Home Made Natural Cleaning Products
We have found these homemade, all-natural, no chemicals, cleaning and antibacterial products very handy to make and use ourselves. We thought we would pass them on for you to try too! All these come from the amazing Shannon Lush (also known as The Lady of Stain)🙂
VEGETABLE WASH SPRAY / SOAK
Spray
1 tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice
1 tablespoon Baking Soda
1 cup Water
1 cup Water
Soak
1/4 cup vinegar
2 tablespoon salt
For the spray; put all ingredients into a spray bottle (be careful as it will foam up) shake gently to mix, then spray on veggies or fruit allow to sit for about 2-5 minutes then rinse under cold water.
For the soak; fill a clean sink or a large basin with cold water; add in vinegar and salt, then swish around with hands (you may also do this in a large bowl).
Place the fruit and/or veggies in and allow to sit for 25-30 minutes (this will not affect the flavour at all, the vinegar cleans and the salt draws out any little bugs, dirt and other small unwanted things, it also will remove some of the wax). Rinse under cold water and dry.
ANTI-BACTERIAL WASHING MACHINE ROUTINE
Front Loaders
Use 1/8th of normal recommended powder and add two tablespoon bicarb soda. In the finishing slot of machine put two tablespoon white vinegar plus 1/2 teaspoon tea tree oil for anti-bacterial properties.
Top Loaders
Use 1/4 of normal recommended powder level plus ingredients as above.
In addition to the anti-bacterial effect, it helps to make whites whiter!
HAND SANTISER
1 Cup methylated spirits or Vodka (or other clear alcohol)
2 teaspoons glycerine
1 teaspoon tea tree oil
Mix all ingredients together and pour into a pump bottle. (To be effective hand sanitiser needs to have an alcohol per volume (APV) level of at least 60%).
SPRAY & WIPE
1 Litre Water
1 teaspoon lavender oil
Mix in Spray Bottle and use for wiping down and spraying all surfaces.
You can see more of Shannon's amazing tips and tricks to get rid of stains around your home, on your clothing etc on her website https://shannonlush.com/