A couple of months ago, I decided to try my hand at making our own cleaners. I had already ditched paper towels for microfiber towels (they clean everything! Including glass!) and I was ready to ditch the expensive and chemical laden cleaners as well.
After a LOT of tinkering, I think I've finally got a cleaner that smells amazing, cleans everything and makes my bamboo floors GLOW. No really, they glow. This stuff makes me want to mop my floors.
To make your own, gather up:
A clean spray bottle
2 green tea bags
Enough hot water to fill your bottle about 3/4 way
1/4 cup vinegar
2 tablespoons baking soda
1 tablespoon tea tree oil
1 teaspoon essential oil (I like lilac)
Fill a bowl with water and steep the tea bags for a few minutes.
In a second bowl, combine the oils, vinegar and baking soda and watch it fizz up.
When it's done fizzing, remove the tea bags from the hot water and add the vinegar mixture.
Mix well and pour into your spray bottle.
My spray bottle is kind of small, so I actually make a little extra and pour it into a (clean, glass) peanut butter jar to store under my sink until I need it. This recipe gives me about a month's worth of cleaner.
I mop about 1000 feet of bamboo once a week, clean the bathroom with it once a week, the mudroom once a week and then spray it on anything sticky, etc as I happen upon it. Your house will smell AMAZING and the antibacterial/antiviral properties of the tea tree oil will help make sure it's sanitized, too.
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