Vinegar All-Purpose Cleaner

Here's a fun twist on a classic homemade cleaner. It's also one of the simplest things for you to start with if you're not ready for the headfirst dive into all-natural home care.

Vinegar is a great natural cleaner. Your grandmother knew this, as did mine. So why are we dumping a litany of chemicals into our homes around ourselves and our loved ones?

Not only is this the safer alternative to store-bought all-purpose cleaner, but it is also the most effective cleaner I've EVER used on my stove. I just spray it on the stove. Turn around and wipe off the counters, and by the time I'm done wiping the counters the vinegar has disolved the gunk on my stove making it simple to wipe right off!

Best of all, here's the fun part, this recipe leaves a clean citrus scent behind.

Recipe:

-1 clean, and NEW spray bottle

-1 part water

-1 part vinegar

-the peel of one orange

So here's how you accomplish this recipe:

1. Find yourself an orange. Remove the peel and place it in a bowl (and in the interest of not being wasteful, eat the orange!)

2. Pour vinegar into the bowl. About a cup or cup and a half. It should be half the amount that will fit in your empty spary bottle.

3. Let this mixture sit for about two weeks.

4. Once it's sat for two weeks strain the orange peel and pieces out of the vinegar.

5. Pour the cleaned vinegar into the bottle.

6. Add a matching amount of water.

7. Spray and clean as you would normally, but with no fear of harmful chemicals.

The benefits of using a citrus and vinegar cleaner are multiple. The most important benefit is that both citrus and vinegar help to cut through grime, thus making this cleaner as effective as possible. Not to mention the scent I mentioned earlier.

I also wanted to explain that it is important that you use a new and clean bottle. I bought a cheap one that was easy enough to find at Walmart. The reason this is so important is that when you reuse old bottles, depending on what used to be in the bottle you could be spreading dangerous chemicals like bleach or ammonia. You can't be positive that you've completely cleaned your recycled bottle: so please be safe and just buy a new bottle.

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