These DIY Cleaning Wipes Are Money-Saving, Eco-Friendly Magic

While there’s no denying the convenience of store-bought cleaning wipes, they’re far from a perfect solution! That’s what motivated me to come up with the homemade alternative I’ll be sharing with you today: DIY cleaning wipes.

We’ll start by exploring some of the things that give these homemade wipes an edge over the store-bought variety, then we’ll dive right into the simple tutorial for how to make them. By the end of this post, you’ll know everything you need to know to make your own reusable cleaning wipes! :-)

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The Problems With Store-Bought Disinfecting Wipes

1. They Create Waste

Any sort of disposable product creates waste, and wipes are no exception. While disposable wipes can be a smart choice in high-risk environments like hospitals, they aren’t typically necessary for home cleaning and disinfecting.

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2. They Contain Harsh Chemicals

You don’t need a laundry list of chemicals to clean surfaces or kill bacteria and viruses. But store-bought wipes feature a lot of them, including synthetic fragrances, toxins, and respiratory irritants.

3. They’re Costly

One container of cleaning wipes doesn’t usually last very long, especially if you clean frequently. Even if you’re paying just a few dollars per container, that can add up fast!

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The Solution? Make Your Own Cleaning Wipes!

But you can avoid all of those drawbacks just by making your own cleaning wipes at home. They’re easy to make, cost-effective, and reusable—what more could you want?

Before we get to the how of making them, let’s quickly review what exactly goes into them. (I’ve provided a few alternatives in the following section just in case you have trouble finding certain ingredients.)

What’s In It? Ingredients For DIY Cleaning Wipes

You only need three ingredients to make your own DIY cleaning and disinfecting wipes:

• Rubbing Alcohol – Rubbing alcohol is an extremely affordable disinfecting agent and is effective against many viruses at concentrations of 70% and up.
• Dish Soap – Adding a bit of Dawn dish soap to your homemade wipes enhances their ability to cut through greasy messes.
• Simple Clean Essential Oil Blend – Simple Clean makes a great addition to almost any homemade cleaner. It has a fresh, clean scent and it gives the wipes another boost of germ-killing power!

How To Make Reusable DIY Cleaning Wipes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups rubbing alcohol, 70% or higher
• 1 tsp Dawn dish soap
• 20 drops Simple Clean Essential Oil Blend

Other supplies:

• Quart-sized mason jar
• Stack of clean cloths or rags

Directions:

Add the rubbing alcohol, dish soap, and essential oils to your jar. Put the lid on and swirl or shake gently to mix.

Next, remove the lid and add your cloths or rags to the jar. Continue adding more until the cleaning solution has saturated all the cloths, then add one more for good measure.

Replace the lid on the jar, then turn it upside-down for a minute or so. And voila, your reusable cleaning wipes are ready to use!

How To Use Your DIY Cleaning Wipes

You can use your homemade wipes to wipe down countertops, clean up spills, dust your baseboards, and more. If you’re using them to disinfect frequently touched surfaces, pre-clean the surface with soapy water first, then use your cleaning wipe and allow the surface to air dry.

Collect the dirty/used wipes in a container, then when you’ve used them all, toss them in your washer to clean them. Once they’re clean, add them to a fresh batch of the cleaning solution and use them again!

Be sure to thoroughly clean both the jar you store the wipes in and the container you use to hold the dirty wipes between uses too.

OGT Readers Love These Wipes

I followed Jillee’s “recipe” for DIY cleaning wipes, and I’m loving them. I’m a grandmother, and I still had my kids’ cloth diapers! So I cut some of them up into rectangles, and they make great wipes. Thanks, Jillee!

BECKY F.

Love the Product! I use the Simple Clean Essential Oil to make my disinfecting wipes. It’s great!!

TAMMY S.

Love the scent. I’m using this with Jillee’s recipes for foaming hand wash and the reusable clean-up wipes. Very happy with Simple Clean and love the scent.

TEDDI B.

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