Homemade Cleaning Supplies

I went to a bridal shower for my youngest cousin's bride.  At the bridal shower the assignment was to share a recipe, family tradition with the bride to be.  My cousin's wife Jessica doesn't like to spend a lot of money on home cleaning supplies and she shared these recipes with the bride.   I asked for a copy because it is nice to save a few cents here and there.  She graciously shared the recipes that she has collected.

Homemade Cleaners

Warning: never mix ammonia and bleach!

Fake Windex

Here's what you need:

1 Empty Windex Spray Bottle

1/8 Cup (1oz) White Ammonia

1/4 Cup (4oz) Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol

1 Drop Laundry Detergent

Water - To Fill The Bottle

Note: These are all written for 24oz Bottles, Divide or Double (etc.) as needed

Laundry Soap

Box of Borax

Box of Arm and Hammer Washing Soda

1 tub of oxy clean or a generic brand

2 bars of fels nap soap grated fine

1 bottle of Pyrex laundry enhancer

Mix all together. Store in a med. Storage bin. Use a ½ c. per load.

Dish Washer Soap

1 cup of Borax

1 cup of Arm & Hammer Washing Soda

2 packets of no sugar added Koolaid Lemon Aide

Mix together well and add 1 tablespoon to each load!

(If you are making your laundry soap you already own everything except for the koolaid)

Cost to make this is $0.78 a batch and does 32 loads of dishes!

Rinse Aid

Never Buy Rinse aid again use White Vinegar (Works perfect with no smell)

Rinse aid runs $3.99 you use about $.04 of Vinegar

Fabreeze

1/8 Cup of Your Favorite Fabric Softener

2 Tablespoons Baking Soda

Hot Tap Water - To Fill the Bottle to the Top 32oz bottle

Shake it up in your Spray Bottle and you're ready to go and fight those Stinky Dog smells.

Fabreeze anywhere from $5.69 Our cost $.15 cents for 32 oz.

Clorox Cleanup

1 Empty and Rinsed-Out Bottle of Clorox Cleanup/Empty Plastic Spray Bottle

1/4 Cup Bleach

1 Teaspoon Laundry Detergent

Fill the rest of the bottle with Water and Shake

Clorox Cleanup $4.99  Our cost $0.02 (The little bit of bleach you use from the gallon that cost 1.00)

The Cure-All

5 oz. of Rubbing Alcohol

3 oz. of White Vinegar

1 tsp. of Laundry Detergent

1 tsp. of White Ammonia

2 drops of Essential Oil

Fill the remaining space with Water

Use on bathroom and kitchens

Homemade Stain Remover (Shout)

• 2/3 cups Dawn Dishwashing Liquid

(I had Palmolive on hand, so that’s what I used)

• 2/3 cups ammonia

• 6 Tblsp baking soda

• 2 cups warm water

Mix everything together and pour into a spray bottle. Before you go to use it…if it’s been sitting for awhile…give it a good shake…it does tend to separate a bit. But after a quick shake it’s good to go. You might have to clean out the sprayer as well. To use: spray on stains as you normally would.  I usually let mine “soak in” for a few minutes at least.  Then launder as usual.

Floor cleaner:

Here is the recipe:

• 1/4 cup white vinegar

• 1 tablespoon liquid dish soap (I use Dawn and it’s pretty concentrated/sudsy….so I cut this back to 1 TEASPOON)

• 1/4 cup washing soda

• 2 gallons very warm tap water (I think I added closer to 3 gallons to my bucket. I like to give the floor a pretty good soaking!)

Directions:

1. Place all the ingredients into a bucket and mix well until sudsy.

2. Mop the area with the solution.

3. Not recommended for waxed floors.

Furniture Polish

2 tsp. olive oil

1 tsp. lemon juice

1/4 cup of white vinegar

1 cup of warm water

Stir shake to mix well.

Use a squirt bottle for optimal useage.