What's In The Jar?

This weekend I am planning to deep clean the bathrooms and kitchen. Yes, they get their weekly scrub down and daily tidy but it's time to give them the once a month deep clean. Before I start though I needed to make sure I had all of my cleaning products. Don't you just grimace when you start something and find you are out of your cleaning product in mid stream!?! I sure do. So to avoid being caught off guard, I wen through my inventory. It was a good thing I did this because lo and behold I was out of my counter cleaner. Instead of running out to the store to pick up a bottle, I simply made my own. This saved me gas money, driving time and shopping money. Why buy it when you can make it!

Homemade Counter Scrub

1/2 c. washing soda
1/4 c. liquid dish soap (w/bleach or antibacterial style)

In a small bowl combine soda ingredients. Gradually add in dish soap a little at a time. Stir after each addition. You are looking for the mixture to become blended and moist but still grainy in texture.





To use: Place a small dab of cleaner onto area to be cleaned. Using a damp cloth or paper towel, clean area as you normally would. Rinse cloth (or replace with fresh paper towel) and rinse clean. Wipe area with damp, rinsed cloth.


I did notice though, that any left over mixture hardened on me. So instead of storing now, I just make up a small batch and use it that day for my cleaning tasks. It's so easy to make that I don't mind making my batch as I need it. In the meantime, for easy cleanups and touch ups, I simply pull out my trusty bottle of Homemade All Purpose Cleaner spray.

Click HERE for printable recipe