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May052010

Non-Toxic All-Purpose Cleaning Spray

DateMay 5, 2010

Like many, I've been experimenting with making my own non-toxic house cleaning products. My favorite all-purpose spray is a recipe that author and Green Guru, Sophie Uliano, and actress Julia Roberts came up with in Julia's kitchen (you can find it and more in Sophie's book Gorgeously Green). I love that you can scent it with any combination of essential oils. So that means everyday cleaning can become a therapeutic aroma therapy session. Is that a stretch?! This spray is suitable for acrylic, ceramic tile, wood, marble, and granite. I keep a bottle by the kitchen sink for quick counter clean-up.

Mix the following in a (recycled) 32-ounce spray bottle:

2 cups WATER
1⁄2 cup distilled WHITE VINEGAR
1 teaspoon pure liquid CASTILLE SOAP
3⁄4 cup HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (large bottles at Costco or Sam's Club)
20 drops TEA TREE OIL
20 drops of lavender or lemongrass ESSENTIAL OIL (or your own blend)

Blissful cleaning!

 

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I love this cleaner! Im running out ;-( haha shows you how much i clean lol ;-P I forget what we used in mine... it was orange and something else... maybe the minty stuff? Well anyway I just love the scent we created and it makes me sad that i will never find that scent anywhere. I just have to make it my self! ;-)
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I think it was lavender and orange or lemongrass and orange?

June 4, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterRuthie

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