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Homemade Melaleuca Lemon Household Cleaner
June 16, 2023
Conventional cleaners are made with synthetic fragrances and harmful chemicals. Instead, try this Homemade Melaleuca Lemon Household Cleaner. It’s made with only four ingredients, is easy and fast to make!
The tea tree and lemon essential oils naturally kill bacteria while leaving a refreshing aroma that can also improve your health. Try it today.
Key Ingredients
As mentioned above, this household cleaner contains just four ingredients, making it quick and simple to whip up. Here are those four main players:
- Water. You can’t make an effective household cleaner without water, so naturally water is the base for this homemade recipe.
- Distilled white vinegar. Distilled white vinegar is used in many cleaning products and for good reason. For starters, it’s been proven to hold antimicrobial properties, making it an excellent disinfectant and cleaner. Research backs up this claim, noting that the acetic acid in white vinegar can kill bacteria.
- Melaleuca oil. Melaleuca oil, also known as tea tree oil, is one of the top antibacterial essential oils around, so naturally it’s a great ingredient for any household cleaner, often used in disinfectant sprays. It’s also tremendous for another homemade cleaning needs, which is why I use it in my homemade bathroom cleaner.
- Lemon essential oil. Lemon essential oil is one of the more common ingredients in natural cleaning agents thanks to all the antimicrobial and antibacterial effects of lemon. It can even be used to make a homemade dishwasher detergent, homemade face wash, DIY nail polish remover and more.
Note: Citrus essentials oils are highly concentrated and are full of healthy acidic properties! Because of this, I recommend you use glass containers when storing them so they do not eat away any of the plastic.
How to Make a Homemade Melaleuca Lemon Household Cleaner
This homemade melaleuca lemon household cleaner is about as easy to make as can be. Simply mix eight ounces of water with four ounces of distilled white vinegar, 15 drops of tea tree oil and 15 drops of lemon oil in a glass spray bottle.
Then, close the bottle, and shake it well — then make sure sure to swirl and shake it before each use. That’s it!
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Homemade Melaleuca Lemon Household Cleaner
- Total Time: 2 minutes
- Yield: Up to 90 uses 1x
Description
This Homemade Household Cleaner is easy to make, and it works! It naturally kills bacteria while leaving a refreshing aroma that can also improve your health.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces water
- 4 ounces distilled white vinegar
- 15 drops melaleuca oil
- 15 drops lemon oil
- Glass cleaning spray bottle
Instructions
- Fill spray bottle with ingredients.
- Close bottle and shake to mix.
- Swirl/shake bottle before each spray.
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What kind of purpose use for this cleaner. Please tell me about hips or fat belly. Please how reduce this ya look slim.
Dr Axe – I posted a question earlier, but don’t see it here now. Yikes. Anyway, I have a bacterial skin infection. Do you think it would be okay to use this solution topically? My dermatologist has prescribed antibiotics, but I don’t really want to take them. Thanks!
This specific recipe is for household cleaner but a manuka honey and tea tree oil may be a good option
I have an acute case of bacterial skin infection. Could I use this topically rather than instead of ingesting antibiotics?
It depends on if its superficial or internal. If its internal oil of oregano with echinacea could be beneficial or if it’s external, applying manuka honey with tea tree oil could be a good option. I would always consult with your physician
What brand of essential oils do you suggest? I am new to all this.
Email me at [email protected] and I’ll get you that info
From limited research, it appears ok to use lemon juice strained from lemons in place of lemon essential oil for cleaning products. Do you agree with this?
Lemon essential oil is highly concentrated and would be a better option. It is also derived from the peel and not the juice so it has different properties.
Would you use this mixture for mopping laminate floors? If not, do you have a recipe for that?
I think it could work on laminate floors. Try it on a small sample and see how it goes and let me know!
but the inside tube spray is plastic, wouldn’t it be harmed as well?
You can buy a separate glass tube if you are worried about it.
could not find where to purchase glass bottles. Also enjoy Dr.Axe.
You can find it here: http://amzn.to/1nxITSU
Love finding things to make the world a better place to be.
Me too,dont want to be breathing in these harmful chemicals
I Make something very similar, but mine also has eucalyptus oil. I use it to clean and disinfect everything in my house…glass, granite counters, bathroom, kitchen, stove, microwave…leaves a fantastic fresh smell instead of a harsh chemical smell. Plus it costs pennies to make
Where does one find a glass bottle witha sprayer attachment for storage?
If you click on the glass bottle in the ingredients list, it will take you to the place where I got mine.
What brand of essential oils do you recommend? Have you heard of Youth Living! It is sooo expensive…. $30-$60 for .17 ounce. There must be a better alternative.
Please email me at [email protected] and I can get you that information
Lemon essential oil not lemon juice I am guessing… Glad that you are telling us to use a glass bottle – I am learning lots about essential oils and I know from first hand experience that lemon essential oil is really good at breaking down plastic!
Exactly!