Go Back Email Link
–+ servings
A small jar of creamy dessert with orange zest, a sprig of greenery, and three orange slices on a doily, arranged on a white surface.
Print Recipe
No ratings yet

Homemade Kitchen Cleaner

This homemade kitchen cleaner is quick to make and smells divine. A non-toxic kitchen cleaner you can feel good about using around the house.
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Cuisine: American
Servings: 1 jar
Author: Corinne Schmitt

Ingredients

  • 1 cup baking soda
  • ½ cup borax
  • ¼ cup fine Epsom salts
  • ¼ cup Trader Joe’s Citrus dish soap
  • 1 teaspoon peroxide
  • 10-20 drops tangerine essential oil
  • 10-20 drops orange essential oil
  • 10-20 drops mandarin orange essential oil
  • 1 large Zest from orange
  • Airtight container

Instructions

  • Add baking soda to mixing bowl
    A clear glass bowl with white powder being poured in, next to a whole orange, on a patterned tablecloth.
  • Add borax and Epsom salts to bowl
    A hand pours water from a glass pitcher into a bowl containing white powder on a patterned cloth.
  • Add soap and to mixing bowl.
    A clear glass bowl filled with white granulated sugar sits on a patterned tablecloth next to an orange.
  • Add tangerine, orange and mandarin orange essential oils to mixing bowl.
    A hand holds a small bottle labeled "Orange Essential Oil" above a white surface.
  • Add peroxide to bowl. This may make the mixture bubble a bit or expand, but it will settle down shortly.
  • Gently stir ingredients together.
    A red 1 teaspoon measuring spoon is held above a bowl filled with white powder, likely flour or sugar.
  • Add orange zest to bowl.
    A hand is grating an orange over a bowl of whipped egg whites with a fine grater on a patterned cloth.
  • Add mixture to an airtight container.
    A hand uses a red whisk to transfer a creamy mixture from a glass bowl into a small glass jar on a patterned cloth.

Notes

Gentle enough to use on sinks, toilet bowls, showers and tubs, counter tops, stainless and more!
 
Do not use on untreated wood or unsealed granite.