These homemade scented vinegar cleaners are incredibly affordable and simple to prepare.
Store-bought cleaning supplies can be costly, and deciphering their chemical ingredients can be confusing with all those complex Latin-based terms. Fortunately, there’s a straightforward solution. Making your own vinegar-based home cleaning products is simple and requires only a few basic ingredients.
Vinegar
White vinegar is extremely useful when it comes to cleaning, as the sheer number of our vinegar-based tips and tricks will show you. It can get rid of all kinds of nasty stains when used undiluted, and it’s especially powerful in combination with baking soda. This vinegar-based cleaner is super easy to make, and you’ll know exactly what you’ve got: there’s only a few ingredients, and almost all of them are natural! Plus, you can get them all at your local supermarket.
This is how you do it
To create these scented vinegar cleaners, start with a large spray bottle filled halfway with white vinegar and halfway with water. From here, you can add one of three different scents to customize your cleaner.
- Lemon & Rosemary: Add 2-3 sprigs of rosemary and 2-3 lemon rind pieces to your bottle. Shake it, and let it infuse for 1 week.
- Orange & Peppermint: Add 2-3 orange rind pieces and 2-3 drops of peppermint oil to your bottle. Shake it, and let it infuse for 1 week.
- Eucalyptus & Tea Tree Oil: Add 2-3 sprigs of eucalyptus and 2-3 drops of tea tree oil to your bottle. Shake it, and let it infuse for 1 week.
Please refer to the video below for a detailed step-by-step guide and to see the scented vinegar cleaners being used in action!