The Greening of Kelly

I was so excited to make my own spray cleaner, I made two with different recipes. (I have found many and will be trying others) This one is my favorite so far. Based on the recipe I received from Laura at All Star Cleaning Services.

My mom, who was in town a couple weeks ago, and is a big Formula 409 fan, gave it the thumbs up. Which says a lot! Seriously, she used to ask me “where’s the 409?” while pawing through the cleaners that I had at the time. “At the store. I’m sorry, I buy whatever is on sale and if I have a coupon. It is what it is,” I’d answer. She would sigh and use the whatever.

This time she liked what I gave her.

All Purpose Cleaning Spray

32 oz water in a clean spray bottle

2 T natural dish soap, I used Mrs. Meyers Lemon Verbena

20 drops Grapefruit Seed Extract (which can be found in vitamin and supplement section of your local health food store) to disinfect

Optional: add 5-10 drops of essential oil for fragrance. I found that the Mrs. Meyers was fragrant enough, I don’t need to add any additional fragrance.

Give the bottle a shake and you are ready to roll!

Thanks Laura! We haven’t met, but my slow greening process is all your fault!