Green Cleaning Recipes For All Purpose Cleaner

I've collected a number of green cleaning recipes from readers and contributed my own, which you can see below. What follows is a collection of recipes you can use all over your home, as all purpose cleaners.

The first of these recipes was contributed by Stephanie T. of West Palm Beach, FL.

Stephanie's Recipe for Glass, Counter & All Purpose Cleaner

Fill a spray bottle 3/4 of the way up with hydrogen peroxide (purchased cheaply at any drug store or Walmart), and then 1/4 with warm water.

Add 2 small squirts of any liquid dish soap (I use Bronners Sal Suds).

Optional is about 10 drops of any essential oil for smell. I add Lemon oil for it's clean smell and cleaning properties. ***Taylor's note: Check out my essential oil use chart to find out the most common oils used for cleaning, and what they can be used for.***

Shake gently and clean away. If you get any streaks on glass, add more water, you probably added too much soap since some soaps are more concentrated then others.

I use this for just about everything from my mirrors, glass tables, counters and floors.

Taylor says:

Thanks Stephanie for sharing your homemade all purpose cleaner recipe with me.

Does anyone else have some green cleaning recipes to share? You can share your own homemade cleaners recipes here, or read over 85 other recipes already submitted.

In addition, this recipe features hydrogen peroxide as its main ingredient. You can share your uses for hydrogen peroxide for around your home here, or you can read other uses which have already been submitted.

There are even more green cleaning recipes below for a variety of all purpose cleaners.

Make Your Own Paste For All Purpose Cleaning

by Taylor
(Stain-Removal-101.com)

Do you ever use a cream or paste cleaner in your home?

I sometimes use Soft Scrub to clean things like my bathtub or counters when I need a mildly abrasive, but yet still gentle cleaner.

Well, you can make your own paste for all purpose cleaning too, and it is surprisingly simple to make and quite effective.

All you do is combine baking soda and dishwashing liquid (it is best to use one without bleach) to form a paste.

I start with about 1/4 of a cup of baking soda, and then just add enough dishwashing liquid to make the paste a good thick consistency.

You don't have to be exact with your measurements, just eyeball it.

Then, just apply it to whatever surface you need to clean with a rag or cleaning cloth and gently rub it onto the surface.

It will clean and with its gentle abrasiveness it will also get rid of stuck on food or dirt at the same time.

Once you have thoroughly cleaned the surface just rinse with water and another rag and wipe dry.

Please note that if you want to make this truly one of the most outstanding green cleaning recipes don't just use any dishwashing liquid, but instead make sure you use a natural and eco-friendly one, like castile soap.

You can read about even more dish soap uses for cleaning and stain removal here, or share your own use.

Recipes For Three Common Non Toxic Cleaners

Below are three recipes for common non toxic cleaners you can make in your own home.

These three recipes will clean lots of the areas of your home, and are quite inexpensive to make.

These recipes include a window cleaner, homemade soft scrub, and all purpose cleaner.

The ingredients necessary for making all these cleaners are:

• water


• liquid biodegradable detergent


• white vinegar; and


• baking soda

The only equipment needed is a couple of spray bottles, old rags, small bowl and a sponge.

Vinegar Window Cleaner

Mix half and half distilled white vinegar with water, into spray bottle, and spray on your windows and glass.

Homemade Soft Scrub

Mix baking soda and liquid soap to form a paste, and use just like soft scrub.

Hint, rinse away the residue thoroughly or your counters and other hard surfaces will feel gritty from the baking soda.

Green All Purpose Cleaner

Combine two cups water, small squirt of dishwashing liquid, and 2 tablespoons of baking soda into a spray bottle, and use this to clean hard surfaces.

Photo by horriblecherry

Christmasy Scented Counter Scrubber

by Taylor
(Stain-Removal-101.com)

Here is a recipe for a Christmasy smelling counter scrubber, using all natural ingredients, that you might like to try in your home.

Citrus essential oils, such as orange oil, act as a natural degreaser.

In addition, when orange essential oil is combined with cinnamon you can get a wonderful Christmastime smell, that many people actually enjoy all year round.

You can add cinnamon essential oil and sweet orange oil together within a homemade cleaner to get this result.

Another method, when you need a scrubber for your counters, is to combine these natural ingredients:

• 1 cup baking soda


• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon


• 3 drops sweet orange essential oil

Combine these ingredients, shaking to mix well. You may need to use a fork to break up clumps of oil and evenly distribute the oil throughout the mixture.

Place the combined and thoroughly mixed ingredients into a shaker with large holes and, as needed, shake onto your counter and scrub with a damp sponge. Then, rinse well.

You will get clean counters, but will also get a wonderful scent throughout the kitchen while you clean.

So, do you have any recipes for homemade cleaners or laundry supplies which use essential oils?

If so, you can share your essential oil uses for cleaning and laundry here, or read other tips already submitted.

Photo by George Deputee

Make Abrasive Cleaners With Borax

You can make abrasive cleaners with borax and other ingredients that you can use to clean most scratch-resistant surfaces.

The nice thing about abrasive cleaners is that they can really dislodge dirt from surfaces, doing a lot of the scrubbing for you, plus these recipes below are both green cleaning recipes.

The nice thing about using borax for this purpose is that you can make a stronger homemade scouring powder, or a homemade soft scrub depending on what additional ingredients you add to the recipe.

Therefore, below are recipes for both that you can use in your home:

Homemade Borax Scouring Powder

Ingredients:

• 1 cup baking soda


• 1 cup borax


• 1 cup salt

Directions:

Combine all the ingredients together and place in a container with a cover to save the rest.

When you want to use some sprinkle it onto a damp sponge and rub the sponge directly onto the surface you want cleaned.

When finished scouring the surface rinse away the powder and dry the surface.

Homemade Borax Soft Scrub

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup borax


• 1/2 teaspoon dishwashing liquid


• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice

Directions:

Mix the ingredients together to make a paste and place onto a damp sponge, and rub onto the surface you want cleaned.

Once you are finished rinse away the borax soft scrub paste and dry.

You can submit your own borax uses for around your home here, or read even more uses for borax already submitted.

I would love to hear even more recipes from homemade cleaning products we can all use in our home. You can share your homemade cleaners recipes here, or read others already submitted.

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