How to Replace Your Cleaning Supplies with Homemade Cleaners

If you are looking to save money and do your house cleaning in a more environmentally friendly fashion, making your own cleaning solutions can be amazingly easy and often times a natural solution. There is a good chance you already have all of the ingredients you will require to complete this 'recipes' in your house. You will however need a few spray bottles, if you don't already have those.

To achieve sparkling windows without using Windex, or any store bought cleaning product : in a spray bottle, mix 1 cup of rubbing alcohol, one and a half tablespoons of white vinegar and 1 cup of water. This is a very inexpensive solution. It will cost under forty cents per bottle, compared to over three dollars for a national brand of window cleaner, such as Windex.

A natural way to clean your dishes that is often overlooked is lemon juice. Lemon juice can replace any liquid dish soap. Soak a dish towel or sponge in a small dish of lemon juice while your dishes soak in clean, warm water. After the sponge has absorbed all of the lemon juice, use it to scrub the dirty dishes. You could also cut a lemon in half and use it as is to clean your dishes. Chances are your dishes will be cleaner as the lemon is a great disinfectant and this is a very environmentally friendly method for a typical household chore.

A simple cleaner for floors, bathrooms, sinks and kitchen surfaces , that is extremely inexpensive, depending upon how large of a batch you make, it should not cost you over seventy cents a batch is : in a spray bottle combine equal parts of vinegar and water. This creates a fantastic all purpose cleanser that is a great disinfectant. The average size batch costs under twenty three cents, and this will save you a fortune as you will not be paying over four dollars a bottle for a national brand of all purpose cleanser.

You can afford ably replace your mold and mildew cleaner with peroxide or white vinegar. I prefer to use hydrogen peroxide because it bubbles the mold and mildew off of the surface in question, providing not only visible but disturbing results. Especially when you consider it is foaming because of the germs and bacteria on the surface. Place the peroxide or vinegar into a spray bottle, spray where ever you need to clean. Allow the peroxide to foam, or the vinegar to soak. Follow up by spraying with water, and wipe clean with a paper towel, sponge or Clorox disinfecting wipe.

If you enjoyed these suggestions, check back with me as I am working on another article focusing on replacing household cleaning items.