I love the time of year when I can open up all of the windows and let that warm fresh air pour in!
We’ve been teased with Spring, just like we do every year here in Pennsylvania. It comes and quickly dives into the cold and clouds again. But I believe the warm weather is finally here to stay for a little while.
Sunshine and warmer weather gives me energy. But all of that warm sunshine also lets me see how smudged up the windows are. Wow!
These natural cleaning recipes are healthy, frugal, and great for Spring cleaning. I love my all purpose cleaner, but if I need more of a variety because I’m cleaning floors, wood, or other surfaces that need special care I know I have other options as well.
Organic, healthy cleaners are so important if you are on the path to removing toxins from your home. They DO kill germs and are MORE than enough to help freshen up every nook of your home.
Most people who find my blog already know a great deal about ingredients. Most of you know that commercial ingredients in general are packed with ingredients that you really want nowhere near your home, like phthalates (in SO many things from dish soap to toilet paper – a toxic fragrance), bleaches, perchloroethylene (in carpet or spot cleaning agents), triclosan (in anti-bacterial anything, including dishwasher soap), 2-Butoxyethanol (you’ll find this toxin in window cleaners and multipurpose cleaners), and many more ingredients that are unhealthy, but included in general home cleaners anyway.
What’s wrong with these ingredients?
Most are known carcinogens, but they are allowed because we are only exposed to them in small quantities.
That’s right! The assumption made when approving these toxic ingredients for use in household cleaners is based on the faulty understanding that we will only come into contact with that one ingredient in a small quantity.
The problem is obvious.
If we are exposed to small amounts of toxins from hundreds of sources (or many within one source) at the same time, those toxins compound into a large problem within our bodies. Our blood, liver, kidneys, all of our filters within our bodies struggle to keep up and then we have health concerns to deal with.
On top of the health concern, it’s just more frugal to use healthier products than pay the health bills later. Because, like I said, these ingredients have been accepted as healthy and have been tested to be just as effective as other chemicals to kill germs.
9 Natural Cleaning Recipes
There are natural options! Better yet, options that clean beautifully, kill bacteria and molds, and leave your home ultra clean and healthy.
You can make an all purpose cleaner and use it to clean almost everything in your home. Here’s the list:
- All Purpose Cleaner
- Oven Cleaner
- Window Cleaner
- Floor Cleaners
- Bath and Shower Cleaner
- Wood Polish
- Grout Cleaner
- Room Deodorizer
- Upholstery Spot Cleaner
- BONUS (see below)
This is an essential oil blend with baking soda and vinegar. It’s a simple recipe with a powerful punch. I’m all about simplicity. If it works, why should it be more complicated. Check out the recipe in details with the link above.
3 Natural Oven Cleaning Recipes
This recipe is GOLD! It makes cleaning your oven easy, and there’s no reason to use any oven cleaner in your home that has incredibly bad inhalants. Instead, get the job done just as well – the healthy way!
4 Great Window Washing Recipes
Straight water does work when cleaning your windows. But if you have any pollen, soot, or other build up on your windows, it’s wonderful having a little more to really help the water dry faster without leaving any streaks.
After all, we’ve probably all washed windows, only to be shocked at how streaked they are when the sun hits the glass. These recipes really work, and if you have the ingredients in your home already, it’s easy to throw it together. PLUS, I love how I can add the scent that I want using essential oils.
9 Recipes to Clean your Floors Naturally
Get some recipes for floor cleaners, whether you have tile, wooden floors, or even carpet!
I love bathtub salts. These are not those! Instead, make these scrubbers and take one into the shower with you, get it damp, and rub it around the shower floor with your foot. They clean so well!
You can also save them in a bag and grab one when you’re ready to scrub the shower floor.
Natural Wood Furniture and Floor Polish
Protecting wood is important when you have a highly used area like a dining room table or floor. Make sure to make sure it fits your type of wood and enjoy this easy DIY for a clean and shiny table.
Natural Grout and Tile Cleaner
I have some great before and after photos for these recipes. I’m a one recipe for everything kind of person, but grout can be it’s own animal. My method really works. It does involve some elbow grease, but you will see results that make you wonder if the floor is truly yours!
I use these as bathroom sprays as well as room sprays. Keep a bottle on the back of your toilet so your family and guests can use them instead of those unhealthy room deodorizer sprays or plug-ins.
I also have these in my shop: Room Deodorizer.
Material (Upholstery and Clothing) Spot Cleaner
Whether you have blood, ink, or other stains on your clothing like grass stains, coffee stains, or even oil stains, you can remove them on your own!
Even if you were using store bought chemicals to clean your clothing you’d have to use a variety of methods, depending on the type of stain. The same goes for natural stain removers, but it’s not difficult. I have all the information you need in the link above.
BONUS: Disinfectant Essential Oil Blends for Cleaning
I get a lot of questions about substitutions. Here is a list of essential oils that are great for cleaning when you really want that punch of anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, or anti-viral results.
Make sure you take advantage of my disinfectant essential oil blends article. It’s great to find a blend that you love the smell of AND know that it helps kill germs that may harm your family.
But how do you know that it really works? How do you know the claims on your store bought containers are legit? There are published studies on both. Do your research and you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the power of natural products.
Happy Cleaning!
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