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Best DIY All Natural Kitchen Cleaner

Published March 8, 2018 · Last Updated Feb 10, 2020 · Green Cleaning· Non Toxic Home

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Keeping the kitchen clean is a never ending battle. Shouldn’t you enjoy cleaning up your countertops and other kitchen surfaces? With this DIY all natural kitchen cleaner, you can make a homemade kitchen counter spray using essential oils.

Your kitchen will smell good and you kill germs! (This all natural cleaner is great for the entire house, too!)

Green Spray Bottle with essential oils and lavender flowers on wooden table

The best part is that this easy DIY all natural kitchen cleaner uses simple ingredients. Chances are, you might already have them at home.

So if you want to save money by making your own kitchen cleaners, check out this recipe for a homemade all purpose spray.

Using Vinegar in DIY All Natural Cleaners

Vinegar is often used in homemade cleaner recipes. Why?

Because vinegar is a powerful cleaner that is totally all natural. In fact, it’s so super safe you can make salad dressing with it or drink it mixed with water. Just choose the best type of vinegar to clean with (hint: the best kind is super cheap).

green spray bottle with lavender flowers on wood

It is the ultimate non-toxic cleaning ingredient.

And it really works. (That’s why it’s great for cleaning the toilet, unclogging showerheads and killing weeds.)

What if you hate the smell of vinegar, though?

spray bottle of homemade cleaner

There are fancy cleaning vinegars. Usually, it’s just vinegar and essential oils in an overpriced spray (here’s some details about cleaning vinegars). If you’re going to pay a fortune for a all natural cleaner made from simple ingredients, though, you could just DIY it yourself using the recipe below.

Why Use Essential Oils in Cleaners?

It’s super easy to make a homemade kitchen cleaner. Quite honestly, all you need is vinegar to kill germs and cut through grease.

But many all natural cleaners use essential oils.

Why?

Essential oils are great for aromatherapy in your home. They make a cleaner smell good. Which makes your healthy home smell good naturally. And if you like cleaning, chances are you’ll do it more, right?

dropping lemon essential oil into a measuring cup of liquid cleaner

The other great thing about using essential oils in cleaners, though, is that they have some beneficial properties. Pink grapefruit essential oil will kill bacteria, germs, and other nasty stuff that could be lingering on your countertop.

So not only do essential oils make a DIY cleaner smell good, but they add a little extra oomph to the cleaning power of a homemade kitchen cleaner.

Best DIY All Natural Kitchen Cleaner Recipe

Ingredients

● 13 oz. Hot water (NOT boiling)
● ½ cup Vinegar
● 10 drops Lavender essential oil
● 15 drops Pink grapefruit essential oil
● 7 drops Lemon essential oil

Supplies

● 17 oz. Spray bottle (plastic is fine as long as you don’t use boiling hot water)
● Measuring cup with a spout for pouring

How to Make All Natural Kitchen Cleaner

1. Begin by pouring ½ cup of vinegar into 13 oz. of hot water in a measuring cup.

measuring cup of vinegar poured into water

2. Add 10 drops of lavender essential oil to the measuring cup.

3. Pour in 15 drops of pink grapefruit essential oil.

Drops of essential oil added to homemade vinegar cleaner

4. Mix in 7 drops of lemon essential oil.

5. Stir all of the ingredients in the measuring cup to combine well. Don’t worry about getting it completely combined, you can shake the mixture well once it is in the spray bottle.

pouring homemade cleaner into a green spray bottle

6. Pour all of the ingredients into spray bottle. If there is any room left at the top of the bottle, add additional hot water if you’d like.

Notes

  • The kitchen countertop spray does not have to be hot to effectively kill germs and clean dirt. The hot water helps the ingredients to mix well, but is not necessary for every time you clean.
  • Shake the all natural cleaner well before using each time.
  • The homemade cleaner is great for kitchen countertops, but use it on other surfaces, too! Bathroom countertops would be a great place to use the DIY spray, as well as the refrigerator (inside and out), range, microwave, toilet and more places in your home. Just be sure to test that the vinegar and oil spray will not damage delicate items.
  • Change the amount of essential oils or types of essential oils if you’d like. Customize your homemade kitchen cleaner to reflect what you want in your home.

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  1. AvatarCassandra says

    July 12, 2019 at 10:24 am

    I don’t have grapefruit oil. What other oils would you recommend in its place ?

    Reply
    • Kimberly ButtonKimberly Button says

      July 14, 2019 at 7:53 am

      Orange oil or lemon oil are great at degreasing. Tea tree oil can kill germs.

      Reply
  2. Avatarnatasha says

    May 12, 2019 at 4:44 pm

    Can you use this on granite counters? Just thinking about vinegar acidity.

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    • Kimberly ButtonKimberly Button says

      May 13, 2019 at 1:10 pm

      Hi Natasha, No, I wouldn’t use it on granite countertops. The acidity is not recommended on that surface.

      Reply
  3. AvatarMichelle says

    April 3, 2019 at 5:20 pm

    How long will the solution last in the spray bottle?

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    • Kimberly ButtonKimberly Button says

      April 11, 2019 at 8:30 pm

      I don’t have a specific time frame. As long as you keep shaking it, I would say a few weeks to a little longer.

      Reply
  4. AvatarDeana says

    April 3, 2019 at 12:39 pm

    A lot of people don’t know but you have to be careful with Lemon oil. It dissolve plastic. This is what makes it a good cleaner but you are best-off to use a glass spray bottle.

    Reply
    • Kimberly ButtonKimberly Button says

      April 11, 2019 at 8:30 pm

      Deana, Great tip! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
  5. AvatarStephanie says

    March 25, 2019 at 10:54 am

    Do you let the solution cool before adding the essential oils? I’v heard it affects their good poperties

    Reply
    • Kimberly ButtonKimberly Button says

      March 27, 2019 at 7:33 am

      I don’t let it cool before, but you certainly could to protect any beneficial properties. Boiling water is generally what kills any properties that you’d want to retain.

      Reply
  6. AvatarAmanda Shields says

    March 1, 2019 at 8:51 am

    would this work on painted cabinets?

    Reply
    • Kimberly ButtonKimberly Button says

      March 2, 2019 at 9:18 pm

      I think so! Of course, you always want to test. Especially if the paint isn’t sealed.

      Reply
  7. AvatarHelga says

    April 5, 2018 at 10:05 am

    Good article. Household chemicals can be very harmful for the health. Personally, I would like to add some tips on how to replace household chemicals for the kitchen. 1. Mustard can wash the fat from dishes. This is absolutely safe for health, unlike detergents, remains of which remain on dishes. Plus it is environmentally friendly for our planet since soapy water does not go to sewerage. 2. To delete calcareous stains on the sink, tub, toilet bowl, pour them with vinegar, pour a little soda and let stand. Then they can easily be cleaned with a brush. 3. Soda is a good vehicle for cleaning ovens. To remove fat, leave for a night a quarter of a cup of ammonia in the oven and next morning wipe with soda. It is also effective to clean the warm stove with salt. 4. Use salt to clean the sewer pipes. She needs to add in a pipe and washes off with hot water. Therefore, household chemicals for the kitchen can be replaced with natural products!

    Reply
    • Kimberly ButtonKimberly Button says

      April 5, 2018 at 2:55 pm

      Thanks, Helga! Your suggestions are interesting and unique! I’m not a fan of using ammonia. However, all of the other ideas sound nontoxic and interesting!

      Reply
  8. AvatarCheryl Chavez says

    March 14, 2018 at 12:45 pm

    I really, really, really hate the smell of vinegar. I’ve tried so hard to use it in my natural cleaners. Nothing masks the smell for me. Finally, I decided to use vodka in place of the vinegar. It works great!

    Reply
    • Kimberly ButtonKimberly Button says

      March 15, 2018 at 8:22 am

      Cheryl, That is brilliant! I can just imagine you mixing up a bottle of household cleaner with vodka!

      Reply
      • AvatarCindy says

        May 20, 2020 at 9:47 am

        We’ve used vodka for air fresheners for years… like Frebreeze, I never thought of it as a cleaner!! GENIUS!!

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