Natural versus Store Bought Disinfectants
November 29, 2009 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Frugal Home, Frugal Living, Natural Cleaning
Disinfecting your home is important, especially after the family has been sick or just to keep your family from getting sick. Many of the products you can purchase are not only unhealthy for your family but they are also often expensive. There are alternatives to spraying your home with chemicals.
You can purchase natural cleaning products. Now many of these are even found at your local stores or you can order them online. The problem with these products is they often cost more than the usual cleaning products you pick up. Instead of purchasing cleaning products at all, just make them yourself.
Several essential oils are disinfectants and can be used to make cleaning products. Pine oil, tea tree oil, and thyme are all good to use as a natural disinfectant.
Disinfectant Recipe:
2 tablespoons borax
¼ cup lemon juice
2 cups hot water
twenty drops pine oil, tea tree oil or thyme essential oil
Shake the borax, lemon juice, and hot water together in a spray bottle. Add the twenty drops of your essential oil choice and shake again. Use just as you would any other disinfectant.
Toilet Disinfectant Recipe:
2 cups white vinegar
3 drops tea tree, thyme, eucalyptus, or pine essential oil. Mix in a spray bottle. Spray in toilet and clean as you normally would.
Keep your natural cleaning products labeled and only use them for one product (such as toilet bowl disinfectant or glass cleaner) so that you are not mixing chemicals.
What natural cleaning products do you make?
