LEMON ESSENTIAL OIL: 8 WAYS TO CLEAN YOUR HOME NATURALLY

LEMON ESSENTIAL OIL: 8 WAYS TO CLEAN YOUR HOME NATURALLY

We love lemon essential oil for its wellness benefits, its bright and sugary citrus aroma, and its uplifting and energizing constituents. It’s a wonderful oil in skin and hair care formulas and for diffusing in homes and offices.

We also love that this cost-effective oil makes an excellent cleaning agent and leaves our homes smelling deliciously like freshly cut lemons. It’s the 76% (=)-Lionene in lemon oil that makes it so good at polishing furniture and cutting grease and sticky residues. We've created 5 Lemon Essential Oil-based cleaning recipes that are easy to make, safe to use, and leave our homes smelling citrus good.

1. Lemon Spray for Grease Recipe

Lemon helps to cut grease, so lemon essential oil and hydrosol are perfect for adding to surface cleaners and scouring scrubs for the stove top, induction stove top, oven, and non-granite/non-marble surfaces.

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Add all ingredients to 100ml bottle with a mister.
  2. Shake well and use as needed.

2. Baking Soda and Lemon Sticky Residue Remover

As well as cutting through greasy messes, lemon essential oil breaks down sticky residues and adhesives, so it’s ideal for removing stubborn stickers and labels. 

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Combine all ingredients.
  2. Apply to the sticky area and let sit for 10-15 minutes.
  3. Scrape, clean, and repeat if needed.  

Pro Tip: This recipe can be increased for larger surfaces.

 

3. Lemon Wood Cleaner and Furniture Polish

Lemon oil helps to restore the natural beauty of wood grain and keep wood from drying out. Use this wood cleaner and furniture polish for conditioning and nourishing wood surfaces, including oiled wood.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup (250ml) Olive Oil
  • 25 drops Lemon Essential Oil
  • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup white vinegar

Directions:

  1. Combine all ingredients in a 500ml spray bottle and shake well before each use.
  2. Spray onto a soft rag or directly onto wood furniture to clean and condition.
  3. Buff surface dry immediately. 

 

4. Kitchen & Bathroom Spray

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Combine all ingredients in a 500ml spray bottle and shake well before each use.
  2. Use this aromatic solution for kitchen counters, cabinets, refrigerator shelves, glass, blinds, tile, sinks, tubs, and fan blades.

5. Tropical Carpet Deodorizer Recipe

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Mix together in bowl and transfer to powder containers.
  2. Sprinkle blend onto carpet.
  3. Allow to sit at least 30 minutes, then vacuum as normal. Makes a wonderful mattress deodorizer, too!

6. Natural Keyboard Cleaner

Ingredients:

Directions:

Mix ingredients in a spray bottle and spray onto damp cloth before wiping your keyboard, mouse, and desk. Wipe dry with a clean cloth.

 

7. Disinfectant Spray

Ingredients:

Directions:

Mix ingredients in a spray bottle. (You can use more or less water depending on the size of the bottle, but keep the water-vinegar ratio 1:1). Shake vigorously before each use. Spritz your counter surfaces and wipe down with a clean cloth.

8. Odor Eliminator

Ingredients:

Loaded with antiviral and antibacterial properties, lemon also smells fresh and clean. Add six to nine drops of mixed oils such as lemon, peppermint, and lavender to the water in your diffuser. Set for 3 hours and allow the mist to rise and carry the lemon particles into the surrounding air, purifying and deodorizing as they dissipate.

 

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