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Every Wednesday I’ll be posting on a monthly series.
Last week, I introduced my “Healthy Homemakers” series. This week, I’m excited about the launch of “Homemade Homemaking”!
On the 4th Wednesday of every month, I’ll be posting on either a food staple or household item that we homemakers can make–from scratch!
I spent most of the first 5 years of my marriage buying canned goods, jarred and boxed foods and cleaning supplies that can very easily be made at home.
A few weeks ago, Emily at Live Renewed inspired me to make homemade disinfectant wipes. She wrote her post on it in September 2009. I had stumbled upon it months ago but kept putting it off, thinking making them would probably be long and complicated.
Was I ever wrong!
Making these wipes was a PIECE OF CAKE!
I even had most of what I needed already in the house. In fact, the only thing I had to hunt down was castille soap. (If you are local, you can find it here, or anyone should be able to order it online here or find it at their local health food store.)
I’ve been using these for over a month now, and I must say–they are WONDERFUL.
They don’t create extra laundry because I just throw them in the wash with the other rags. I thought I might have to ring them out, but, no…they are ready right out of their container!
I love these wipes because they:
1. Save my family money.
2. Are much healthier for my family than conventional cleaners.
3. Are great for God’s creation!
Without further ado, here’s June’s “Homemade Homemaking” recipe for reusable disinfectant wipes:
Supplies
- old baby wipes container (I used Huggies)
- white vinegar (found at Wal-Mart or Target)
- tea tree oil (found at a health food store, but cheapest at Wal-Mart or Target in the supplements section)
- lavender oil
- castile soap
- some of your hubby’s old T-shirts
- water
Instructions
- Cut up old T-shirts into squares (size doesn’t matter)
- Put squares of cloth into wipes container
- Mix about a cup of water, a squirt of castille soap, 1/4 c. of vinegar, and 3-4 drops tea tree oil and 3-4 drops lavender
- Pour liquid mixture over cloth
Easy Peasy!
Check out Emily’s blog for more great natural cleaning recipes!
Do YOU make any of your own natural cleaners? If so, please share your recipes! I’m so excited about cleaning more naturally–and more frugally! 
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If you liked this post, you may also like my post on homemade lactation cookies.
I’m linking this post up with The Healthy Home Economist
NOBH
Make Your Own Monday
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I make my own drain cleaner. I put a couple tablespoons baking soda down the drain, then pour about 1/4 cup white vinegar down the drain. Let sit 1 hour, then flush thoroughly with boiling water. It works great to get nasty smells out of the kitchen sink, or fix a slow drain in a tub, shower or sink.
I make these, too. Absolutely wonderful!
So glad you like them! Thanks for the great review!
~Emily
I’m so going to have to try these! I’m going to start a new ‘chores’ system with my kids and my sister said “Use lysol wipes for the bathroom.” This will be even better
Jen–that’s an awesome idea for a drain cleaner!
Gail, I hope you enjoy these as much as I have!
I have been looking for a recipe for these! I am addicted to Clorox/Lysol wipes and this makes it even better! Thanks for sharing! I found you via Homemaker By Choice.
The Fisher Family, I hope you like them as much as I do! I love using wipes! Check out Emily’s blog at Live Renewed for more great natural cleaning tips!
I’m going to make this. Tnx for shareing!
That seems pretty simple. I clean all the counters with vinegar and water so I should just add this to my stash of cleaning products. Thanks and thanks for linking up to the NOBH!
I love this post!
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I found that if I get the scented castile soap I do not need to essential oils
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was curious if you ever thought of changing the structure of
your blog? Its very well written; I love what youve got
to say. But maybe you could a little more in the way of
content so people could connect
with it better. Youve got an awful lot of text
for only having one or 2
pictures. Maybe you could space it out better?
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