I love these! I really did not think I would. I made four in just a few moments and with a minimal expense. I should note that I had the ingredients on hand - and each bottle only took a few drops or teaspoons. A couple of the ingredients are not the norm, so might need to be found at a health food store, but that's what makes these so great of products! (check Grain Train and Oleson's)
The favorite of the bunch is the sink and tub cleanser. Mix in a pourable bowl, unless you have a funnel, because it's thicker and will bubble and foam up some. Plus, this should be in a squirt bottle, not a spray bottle due to the thickness.
Recipe:- 2/3 Cup baking soda
- 1/2 Cup castile soap
- 2 Tablespoons vinegar
- 1/2 Cup water
- A few drops of Tea Tree oil
This stuff did not seem all that impressive, but once I tried it on our 2nd sink in the kitchen - the one I fondly call the "Garbage Sink", holding the cuttings from the salad, the spilled coffee grounds, etc. - the sink just shown like the moon! (And lately that's saying a lot! Anyone venture outside at night with that full moon? Oh, I digress...) And the smell - if you like Tea Tree and its super clean scent - is great! So this one gets an A+ from me.
The second cleanser is a grease cutter, for in a spray bottle. I have a glass top stove so this one will do nicely for the top.
Recipe: - 2 Cups water
- 1/4 Cup castile soap- 10 drops lavender oil
The scent is wonderful and it does the job nicely! I felt I needed to dry the top with a lint free towel and then it really gleamed. I am still working through the baggage of having a Dutch mom :) She was and is the best cleaner around. So cleansers, cloths and towels, even buckets, all have to perform properly because in the back of my mind I am thinking, "Would this pass mom's tests?" This stuff is good. We don't fry much - except for eggs in the morning - so grease is not a really big issue, but now I have this on hand just in case.
The third one is an anti-bacterial spray and freshener. Great smelling and easy to make!
Recipe:
- 1 Cup water
- 20 drops lavender essential oil
- 20 drops lavender essential oil
I could see spritzing this on some door handles and backs of chairs, where hands have been, and also freshening the house in a natural way. The beauty of these cleansers is that they are so natural - and easy on my hands and head! The strong chemical cleansers leave me dizzy and needing air. When I was younger not so much - but now that my brain cells are at a premium, need every ONE of those babies, these sprays are seeming so mild and yet hard workers.
The final cleanser is an all purpose cleanser - for counters and such. This goes in a spray bottle, but mix it up in a large bowl, maybe even inside the sink, since it will suds and bubble. I usually use a "hot soapy" cloth on our counters which works well, but this spray even improved upon that!
Recipe:
- 3 Tablespoons vinegar
- 1/2 Teaspoon washing soda - not baking soda
- 1/2 Teaspoon castile soap
- 2 Cups hot water
- 1/2 Teaspoon washing soda - not baking soda
- 1/2 Teaspoon castile soap
- 2 Cups hot water
The spray bottles I filled were from Family Dollar. For $1.50 they are large, around 16 ounces, and the sprayer will do a mist to a stream. There's even a spot to write the recipe on the bottle for the next fill up! Somebody was thinkin'. The cleanser above worked great on mist, with a damp cloth.
The real test will be when my mom comes over and wants to clean something. (There's never been a time when there wasn't something to clean, sadly.) If these babies pass her inspection, then I say everyone on the planet should try them. Again, the bonuses besides cost are that as I type this my kitchen smells great, looks great, is probably more germ free, and my hands are still soft - not all dry and stiff from chemicals like Comet or Lysol, and I can think (pretty) clearly, too, from the fresh scent vs. the chemical smells.
Enjoy! And please let me know if you like them! Special thanks to the Pinterest posts - many of them - for DIY household cleansers!!!
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