Green Cleaning Recipes
Make your own cleaning products using our easy-to-make recipes using common household products and a few minutes of your time.
If you're looking for green cleaning products, why not make your own?
We've got directions for how to make some of our very favorite green cleaning products for you - and the best news is that you can make all of them with items you probably already have in your house! Even better?
All of these green cleaning recipes are non-toxic and safe for you, your family, and the environment.
Green Cleaning Recipes
Dust counters or other surfaces that you'd normally clean with a spray cleaner with baking soda.
Add some water on a wet sponge or cloth and clean away. If you've got dirtier areas, like in a shower or bath, add a little kosher salt and scrub a little harder.
For stains, mildew, and grease, lemon juice works amazingly well.
Just treat the area with straight lemon juice and allow to sit for a few minutes.
Then scrub with a stiff brush and voila! Clean! You can add some kosher salt here too in order to create an abrasive.
Don't use bleach or other harsh cleaners.
Make your own green cleaning product by mixing the following:
2 cups water
3 Tbsp liquid soap
20 - 30 drops of tea tree oil Cleans well and smells great!
Green Cleaning Recipes - Use Newspapers to Clean Your Windows
Instead of using Windex or another commercial cleaner, make your own window cleaner.
You'll love the results.
2 Tbsp white vinegar - Gallon of water
Juice from one lemon
Use newspapers instead of paper towels to clean your windows and avoid streaks.
1/4 cup liquid soap
1/3 cup water
Mix in a blender until foamy and then spray on rug stains. Rinse with vinegar or club soda.
This green cleaning recipe is WAY easy.
Mix 1/4 cup white vinegar and 30 ounces of warm water.
Put it in a spray bottle and spray directly onto your wood floors.
Use a dust mop to clean the floor.
Green Cleaning Recipes - Whitening Power of Lemons
Did you know lemons are a natural way to whiten clothing and linens?
Just let your clothing and linens sit in a hot sink with lots of lemon slices for a few hours before washing.
You can also add lemon juice to your washing machine to get really white whites that smell great!
We hope these green cleaning recipes will save you some money and help you become more green at the same time!
