Household Cleaner Recipes

"A wonderful dirt cheap alternative to buying a $5 bottle of Febreze. This version is about 5 cents to make and the scent is much nicer too. I use it all the time."

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Ingredients: spray bottle, fabric softener...

"For those of you who hate poison-type drain cleaners, use white vinegar and baking soda. This will clean and unclog a drain. Also drops of white vinegar in your pet's water will keep away fleas and ticks!"

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Ingredients: vinegar, baking soda...

"Don't throw away your foam soap dispenser or spend extra on the refills when you run out. It's easy to make your own! This also works with shampoo."

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Ingredients: Joy dishwashing soap, warm water...

"Cleaning your microwave couldn't get any easier than this!"

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Ingredients: fresh lemon, water...

"This is by far the best all purpose cleaner I've found. It is fabulous on windows and mirrors, degreases wonderfully, and cuts gunk on sinks etc. and shines, shines, shines. I use it for everything but wood."

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Ingredients: ammonia, rubbing alcohol...

"Use this recipe to clean your coffee maker. A clean machine makes better tasting coffee!"

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Ingredients: warm water, baking soda...

"Found this on a MYO cleaners website and love how cheap it is to make! It's so easy to make, too! I keep mine in a quart sized jar and it takes up so little room on my shelf."

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Ingredients: borax, bath soap, washing soda...

"This will help take care of those fruit flies that gather around the stuff you have to take out to the compost pile or those bananas you haven't gotten around to baking with yet. The photo I posted (the one with the cherry & grape tomatoes) shows several fruit flies on the paper already (and a couple are in the vinegar, though you can't see them)--not..."

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Ingredients: liquid dish soap, paper...

"I couldn't believe how dirty my watch and silver jewelry were when I tried this. Yuck! This saves money and is safe for you and the environment. The solution can be very drying to your hands so consider using rubber gloves or even tweezers to handle the jewelry. This recipe is from wire-sculpture.com."

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Ingredients: aluminum foil, dish detergent...

"This makes an excellent gift. Make sure you make some for yourself too though because it really smells wonderful. Please note, you need to use whole cloves. Ground cloves are much stronger and will definitely overwhelm the other scents. If you aren't a fan of cloves, feel free to leave them out entirely. I do sometimes."

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Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, cloves...

"Environmentally friendly, no harsh chemicals! We tried the expensive cleaners and found our floors still looked streaky and dull. This homemade cleaner makes them look bright, streak free and beautiful!"

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Ingredients: vinegar, water...