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Three Essential Oils to Deep Clean your Home

November 5, 2021 by RiggsCreekFarmhouse Leave a Comment

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Let’s discuss my three essential oils to deep clean your home without breaking the bank, all natural and smell amazing.

Three Essential Oils to Deep Clean your Home Video

Why Essential Oils to Deep Clean your Home?

woman cleaning leather with a homemade cleaner

After maintaining a home for twenty year either by organizing and cleaning I have bought my fair share of products to address specific concerns such as cleaning my window, wood and leather furniture.

I am going to discuss that many Cleaning products that I have purchased were valuable lessons when I used them in my home.

Firstly, some cleaning products were successful while others failed in the goal I was trying to accomplished. such as non toxic while shining, preserving and are streak free.

Secondly, these lessons made me become fully aware of the importance of smell, effectiveness, and affordability.

Our homes are a place that we work, rest and entertained in and they can be busy and become dirty very quickly throughout the week.

However, many over the countered product do a great job but, like everything there are pros and cons.

woman using a wood cleaner with essential oil on a shabby chic table

Importance of Non-Toxic Cleaning Products

When I clean my home throughout the week I notice certain smells and harsh chemical either irritant my skin or my lungs. These irritants and harsh chemical concerned my as a person and mother of two children.

Did I actually want toxic ingredients in my home that I was not really sure of the side effects?

With this in mind, I sault out for a solution to my problem and provide the same clean power as convenient cleaners. Thinking of my mother, I knew she keep a very clean home with nine children and wonder how did she do this and with what?

Most of the products in my mothers cleaning caddy; were ingredients that she used in cooking and beauty such as olive oil and white vinegar.

Using many products in my home as my mother did I kicked it up a notch and added a few powerful essential oils.

Cleaning with non toxic ingredients I was going to master cleaning the home that is simple, very clear instructions and basic ingredients needed to deep clean any part of your home.

THREE ESSENTIAL OILS TO DEEP CLEANING AND DISINFECTING

EUCALYPTUS ESSENTIAL OIL

Eucalyptus Essential Oil smells fresh and is great to use in your home. This oil is perfect for cleaning and disinfecting. To help with respiratory infections this oil does the trick.

LEMON ESSENTIAL OIL

Lemon Essential Oil smells refreshing and awesome for cleansing the home. For Degreasing and Disinfecting Lemon Essential Oil, I grab often.

ORANGE ESSENTIAL OIL

Orange Essential Oil rejuvenate the minds and disinfects at the same time. This citrus oil smells incredible and refreshing and will shine up any surface.

EUCALYPTUS ESSENTIAL OIL LEATHER CLEANER

Eucalyptus Essential Oil smells fresh and is great to use in your home. This oil is perfect for cleaning and disinfecting. To help with respiratory infections this essential oil does the trick. If Fresh and Clearing, is what you are looking for eucalyptus essential oil does a good job.

natural leather cleaner using essential oils in a dough bowl with eucalyptus leaves

Ingredients

  • Two tablespoons of olive oil
  • 1/4 cup of vinegar
  • 15 drops Eucalyptus Essential Oil
  • Funnel
  • Measuring Spoons
  • Glass Spray Bottle

STEPS ON MAKING EUCALYPTUS ESSENTIAL OIL LEATHER CLEANER

natural leather cleaner to use on a brown leather couach

First, take your funnel and place on top of glass bottle. Using your measuring spoons measure out olive oil and vinegar and place in glass bottle. Next, add fifteen drops of eucalyptus essential oil. Give your bottle a good shake, label and spray all over a cloth never onto the leather. Rub in a circular motion to clean and buff.

DEEP CLEAN WITH CITRUS ESSENTIAL OIL WOOD POLISH

CITRUS ESSENTIAL OIL WOOD POLISH

My homemade furniture polish will not only clean but, will restore your wood, smells amazing just by using four ingredients such as olive oil. essential oils and vinegar.

The first thing that greets anyone that enters your home is the smell of your home. The smell of your home is the aroma that makes impressions for years to come to everyone that enters and leaves.

INGREDIENTS

  • Funnel
  • Measuring Spoons
  • Glass Spray Bottle
  • Two tablespoons of olive oil
  • 1/4 cup of distilled white vinegar
  • Ten drops of orange essential oil
  • 8 drops of lemon essential oil
woman holding in hand glass bottle of natural wood cleaner

First, take your funnel and place on top of glass bottle. Using your measuring spoons measure out olive oil and vinegar and place in glass bottle. Next, add your eight drops of lemon and ten drops of orange essential oil. Give your bottle a good shake and spray all over your wood cabinets.

LEMON ESSENTIAL OIL GLASS CLEANER

This Lemon Essential Oil Glass Cleaner can be used on mirrors, windows and even car windshields.

Frist, Clean you windows on a cloudy day where the sun is not bright which can result in streaks.

Next, Before applying essential oil glass cleaner to surface get rid of any cobwebs and lose dirt with a vacuum.

Lastly, when spraying on the glass cleaner wipe with a cloth by using the motion of up and down to eliminate even more streaks.

homemade glass cleaner

What you will need:

  • Large bowl for mixing, or add to spray bottle
  • Amber Glass Bottle (6-12 ounces and has a spray nozzle)
  • 2-3 cups of water (depending on size of spray bottle)
  • 1 tablespoons of rubbing alcohol
  • ¼ cups of white distilled vinegar
  • 10 drops of lemon essential oil
  • Funnel

First, add water, rubbing alcohol and distilled vinegar to a mixing bowl, mix well with a spoon. Second, Pour liquid ingredients through a funnel into your spray bottle.

Add ten drops of lemon essential oil to the glass bottle.

Next, screw on the nozzle to the glass bottle. Shake all the ingredients until blended. before spaying.

Use a cloth to clean mirrors, windows and car windshields.

Finally, this smells fantastic and is streak free.

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