Cleaning Products

Whip up your own cleaning products using oils, but prepare only what you’ll use for six months.
All natural staples:
Baking soda, is a mild alkaline compound not only acts as a detergent to neutralize and cut fatty acids in dirt and grease but also fizz when combined with acids, like vinegar and lemon juice, to lift soil. Plus it has a gentle scouring and bleaching abilities.
Borax is a laundry booster, this product is a moderately alkaline mineral that, like baking soda, cuts dirt, stops the growth of mold and mildew, softens water and deodorizes by eliminating odor-causing acids.
White Vinegar is a acid solution that is powerful enough to dissolve mineral deposits from glass and acts as an adhesive solvent, a soap scum and stain remover, and a grease cutter. It even kills mold and mildew.
Lemon juice or rind is quick, capable deodorizers, degreasers and bleaching agents.

Kitchen
This formula doesn’t suds up much, but it is effective and gentle
1/3 cup liquid castle soup
3 tsp. vegetable glycerin
5 drops tea-free essential oil
20 drops lemon essential oil
1 1/3 cups water
Using a funnel, pour soap, glycerin, tea-tree oil, lemon oil and water into a bottle.
Shake well to blend.
Place beside sink and use on dishes and hands. This fragrant formula also will clean your kitchen countertops.

Antibacterial Spray
2 cups water
2 TBSP. liquid castile soap
1 TBSP white thyme essential oil
10 drops lavender essential oil
Using a funnel, pour water, soap and oils into a bottle.
Shake and spray letting it sit for 20 minutes
Wipe down surfaces with a damp cloth
Use this germ killer on sinks, vanities and toilet seats. White thyme oil, although expensive, inhibits bacterial growth.

Bathroom
Toilet bowl blaster recipe harnesses baking soda’s gentle abrasiveness, vinegar’s addicty and the stain-lifting power of the fizz created by the mixing the two, plus tea-tree oil’s antibacterial capabilities.
½ cup baking soda
10 drops tea-tree essential oil
½ cup distilled white vinegar
Pour baking soda directly into the toilet bowl; add oil, then vinegar in that order. Let water fizz for several minutes, then scrub bow with brush and flush.

Tub and tile scrub
2 tsp. borax
½ tsp. liquid castile soap
½ cup distilled white vinegar
3 cups hot water
Using a funnel, pour borax, soap, vinegar and water into a spray bottle.
Shake well to mix.
Put on rubber gloves and spray surfaces, scrubbing with a sponge as you work.
Rinse with water

Cream of Tartar along with baking soda, this baking staple is a faintly acidic tub and tile scourer. Combined with lemon juice, it makes a mildly abrasive grout cleaner.

Denture Tablets, drop one tablet into the toilet bowl, wait 20 minutes then flush – no brushing needed. Use two, with a dash of white vinegar, to unclog a drain.

Spriz vodka on ceramic bathroom tiles to remove pesky soap scrum that cleansers did not remove. Wait 10 minutes, then rinse clean.

GlassAdd club soda to glass-cleaner recipes for extra dirt-lifting action, or dab it on a rag to make metal fixtures sparkle. Alas, it loses its efficacy when flat.

Furniture polish Mix Worcestershire sauce into homemade furniture polishes, apply to mask nicks and dents in dark finishes. The results will astonish you!

Here is the recipe for the homemade Fabreze. For the really stubborn odors just add a bit more baking soda. I just reuse old spray bottles which lowers the cost even more!
1/8 Cup of Your Favorite Fabric Softener
2 Tablespoons Baking Soda
Hot Tap Water - To Fill the Bottle to the Top
Shake it up in your Spray Bottle and you're ready to go and fight those Stinky Dog Odors. etc.