Loni's All Purpose Spray

A BIG thanks to my girlfriend, Loni, for helping me check off another goal on my check list already!! She sent me this GREAT recipe for her homemade All-Purpose Spray.  Be sure to check her blog out too! Loni is SUPER creative and a world renowned multi-tasker like myself (but she cooks more).  :)

One thing you can do to fulfill all of these needs for just a few bucks is to mix up a batch of homemade all-purpose spray. I keep a bottle of it in the house at all times and use it on everything from the counter-tops, to the dog toys, to my car interior. It’s cheap to make (once you have the initial ingredients), takes less than two minutes to mix up, is non-toxic, environmentally sound, and makes everything smell wonderful. A no brainer, right? Here’s the recipe.

You’ll need:

A 32 oz. spray bottle (reuse an empty cleaning spray bottle or you can buy spray bottles at just about any grocery/big box store for a couple of bucks)

• 3/4 cup distilled white vinegar (always buy the off-brand cheap stuff. It’s like $2 a gallon)
• 1 cup hydrogen peroxide (also go for the cheap, big bottle)
• 1 1/2 tsp castille soap (i.e. Dr. Bronner’s)
• 30 drops of tea tree oil (worth the $6 investment for a bottle – it also serves as an antiseptic)
• 30 drops of any other essential oil of your choice (I like lavendar, rosemary, lemon verbena, and citrus oil in particular is yummy & pretty cheap)

Pour all of those ingredients into your spray bottle and then add water to fill it up to the top.