Homemade Cleaners with Green Ingredients

[OKIE LADY]

GREEN CLEANING RECIPES
These recipes use natural ingredient (especially vinegar which Preppers know is a great disinfectant). Essential oils are the other ingredients (Look online at Mountain Rose Herbs for every essential oil and herb you can think of). BE SURE and LABEL: NOT TO BE TAKEN INTERNALLY on EACH container. Ingredients may not harm but it's just a good practice for cleaners of any kind.

FLOOR CLEANER..................................BATHROOM CLEANER
¼ Cup White Distilled Vinegar............... ¼ Cup White Distilled Vinegar
2 Cups Hot Water...............................2 ½ Cups Water
10 Drops Lemon Oil.............................10 Drops Tea Tree Oil
5 Drops Oregano Oil............................10 Drops Orange Oil

ALL PURPOSE CLEANER...........................WINDOW CLEANER
¼ Cup Vinegar.....................................1 Lemon
2 Cups Hot Water.................................2 Cups Club Soda or Water
5 Drops Lavender Oi..............................Juice the lemon and mix with the
5 Drops of Lemon Oil..............................club soda or water. Use a newspaper
10 Drops Tea Tree Oil.............................instead of cloth to cut grime & streaks

SINK SCRUB.............................................WOOD POLISH
½ Cup Coarse Kosher Salt..........................¼ Cup Olive Oil
.............................................................5-10 Drops of Lemon Oil
Use on surfaces that can tolerate................Use soft cloth with a small amount
abrasive scrubbing. Sprinkle ....................of mixture and gently polish.
Coarse Kosher Salt on surface and use
cloth to remove grime and build-up. Great
for stainless steel sinks, make sure the
surface can take abrasive scrubbing
before using.

 

[turkeyrun]

Thanks Okie Lady, will add these recipes to our needs list.


What about hand santizers, laundry soap, dish soap, bath soap?

 

[OKIE LADY]

Hi, I've got some of those recipes; will put on this site in a day or two. Thanks,

 

[OKIE LADY]

HOMEMADE LAUNDRY SOAP

4 Cups Hot Tap Water
1 Bar Fels-Naptha Soap (look in both laundry AND bath soap aisle)
1 Cup Arm & Hammer “Super Washing Soda” * see NOTE
1 Cup Borax (in laundry aisle)

*NOTE: Arm & Hammer “Super Washing Soda” is in SOME stores (may be purchased at
Meijer.com ). Baking Soda WILL NOT WORK nor will regular Arm & Hammer
Detergent; it MUST contain Sodium Carbonate!!

1. Grate Naptha bar and put into saucepan with the water. Stir continually over medium heat until soap dissolves and is melted
2. Fill 5 gallon bucket (can get at Home Depot or Lowes for under $5.00) full of HOT tap water. Add melted soap, washing soda, and Borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to top with more HOT water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight to thicken.
3. Stir mixture, then pour into a previously used (washed/cleaned) liquid laundry soap container. Fill container ½ full of shaken soap mixture and add the rest of container full of warm water. SHAKE before EACH use. This mixture will GEL after sitting so be sure and shake before each use.
4. (Optional): For fragrance, you can add 10-15 drops of essential herbal oil per 2 gallons once mixture has cooled to room temperature. Good scents include Lavender Oil, Tea Tree Oil, Jasmine Oil, Geranium Oil, etc).

YIELD: Total yield will be 10 gallons (after adding water each time you make a new batch in the container with ½ soap mix and ½ water).

Top Machine Loaders: Use 5/8 Cup per load (You will get 180 loads total)
Front Machine Loaders: Use ¼ Cup per load (You will get 630 loads total)

5. Works well in EITHER traditional OR HE machines
6. Clumping or Gelling of this liquid detergent is normal; just shake well before use.

 

[OKIE LADY]

BASIC HOMEMADE DISH SOAP

¼ Cup Soap Flakes (grated Ivory)
2 Cups Hot Water
¼ Cup Glycerin (can get at pharmacy/check at WalMart)
½ tsp. Lemon Essential Oil

Allow soap flakes to dissolve in water. Add glycerin and lemon oil. Let cool and funnel into a
squeeze container (used dish soap container rinsed out).


HOMEMADE HAND SANITIZER

2/3 Cup Isopropyl Alcohol (most is 70% ; the higher the better)
1/3 Cup Aloe Gel
Tea Tree or Lavender Essential Oil (10 to 30 drops; see NOTE)
Used Sanitizer Bottle (larger size with squirt top); rinsed out

Mix all of the ingredients in the larger bottle. You can fill a smaller purse size bottle from this
larger bottle by squirting into smaller bottle.

 

[OKIE LADY]

MORE PURE AND SIMPLE CLEANING RECIPES
Plant essential oils bring cleaning power and a fresh scent to your home---without chemicals.


DISHWASHER BOOST : To add fragrance or to improve the antiseptic action of your liquid
soap, add 10 drops of essential oils such as Lavender, Orange, Bergamot, or lime to 3 oz. of

FLOOR CLEANER : Combine ¼ Cup of distilled white vinegar with 10 drops of Lemon Oil
and 4 drops of Oregano Oil. Add to a bucket of water. For extra cleaning power, add several
drops of dish soap, but follow with a clean-water mop so floors aren't slippery.

AIR FRESHNER : To keep indoor air smelling fresh, mix 8 drops of essential oil with 2 ½ Cups
warm water. (Use a single scent or 8 drops of this combination: 5 drops of Bergamot, 10 drops
of Lavender, 5 drops Cinnamon, 10 drops Lemon, and 10 drops Citronella). Shake well each use

HOT TUB CLEANER : To disinfect and fragrance the water in the hot tub, add 3 drops of
Lavender, Cinnamon, Clove, Eucalyptus, Thyme, OR Grapefruit essential oil per person that
uses tub.

FLEA KILLER : Mix 2 cups Borax (in laundry section of store) with 10 to 15 drops of essential
oils. Try Pine Oil or Balsam Fir Oil in fall and winter; and Lemongrass, Lavender, or any Citrus
oils in spring and summer. Sprinkle on carpets, then wait a few minutes before vacuuming.
DO TRIAL TEST ON SMALL PATCH OF CARPET BEFORE USING ON ALL OF CARPET.