When it comes to cleaning, I prefer to make my own cleaners. I never liked the strong, artificial, chemical smell of commercial cleaners – much less how they make me feel! I usually feel light-headed, woozy, and generally just awful after cleaning with chemical based products.
What I Love About This Recipe
This homemade disinfectant spray recipe is what I use normally for all-purpose cleaning in the kitchen and bathroom. The vinegar and mild dish soap cut through grease and stains while the essential oil blend I use gives it a fresh clean scent. Simply Earth’s Clean and Fresh Blend has bonus antimicrobial and antibacterial properties too! Such a treat!
What’s in the Homemade Disinfectant Spray Recipe?
Hot Water
Hot water is used in this recipe to fully activate the other things in the recipe such as the vinegar and dish soap.
White Cleaning Vinegar
White cleaning vinegar is an amazing natural cleaner that helps remove stubborn stuck on dirt on different surfaces around your home. It also has amazing disinfecting properties that will keep your home clean!
Mild Dish Soap
Mild dish soap may be a minor part of this recipe, but it still adds to the effectiveness of the recipe! It gives added power to get stuck on things off with ease!
Clean and Fresh Essential Oil Blend
Clean and Fresh Essential Oil Blend is a natural cleaner that also smells amazing! The combination of Fir Needle, Neroli, Lemon, & Grapefruit essential oils is a game changer in the cleaning world!
Spray Bottle
A 16 ml spray bottle is the size that was used when putting this recipe together! If you chose to use a different size, adjust the recipe accordingly or divide into two containers, the choice is up to you!
Things to Remember When Using This Recipe
This recipe is safe to use around children 2+.
This recipe is safe to use around pregnant and breastfeeding women.
This recipe is not recommended for use in close proximity to dogs and cats as the essential oils in the Clean & Fresh Essential Oil Blend may cause irritation. For more information on using essential oils with pets, check out this blog post.
Never ingest any essential oil, even if it’s generally regarded as safe. For more information on why we don’t ingest essential oils, check out this blog post.
“These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.”
Homemade Disinfectant Spray Recipe
Homemade Disinfectant Spray for Natural Cleaning
Ingredients
¾ cup hot water
¾ cup white cleaning vinegar
3 drops mild dish soap
10-15 drops Clean and Fresh Essential Oil Blend
16 ml spray bottle
Directions
- Pour hot water and vinegar into spray bottle.
- Add in dish soap.
- Add in Clean and Fresh essential oil blend.
- Close spray bottle tightly and shake to combine.
- Use for routine cleaning.
Notes
- The measurements for water and vinegar aren’t always the same depending on the spray bottle you use, so you can add them as long as the water and vinegar are in equal parts. For more cleaning power, you can also use ½ cup water and ¼ cup rubbing alcohol.
All-Natural Cleaning Made Easy!
This homemade and all natural disinfectant spray is a game changer when cleaning the house! Let us know what you think of this recipe by commenting below or connecting with us on social media @fromsimplyearth!
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