Green Cleaner Recipes

• Recipe 1 (not stone or stainless steel safe)
  • 1/4 cup vinegar
  • 12-20 drops essential oil
  • 1 tsp castile or phosphorous-free dish soap 
  • 2 cups boiled or distilled water

1. Fill the cleaning spray bottle with 2-4 cups distilled or boiled (cooled) water.
2. Add all other ingredients. Shake well.

• • https://www.uaex.uada.edu/environment-nature/water/quality/clean-green-homemade-cleaners.aspx

• Recipe 2 (stone and stainless steel safe)
  • 1:1 ratio of distilled water to 95% vodka 
  • Essential oils to preference 
    • Ballpark 10 to 20 drops
  • Store in a spray bottle
• Recipe 3 (safe on stone)
  • 1 cup Everclear (look for one with 95% alcohol)
    • If unavailable then use 40-60% vodka and don’t dilute with water
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 1 -2 drops of dish soap
  • 15 drops of essential oil of choice 
• Recipe 4 (not stone safe) 
  • 1 1/4 cups water
  • 1/4 cup white vinegar
  • 1/4 cup vodka or rubbing alcohol
  • 15 drops of essential oil

• 2 cups of water and one cup of distilled white vinegar (preferably made from grain)
• ¼ cups of rubbing alcohol, 2 tbsp of white vinegar, and 1 cup distilled water

Mix baking soda and some water until it becomes a paste-like material. Coat the oven or toaster door with the paste, let it sit for 30 minutes to an hour then wipe clean with a damp cloth and wipe dry.

• One part Dr. Bronner/castile-based soap or biodegradable dish soap with 3 parts white vinegar
• • Store in a soap dispensing scrub brush 
    • Available at a dollar store for cheap 
  • Scrub the shower while you shower, and rinse when done.
    • Only takes an extra few minutes!

• Ingredients
  • 1 cup of baking soda
  • 50 drops of essential oils
  • 8 tbsp. of 20% white vinegar
• Directions
  • Combine essential oils and baking soda until no clumps remain. Then store is a glass jar until use.
  • “Before cleaning your toilet, it’s important to turn the water off at the back of your toilet then flush it to remove all water from the bowl. Next, sprinkle 1 TBSP of your mix around your toilet bowl and give it a good scrub with a toilet brush. Feel free to let this sit while you clean something else in your bathroom. After a few minutes, pour 8 TBSP of 20% vinegar around your toilet bowl. It will fizz and foam as the baking soda and vinegar react. Grab your toilet bowl cleaning wand and give the toilet an extra scrub or two so the vinegar can touch as much as the bowl surface as possible. Let this sit for 10-15 minutes before turning your water back on and flushing the toilet once more.” (Growing Up Herbal)
    • Visser, M. (2022, January 28). How to make a naturally disinfecting toilet bowl cleaner. Growing Up Herbal. https://growingupherbal.com/disinfecting-toilet-bowl-cleaner/

• Ingredients: Boiling water and Equal parts vinegar and baking soda 
• Poor boiling water down the drain, then the baking soda, then the vinegar, cover and wait 10 minutes, then pour more boiling water down the drain to rinse. Repeat as needed.

• Diffuser with Essential Oils

Or

• Spray bottle: 1 cup water, 2 tablespoons of rubbing alcohol or vodka, 15 drops of your favorite essential oils

• Straight White Vinegar
  • Doesn’t leave a vinegar smell on your clothes!
  • Can use it alone
  • Acts as a fabric softener
• Dr. Bronner Sal Suds Cleaner 
  • Can add baking soda or borax or white vinegar 
• Borax
• Molly Suds
• Dirty Labs 
• Basic Branch 
• Blue Land tablets
• Biokleen
• Aspen Clean
• Woll Dryer Balls

• Woll Dryer Balls
  • Best alternative to dryer sheets
  • Can put essential oils on the dryer balls to add smell to laundry 
  • How to Clean them
    • To clean using a washing machine use a razor to remove lint, then put the balls in a mesh laundry bag. Wash on a hot water gentle cycle with a gentle fragrance-free detergent. After the cycle, rinse with cold water until clean and dry completely in the dryer. 
    • To clean by hand washing first use a razor to remove all the lint, then wash with warm water and mild detergent, then dry completely.
    • To clena by soaking first fill a pot with water and the dryer balls, then bring to a boil. Soak them until the water cools, then on a gentle cycle wash with hot water and no detergent or fabric softener. Dry completely. 
• Steam Cleaner 
  • Waitbird SteamCleaner 
    • There are many on the market but we suggest this one since it has many attachments for diversity of steam cleaning, a sling to put over the shoulder, 1.1 litter water tank, curved nozzle to get into hard to reach crevasses, and the ability to use any type of rag to steam the floors

• On walls
  • Combine two cups of hot water, 2 tablespoons of borax, and ¼ cup of vinegar in a bowl then pour the mixture into the spray bottle. Spray a generous amount onto the moldy sections of the wall. Grab your brush to scrub the affected areas well, then wipe it clean. Re-spray the areas, wait 10 more minutes, repeat as needed. Once finished rinse the areas with warm water and wipe the section dry.
• General surfaces
  •  Make a paste of borax and water let it sit for 10 to 30 minutes then scrub, wipe clean, and rinse. Repeat as needed.

 or

• • Spray the moldy areas with the vinegar, let it sit, and then scrub it with a brush for 30 minutes at least. After scrubbing, spray another layer of vinegar onto the affected sections and let it sit for 30 more minutes, then wipe clean.

SMDSI, A. (2022, June 1). Servicemaster Disaster Associates – Stoneham. Service Master Restore. https://www.servicemasterrestore.com/servicemaster-disaster-associates-stoneham/why-us/blog/2022/june/tips-to-remove-mold-from-the-walls/