27 Homemade Cleaners to Make for Spring Cleaning

How to make homemade cleaner and homemade remedies for natural cleaning at home.  These home made cleaner and cleaning recipes include homemade laundry detergent, floor cleaner, glass cleaner, fabric softener, carpet cleaning, jewelry cleaner, and even a homemade drain cleaner. You’’ll be able to make your own natural household cleaners to clean everything in the house with these homemade cleaners.  Feel free to print out one of these 4 Darling Cleaning Schedules {daily, weekly, monthly, annually} hopefully I made one that fit’s your cleaning style.

We’ve taken away all the guess work on how to make natural cleaning remedies with these incredible tutorials. For even more ways to make a homemade cleaners Tip Junkie’s Creative Community has over 38 tutorials.  You can always search there if you’’re looking for more tutorials with step-by-step instructions. {wink}

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Spring Cleaning 

1.  Spring Cleaning Your Home {Cleaning & Organizing} ~ It’s amazing what a good clean will do for your home but also for your soul! This post features a printable spring cleaning guide and check list so your cleaning will be a well organized operation this year! Grab your family members and in no time, thanks to this list, your house will be in tip top shape!

2.  Spring Cleaning List {free printable} ~ Free printable to help you cross off those items from your Spring Cleaning list. This year I decided to put my plan on paper and make a cute little printable that I could hang on the fridge. Plus I can check things off my list as I go (or assign jobs to the hubby and kiddo!).

Homemade Cleaner

3.  All Purpose Spray Label {free printable} ~ After you have made your own floor cleaner add a pretty label to your bottle with these free labels.

4.  Homemade Furniture Polish Recipe ~ Combine  1/2 tsp Olive Oil, 1/4 cup Vinegar or Lemon Juice, Mix in a glass jar and use rag to polish surfaces.

Natural Cleaning Recipes

5.  Shower Door Cleaner ~ Learn how to get your shower doors sparkling clean with this simple recipe that uses Dawn dish soap and vinegar.  Spray on and scrub with a Magic Eraser.

6.  Non-Toxic Bathroom Cleaning and Homemade Soft Scrub Recipe ~ While prevention may be key to keeping the bathroom clean, it is still necessary to give the tub a thorough scrubbing once in a while. When that time comes, make your own Soft Scrub!

7.  DIY Toilet Fizzies ~ Eliminate odor and freshen the toilet with these toilet fizzies.  The recipe combines citric acid, peroxide, baking soda and vinegar.

8.  Homemade Cleaner Labels ~ Jewel toned labels for your homemade cleaning supplies.  Free, of course!

Homemade Remedies

9.  Make Your Own Dishwasher Soap {free printable} ~  Making your own dishwasher soap can’t get any easier than this 2-ingredient recipe.  It uses 1 part borax and 1 part washing soda.  Download, print and adhere the pretty label to your jar.

10.  Homemade Granite Cleaner ~ This homemade granite cleaner will leave your granite streak free, sparkling and only costs a fraction of the store bought cleaner.  

Homemade Laundry Detergent

11.  Homemade Lavender Laundry Soap ~ Erika says that this soap ”is not only just as good as my normal detergent, but it is a fraction of the price”, only 7 cents a load.  A definite reason to try this recipe.  You can also download the cute label to print and add to your container.

12.  Homemade Laundry Detergent Tablets ~ I’ve seen so many different types of homemade laundry detergent except how to make your own laundry tablets. I really like the convenience of pre-measured laundry soap and not having to worry that someone will use too much. The best part about this homemade laundry detergent tablets is they are perfect for front loading washers.

13.  Homemade Cleaning Products ~ Have you ever pulled out a box of stored baby clothes only to notice that they are STAINED? They were clean when you packed them away, but now they have yellow spots all over them. Well those yellow spots are enzymes from spit up and diaper blow outs. They linger in the clothes. My sister, Stacy, shared this tip with me and it has saved me SO MUCH MONEY on onesies, jammies, etc. And it doesn’t just work on older baby clothes. See how I get those out….EVERYTIME, plus my other favorite homemade cleaning products.

14.  Homemade Stain Pre-treater Recipe {Shout} ~ A simple recipe to replace “Shout”, but do not use on anything that will be washed with chlorine bleach due to the ammonia! 15.  How to Clean Your Washing Machine ~ Who would have thought that washing machines need cleaning too?  This simple 2-ingredient recipe is perfect for bringing your washing machine back to it’s former glory.  I guarantee you will have the necessary ingredients already in your home.  {{wink}}

Homemade Fabric Softener

16.  Homemade Fabric Softener Recipe ~ My clothes are SO soft- softer than with store-bought- and smell fresh and clean.  The scent of the conditioner is definitely there.  This recipe makes a lot of softener, so I only made half.

Homemade Floor Cleaner 

17.  Homemade Wood Floor (and All-Purpose) Cleaner Recipes ~  This recipe which mixes equal parts water, vinegar, and isopropyl alcohol, with a few drops of dish soap. Ahh, Eureka!

18.  Reusable Swiffer Wet Jet Pad {Cleaning Accessories} ~ Put your sewing skills to work to save you money on the one-time use pads, by creating these reusable swifter cloth pads! Easy to make using this tutorial and a few cloth diapers. Use, wash, repeat!

19.  Homemade Tile & Grout Cleaner ~ Simple formula to create your own homemade tile and grout cleaner. This recipe takes just four ingredients and will make a huge difference as you clean your tile throughout your home.

Homemade Glass Cleaner

20.  The Magic Way to Clean Your Windows ~ Cleaning your windows can’t get any easier than this!  Spray on the solution and hose off.

21.  Cheater’s Guide to Cleaning with Vinegar {free printable list}  ~ Want to know all the great ways you can use vinegar? Come see the list and get a free printable of 64 uses for vinegar around the house. 

Homemade Carpet Cleaning

22.  DIY Amazing Carpet Cleaner ~ Ammonia and water makes a terrific carpet cleaner!  The post shows you techniques using an iron, towel and the DIY carpet cleaner to beautifully clean your carpet stains.

23.  Homemade Carpet Cleaning Recipe ~ This homemade solution works really well.  It’s easy to make, works quickly, and does not leave a lingering odor.

Homemade Jewelry Cleaner

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24.  How to Clean Jewelry {costume, silver, gold, pearl} ~ Ever wonder how to clean jewelry at home?  If so, here are several proper cleaning techniques on how to clean jewelry such as costume, silver, gold, pearl, and even turquoise jewelry.

25.  Diamond Jewelry Cleaner Recipe ~ An easy way to clean your diamond rings at home.

Homemade Drain Cleaner

26.  DIY Drainer Cleaner ~ All of the ingredients needed to clean your drain you already have in your kitchen, baking soda and vinegar.

27.  How to Make Your Stainless Shine {Spring Cleaning} ~ Here is a cleaning tutorial you might just want to add to your Spring cleaning checklist! The tutorial uses common kitchen supplies to make your stainless kitchen sink sparkly clean!