DETERGENT
1 cup super washing soda
1 cup Borax
1/2 salt
10 drops lemongrass essential oil
Mix washing soda, borax and kosher salt together. Add lemongrass essential oil and whisk to blend. Use 1-2 Tbsp per load. For best results, use vinegar as a rinse agent.
8. FLOOR CLEANER
1 ½ cup white vinegar
½ cup baking soda
½ cup washing soda
1 tablespoon borax
10 cups hot water
25 drops Protection Essential Oil (Grandma Bea’s brand available at Buchheit!)
Mix all of the ingredients together in a bucket and proceed with mopping the floor!
9. HOMEMADE SOFT SCRUB
½ cup white vinegar
Juice from 1 lemon
¾ cup baking soda
2-3 TBSP salt
2-3 TBSP homemade dish soap
10 drops Protection or Lemon Essential Oil
Combine all the ingredients in a bowl to form a paste. Use damp rag to apply to surfaces, scrub if needed, rinse clean.
10. ALL-PURPOSE CLEANER
1 TBSP borax
1 TBSP washing soda
1 tsp homemade dish soap
1 cup white vinegar
4 cups hot water
20-30 drops Protection or Lemongrass Essential Oil
Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl until dry ingredients have dissolved. Pour into a spray bottle. Spray on surfaces and wipe clean. Protection Essential Oil is a great natural disinfectant!
There you have it! Everything you need to clean your house with just 10 ingredients! So, get rid of all those toxic chemical cleaners from under your sink and replace them with these natural alternatives!
