Hope you are all
having an amazing Saturday. I have
always used pledge on my surfaces when I dust, I love the scent and the
results. But I knew there had to be a
greener method so I went on a search to find you some recipes to help with your
dusting/polishing.
Some of the benefits
to using homemade polish are:
- Inexpensive
- Chemical-Free
- No fragrance to irritate allergies
- Environmentally-friendly
Tips: Do not reuse spray bottles that have
contained other chemicals. Shake the
bottle each use to recombine the ingredients.
Cheap olive oil works just as well as the more expensive grades. Smaller batches can be made, if you prefer to
use fresh polish each time you dust as long as you maintain the ratio in the
recipe.
- This is a pretty simple recipe. Only 2 ingredients, so it will be quick to prepare.
Combine equal parts
white vinegar and lemon juice in a bowl or spray bottle. Using a clean cloth rub a small amount of the
polish onto your furniture. Then wipe
dry with clean dry cloth.
- 1 cup of olive oil
1/2
cup of lemon juice
Combine olive oil
and lemon juice. Use as mentioned in
method 1.
- 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar (use white vinegar for light woods)
2
tbsp. jojoba oil (you can submit with olive oil, but jojoba has a longer shelf
life)
3-5
drops of Lavender essential oil ( I would image you could use any scent of
essential oil that you prefer. I am
definitely not a floral scent person, I much prefer baking smells LOL but that
is just my preference)
Combine
all ingredients in a jar and shake well to blend, dip the corner of your rag in
the polish and rub into the wood furniture.
Please test a small section of the table first to make sure that it doesn't stain the wood. After polishing,
rub everything down with a clean dry rag to remove excess polish.
That is it for
todays frugal homemade solutions. If you
try one of these recipes, I would love to hear back from you on what your
opinions are with how these turn out.
Do you use polish or
just water to dust in your house and why?
Thank you so much
for stopping by,
Kylara
2 comments:
Hello I am visiting via the Nester's 31 days series. Your series is full of great tips!
I too am participating in the series. My topic is "Decor To Adore~ finding your style". I would like to invite you to stop by anytime.
Have a beautiful day and a wonderful fall season.
I will go peek at your blog today! Thank you very much for visiting and taking the time to comment. I love to hear from people that are reading the blog, then I know if I am putting information out there that people are finding useful.
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