How to get your floors really clean

Our floors really do take a beating! Enter pets, children and the largest culprits of them all ⏤ those dirty, dirty shoes 👞 Show your floors some T.L.C and make my DIY Floor Cleaner Liquid. It’ll get your floors ⏤ you guessed it ⏤ really clean!

About the ingredients/supplies

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Dr. Bronner’s Sal Suds

All-natural, plant-based
Non-toxic
Gentle, yet effective
Highly concentrated, so a little goes a long way!

Isopropyl Alcohol

An effective disinfectant
The higher the percentage, the more cleaning power ⏤ I’m using 50% here, but have gone as high as 91% in past iterations
Safe for multi-purpose use without any of the toxicity

Distilled White Vinegar

An environmentally-friendly, yet effective cleanser
Safe for use around children and pets
An economical option with a long shelf life

Air-tight container

I’ve repurposed an old beverage bottle, but if you don’t have anything handy, you can order something similar (linked above 👆🏾)
I often repurpose old bottles and jars for my DIY products and cleaners which is an easy way to be more eco-friendly. Removing old product stickers and labels used to be quite the chore ⏤ but now it’s a breeze when I use my DIY Goo Gone to get the annoying sticky residue off.

Sponge

I’m always on the hunt for the most sustainable options for my home and these are the best sponges I’ve come across yet
100% natural materials (23% of which is recycled paper, pretty cool huh?!)
The scrubbing fibers are non-scratch, so you don’t have to worry about damage, and they still get the job done 👍🏾

How to make

Unscrew the lid on your air-tight container and get ready to add:
1/4 cup of Dr. Bronner’s Sal Suds
Followed by 1/4 cup of Isopropyl Alcohol
And finally, 1/2 cup of Distilled White Vinegar
Fill the rest of the container with warm water
Add the cap and shake to combine
Enjoy!

How to use

Once you have your DIY Floor Cleaner Liquid ready to go (see above section on How to make 👆🏾), get a bucket of warm/hot water and your sponge or mop ready.
Pour a bit of the DIY Floor Cleaner Liquid onto your sponge (or mop) and apply to the floor directly. The DIY Floor Cleaner Liquid has a bit of water in it, so no need to douse the floor and get it water logged 💦
The bucket of warm water is used to refresh the sponge (or mop) as needed.
Using Dr. Bronner’s Sal Suds makes this DIY Floor Cleaner Liquid highly concentrated, so one bottle will last for quite a while.
Don’t stop with floors, this DIY Floor Cleaner Liquid also works great for general cleaning purposes; think in the tub, on the counters and even refreshing yoga mats!
Hopefully these steps help you to get your floors really clean, and if you need some help with area rugs or carpets, stay tuned next week!