My First Homemade Cleaner

I am about to save you lots of money people!  Listen closely.  When we moved into our new house 2 weeks ago my mom helped me to make my first natural homemade cleaner, and so far I am LOVING it.

All you need:

 White vinegar, a spray bottle (I bought mine for $3.50 at Target), and some water.

 Fill the bottle halfway with vinegar, fill the rest with water

Voila!  An all purpose cleaner!  This half and half mixture works great for windows and general cleaning.  If you need something with more power you can use straight vinegar.  I also use my half and half mixture to clean our laminate floors with a microfiber mop/swiffer type thing.

I am absolutely shocked at how well vinegar works to clean pretty much everything.  It is such an easy switch and it is soooooooooo much cheaper than traditional cleaners.  I will admit that while it is wet your house will smell like a salad, but the smell dissipates pretty much immediately once it dries.  Plus this is a cleaner you can leave under the sink without worrying about little ones poisoning themselves, or ruining furniture or carpet spraying it.  The only issue we are running into is Mr. B hates the smell of vinegar, so I am looking for some alternatives that may be easier on his nose.

The one spot that we are not having luck using this as a cleaner is our stainless appliances (so far I have used it on granite counters, laminate floors, ceramic tile, linoleum, toilets and sinks, and bathtubs).  I am currently on an internet hunt for an easy to make stainless steel cleaner and I will report back.

Financial Verdict: While you have the initial start up cost of buying a spray bottle, the vinegar is only $1.99 a gallon.  So overall this is WAY cheaper than buying a natural cleaner, and still significantly cheaper than traditional cleaners.