Safe Cleaning Recipes - From Household Ingredients

These cleaners are easy to make from common household ingredients.
They are safe, smell good, and really work.

Your Natural Cleaning Kit

• Baking Soda – cleans, deodorizes, softens water and is a good scouring powder.
• White Vinegar- cuts grease, and is a mild disinfectant.
• Lemon Juice – is a mild bleach, and deodorizes.
• Borax – bleaches, deodorizes, and is a mild disinfectant.
• Pure Soap (Castile Soap) –  is a general purpose cleaner that biodegrades completely.
• Washing Soda – cuts grease, and bleaches.
• Lavender and Tee Tree Essential oils  -  natural antiseptics against bacteria, viruses, and fungi
• Vodka – is a natural disinfectant.
• Citric Acid – cuts grease and is a natural cleaning agent.
• Grapefruit Seed Extract – is a natural antiseptic.

All-Purpose Cleaner
Mix 30ml (2 tbsp-tablespoons) pure soap (such as Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap) with 1 liter warm water.   Add 60 ml (1/4 cup) lemon juice to help cut grease.
Or
Mix 60 ml (1/4 cup) baking soda (or Borax) with 1 liter (4 cups) warm water. Add 60 ml (1/4 cup) lemon juice to help cut grease.

Glass Cleaner
Mix 60 ml (1/4 cup) vinegar or 15 ml (1 tbsp-tablespoon) lemon juice with 1 liter warm water.

Tub & Tile Cleaner
Mix 500 ml (2 cups) baking soda with 30 ml (2 tbsp-tablespoon) borax. Separately, mix 15 ml (1 tbsp) pure soap with 1 ml (20 drops) of lavender essential oil.  Combine liquid and powder in one container and mix together.
It is great on sinks, tiles, tubs, toilets, etc. – it will get your kitchen and bathroom sparkling.

Mold Remover/Deodorizer
Mix 250 ml (1 cup) water with 10 ml (2 tsp-teaspoons) tee tree oil.
It removes mold from surfaces and can be used on walls, ceilings, basements and to deodorize toilets.

Bleach
Use washing soda and borax. Mix 125 ml (1/2 cup) washing soda or borax with 1 liter hot water.
For laundry, add 125 ml (1/2 cup) washing soda in each load to whiten whites and brighten colors. For additional cleaning power, add 125 ml (1/2 cup) borax.
Sunshine is the best disinfectant in the world! Just put your laundry out on the sun for an hour. Your clothes will smell and look great!

Disinfectant
In 1 liter spray bottle, add 2.5 ml (1/2 tsp-teaspoons) citric acid powder, 1.2 ml (1/4 tsp) borax, 250 ml (1 cup) vodka, 25 drops Grapefruit Seed Extract, and 750 ml (3 cups) purified water.
It is safe to use on carpets, bed linens, etc. 

Air Freshener-Lavender Mist
Add 30 drops of lavender essential oil to a 150 ml glass mister bottle filled with warm distilled water. Shake well before spraying. Enjoy the aromatherapy.