Homemade All-Purpose Cleaner
Start by pouring ½ cup white vinegar into a full-sized spray bottle. Add 2 tablespoons of baking soda. Fill the bottle with tepid water and shake well.
If you’d prefer to cover the vinegar scent you can add a few drops of essential oil, such as tea tree, eucalyptus, or even a citrus oil.
Homemade “Soft-Scrub” Cleaner
This one also utilizes the cleaning power of baking soda. You start by measuring 1 ½ cups of baking soda into a mixing bowl. Add ½ cup of environmentally safe liquid laundry soap, and stir vigorously to combine into a paste.
As with the all-purpose cleaner, you may choose to add several drops of essential oil, such as tea tree, lavender, or rosemary.
Store paste in the food container, keeping the lid tightly closed. If the mixture begins to dry out, simply add a small amount of water and stir.
Homemade Disinfectant Wipes
You’ll need between 15 and 20 squares of scrap fabric to use for the wipes themselves, something like old t-shirt scraps or even old dish towels. Once you have those stored away in the container, you’re ready to add the cleaning solution.
In mixing cup/bowl, combine 1 cup of water, ¼ cup of white vinegar, and 8 drops each of tea tree oil, eucalyptus essential oil, and lemon essential oil.
Pour this solution over your cloth scraps in the container, where they will soak in and be ready for you when you’re ready to pull them out and use them!
Homemade Liquid Dish Soap
For this recipe, start with a medium-sized mixing bowl, combining ½ cup warm distilled water with 2 tsp kosher salt, stirring until the salt is completely dissolved.
In a separate bowl, combine ½ cup white vinegar, ½ cup Dr. Bronner’s Sal Suds and 1 tsp lemon juice. Stir this mixture into the salt water mixture, and stir until thickened.
You may wish to add 10-15 drops of your favorite essential oil at this point for scent and potential disinfectant properties. Pour mixture into a recycled dish soap container for storage.
