Learn how to make an all purpose DIY cleaner with essential oils. I also have a free eBook as well.
Table of Contents
- Toxic Cleaning Products
- Non-Toxic Cleaning Products
- Benefits of Essential Oils
- How to Store DIY All Purpose Cleaner with Essential Oils
- How to Use DIY All Purpose Cleaner with Essential Oils
- DIY All Purpose Cleaner Ingredients
- DIY All Purpose Cleaner with Essential Oils Instructions
- Do you want to get started with using essential oils?
- Print the Recipe DIY All Purpose Cleaner with Essential Oils
- DIY All Purpose Cleaner with Essential Oils Recipe
- Pin it for later
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Toxic Cleaning Products
Lately, my sister and I have been researching the ingredients in regular cleaning products, and their effects on the body. The findings are alarming, to say the least.
The average American is exposed to 500,000 chemicals every day.
Toxic cleaning products cause indoor air pollution, a problem which is only made worse in homes where the windows are never opened.
So we are literally spraying our house down with carcinogens, and then trapping them in so they have no where to go, but in our bodies.
Not exactly a situation I want to create in my home full of young children!
Non-Toxic Cleaning Products
For the past few years I have been content to clean my counters, bathroom, floors, and kitchen sink with Norwex microfiber cloths and good ol’ fashioned water.
I still love my Norwex cloths, but sometimes I want that clean smell, too.
And, about once every week, I need something a little more powerful.
Soap scum, grape juice counter-top stains, and burned food on the stove top all require a little too much elbow grease with microfiber alone.
This simple all-purpose spray with just 4 ingredients is non-toxic and effective for those difficult household messes.
Instead of filling my home with toxins, this cleaning product actually releases molecules into the air that are beneficial to the body!
Benefits of Essential Oils
Melaleuca is best known for its purifying properties. It is naturally antifungal and antimicrobial.
Lemon is a powerful cleansing and purifying agent.
It takes approximately 45 lemons to make one 15 mL bottle of lemon essential oil. That’s a whole lot of cleaning power in one little bottle!
Read more about the health benefits of lemon HERE.
According to this article by Dr. Axe, the U.S. Department of Agriculture conducted a study that found when lemon essential oil was added to foods, it protected the food from human pathogens, like E. coli and Salmonella.
You can see how the combination of these two essential oils are effective against tough stains and germs in the home.
How to Store DIY All Purpose Cleaner with Essential Oils
Essential oils are powerful enough to break down plastic, so it is best to store your homemade cleaning supplies in glass spray bottles.
I use these 16 ounce glass bottles from Amazon.
How to Use DIY All Purpose Cleaner with Essential Oils
Use this spray anywhere you would normally use an all purpose cleaner.
Kitchen counter tops, vanities, floors, the refrigerator, tables, and the kitchen sink are all great places to try out this spray.
DIY All Purpose Cleaner Ingredients
1/2 cup vinegar
1 1/2 cups warm water
15 drops melaleuca (a.k.a. tea tree) essential oil
15 drops lemon essential oil
DIY All Purpose Cleaner with Essential Oils Instructions
Combine all the ingredients into your glass bottle with a funnel and give it a good shake.
See, I told you it was easy!
Do you want to get started with using essential oils?
Get my free essential oils class HERE.
Print the Recipe DIY All Purpose Cleaner with Essential Oils
DIY All Purpose Cleaner with Essential Oils
Equipment
- Funnel
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup vinegar
- 1 1/2 cups warm water
- 15 drops melaleuca, a.k.a. tea tree essential oil
- 15 drops lemon essential oil
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients into your glass bottle with a funnel.
- Always shake well before using.
Notes
- Always use the best essential oils you can afford.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I used essential oils for my natural cleaners, and used glass spray bottles. But after using them a few weeks, the essential oils had destroyed the plastic sprayers. Any suggestions?
Hey!
I love your videos on youtube! I made your white chocolate body butter for gifts and it worked out great! I use it regularly as well and I love it.
Im wondering, for the home cleaning products, do all citrus essential oils work (lime, tangerine, etc) or only lemon?
Also, have you made a homemade shampoo recipe for yourself?
Thanks,
Zohra
They all work great! Lemon is my favorite, because its cheapest and really seems to cut the grime. But, I have used bergamot, orange and lime all with success. I haven’t successfully made a shampoo but its something I would like to try. I want to try to make it with soap nuts.
Tea tree oil is really toxic for pets, do you know of anything I could substitute in the recipe. Love your blog! Thanks so much!!
Just add more lemon. 🙂
Hi Lisa!
Im new to your website but have checked out your videos and love them! Looking forward to trying your recipes!
Thanks Sabrina!
Hi Lisa, wondering if you could email me your cleaning recipes please? thanks
I think it should be sent! Let me know if you got it. 🙂
really enjoy your videos
Hello Lisa, could you please send me your free e-book of recipes for diy cleaning products again, I seem to have lost it. ?
Thank you,
Shari Boonzaayer
Just sent! 🙂
Hi! I tried getting your free ebook but I haven’t gotten an email to confirm my email address!
Do you have any diy gift ideas for men?
I don’t, but that sounds like a good idea to think through for next year!
I like to whip up my man some balm using ylang ylang , cedar wood, & a touch of peppermint.
I melt Shea nut butter, cocoa butter, bees wax, coconut oil, & arrowroot powder.
He uses it for his face, hands and hair! I love it too.
Would like to learn how to clean with essential oils
Yes please very much so