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The Best Homemade Cleaning Products

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March 2, 2021 By Lisa Sharp 4 Comments

Want to save money or just avoid harmful chemicals? Try making these homemade cleaning products. These are some of the best natural cleaning products you will find.

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Making your own natural cleaning products is a great way to avoid harmful ingredients and save money at the same time. 

I’ve been making my own cleaners for years and have shared a lot of my favorite cleaning recipes on the blog over the years. I thought it would be nice to have them in one place you can easily find. 

These are all recipes I have used in my own home for years so you know they work. Many of the DIY cleaning recipes you see online contain ingredients that don’t work together like vinegar and baking soda or vinegar and castile soap. 

We want these cleaners to work so I not only test them out, I check the science behind them. Since I already did this work you can use these natural cleaning products in your own home with confidence.

Homemade Cleaning Products

These are my favorite homemade cleaning products. They all use natural ingredidents and work really well.

Natural Disinfectant Spray

This disinfectant spray uses alcohol and essential oils to help kill germs.c

Color Safe Bleach

Once you see how easy it is to make color safe bleach you'll wonder why you ever bought it.

Toilet Cleaner Tabs

Make these amazing smelling tabs and just throw one in each time your toilet needs freshened up.

Lemon Soft Scrub

This lemon soft scrub will leave your kitchen sparkling and smelling great.

Homemade Daily Shower Cleaner

Scrub your shower a lot less with this daily shower spray.

Liquid Laundry Detergent 

This laundry detergent is made using only two ingredients!

Trash Can Deodorizer Tabs

These trash can deodorizing tabs are my most popular natural cleaning product. They leave your trash can smelling great.

Citrus Refrigerator Deodorizer

This citrus refridgerator deodorizer is even better than just baking soda alone!

Laundry Scent Booster

aSkip the scary ingredients in normal scent boosters and try this natural version.f

Fabric Refresher Spray

Keep fabric smelling fresh with this refresher spray.

Natural Air Freshener Spray

Make your own air freshener in any scent you like!

Citrus Fresh Natural Carpet Deodorizer

Keep your carpets smelling good with this simple carpet deodorizer.

My Must-Have Supplies




You can also make your own homemade sponge and reusable Swiffer duster cloth!

Free Homemade Cleaning Products eBook

Want many of these homemade cleaning products in eBook form? You’ll find many of these in my free Essential Oils for the Home eBook.

Sign up below and you’ll get the free eBook sent straight to your email. 

Buying Natural Cleaning Products

If you don’t have time or making your own natural cleaning products isn’t something you are interested in you can still find safe cleaners. I recommend checking out Grove Collaborative. When I buy cleaners that is where I shop.

They sell safe products and have great prices. Often these days I find myself reaching for these pre-made cleaning products because I don’t always have time to mix up homemade versions. I feel safe and comfortable using the products from Grove Collaborative.

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Comments

  1. Susanna says

    November 20, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    Do you think your mold killer would work on a sisal rug? I’ve seen suggestions on less-green sites to spray it with a watered down bleach, but I’d much rather use something else.

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    • Lisa Sharp says

      November 20, 2012 at 8:05 pm

      If you can use bleach I don’t see why not. This would be far more gentle. Is it something you can put in the sun? UV light kills mold as well and can maybe help.

      Reply
      • Susanna says

        November 21, 2012 at 1:52 pm

        Well, I live in Portland, OR, so no! 😉
        But if I can catch a few rays, I’ll give it a try. Thanks for the great recipes.

        Reply
  2. giulia lombardo says

    March 3, 2021 at 9:38 am

    all amazing idea, I’ll try at least once

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