Cleaning products can get expensive and some just aren't very effective, they just smell nice. So what can you do if you want effective cleaning products and save money too, while clean my home? Create DIY cleaners with some simple ingredients lying around your home, such as dish soap, white vinegar, baking soda, olive oil, cornstarch and rubbing alcohol!!! In fact, did you know that you could actually save a lot of $$$ by making your own cleaning supplies? Well Promise Cleaning, the best cleaning company in your area, started out by only using diy cleaners and we know how effective they can be. Here are 5 cleaning products (and possibly 1 more bonus recipe) you can make at home while saving your "dough" for something else you'd rather enjoy spending your hard earned money on.
GENERAL/ MULT-PURPOSE CLEANER
To a 16 oz. spray bottle of water, add 1 tsp of dish soap/ multi-purpose cleaner concentrate. Dawn dish soap is my personal favorite, however you can use any dish soap, liquid castile soap, or cleaner concentrate. Dish soap is a mild degreaser and is very safe cleaning agent that you could use pretty much anywhere in the home. (We will share some more dish soap cleaning recipes later in this article.) You can use this diy general purpose cleaner for light cleaning duties such as wiping fingerprints off doorknobs, switch plates, and on most surfaces as long as the surface does not have a varnish or lacquer on it such as some wooden furniture. You could even use it on glass! Oh yes, may professional window cleaners use this very same recipe!
GLASS + STAINLESS STEEL CLEANER
Add 1 cup water to 1 cup white vinegar/lemon juice to a 16oz (optionally you can add 1 tsp cornstarch for really dirty surfaces). Removes smudges off glass tables, mirrors and stainless steel kitchen appliances. While vinegar is a degreaser and deodorizer, however if you want to boost its effectiveness, opt for cleaning vinegar, which is at least 20% more powerful, however keep in mind the vinegar smell is quite potent. Regardless of which vinegar you use, you can add 10-20 drops of your favorite essential oils to help mask that scent. Some of our favorite scents are grapefruit, lemon, lemongrass, lavender, and tea tree oil.
Finally, you can follow up your stainless steel fridge and appliances with light oil such as olive oil for an extra glossy look.
SHOWER/TUB AND TOILET BOWL CLEANER
Mix 1 part cleaning/ white vinegar with 1 part dish soap in a 16 oz. spray bottle or squeeze bottle (optionally add 10-20 drops of your favorite essential oil). Spray it all over your shower and tub, squeeze it into the rim of your toilet bowl give it about a minute to break down the build up. Then witness how easily it removes scum and grime on the most used parts of your bathroom. After about 2 minutes of sitting on your shower or tub, scrub with a brush or rougher part of sponge to remove scum and buildup, then rinse with water, and you have a smooth and clean shower, tub, and toilet.
EXFOLIATING CLEANSER, WHITENER, AND NATURAL DEODORIZER
Baking soda, YES!!! Not only is it economical, it is great at cleaning sinks and shower floors, especially because baking soda absorbs bad odors from the the surfaces. Baking soda provides mild abrasion while cleaning kitchen and bathrooms, as well as be an effective laundry booster. Baking soda is small enough to pull stuck on residue out of tile grout, stainless steel, porcelain, enamel, and fiberglass with out scratching those surfaces. Sprinkle it on carpets to absorb odors and lift out dirt before vacuuming. Sprinkle it on a damp cloth and use it as your eraser sponge substitute.
TILE, VINYL, AND HARDWOOD FLOOR CLEANER
1 gal. hot water, 1 Tb dish soap, and 2 tsp white vinegar/ lemon juice. This recipe will cut grease and pet paw prints off floors. Just make sure you wring your mop head out so that it isn't dripping wet when you are mopping a hardwood floor.
***BONUS: If you have laminate flooring, mix together in a spray bottle 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup white vinegar/lemon juice.
Now you have 5, plus 1 bonus, diy effective cleaning recipes that you can whip up on the cheap and leave your home surfaces sparkling clean!!
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