Uses For Liquid Castile Soap

Liquid Castile Soap has many uses:


• 1Tbsp in a bucket of hot water to scrub walls or floors

• Use as shampoo and baby/ toddler wash. 1 tsp (small squirt) on body puff or washcloth

• Helps with eczema when used as a body wash (at least it helps my 3yo)

• Use 1 Tbsp as dish soap for hand washing dishes and pots and pans.

• Use as an all purpose spray cleaner.

• I use this to clean my car interior, leather, wood, ceramic and tile, floors wood and linoleum, marble, and plastic.

• I literally can use this on ANY non-glass (streaks too much for my taste) surface in my house including bathing my family and pets!

These are just the tip of the iceberg in my opinion. I buy the kind with Tea Tree oil in it because it has disinfecting, healing and bug repellent properties. It helps to soothe irritated skin, helps keep fleas off of my cat and helps kill bacteria from who knows what the kiddos picked up!

Food Prep Surface Disinfectant

Food Prep Surface Disinfectant:


• 2 clean empty spray bottles that mist

• Hydrogen peroxide & Distilled white vinegar

Step 1: Fill one bottle with Hydrogen Peroxide & label

Step 2: Fill 2nd bottle with Distilled white vinegar & label

***DO NOT MIX THE PROXIDE AND VINEGAR IN THE SAME CONTAINER IT MAKES AN ACID WHEN COMBINED!!!

**Spray one on the surface first and then the other, it does not matter what order. Wipe surface clean with all purpose spray and then use these 2 sprays to kill food bourn bacteria like salmonella and e coli.

This can also be used as a fruit and vegetable wash!

Scrubbing Cleanser

Scrubbing Cleaner:


• Borax

• Washing soda

• Baking soda

Make a paste of 1 part borax, 1 part washing soda, and 1 part baking soda. Apply to the area you want to clean, leave sit for 5 minutes or so and scrub as usual.

You can store a mixture of the dry ingredients in a sealed labeled container and just use and make your paste as needed for convenience.

All Purpose Spray Cleaner

All Purpose Spray Cleaner:


• Clean Empty Spray Bottle

• 1 Tbsp of liquid castile soap (try one with tea tree oil for disinfecting)

• Warm water

Step 1: fill spray bottle ¾ full with warm water

Step 2: add liquid castile soap

Step 3: put top on bottle & shake well to mix

Step 4: Label the bottle properly

Good For: Wood furniture, countertops and cabinets, bathroom counters and sinks, stove tops, Kitchen appliances like microwave & refrigerator.

Munchkin Momma's Dishwasher Detergent

Dish Washer Detergent:


• 32 oz container (old large yogurt container works) w/ lid

• ½ cup of Borax

• ½ cup of washing soda

• ¼ cup of salt

• 4 lemonade drink mix packets (NOT THE PRE SUGARED!)

Step 1: Pour dry ingredients into the container, stir or shake to mix well.

Step 2: Use 1 Tbsp per dishwasher cycle.

Step 3: Can use 1tsp for the “prewash” section if you like

Step 4: Use distilled white vinegar in the rinse agent compartment instead of jet dry.

Step 5: Be sure to properly Label the container.

Homemade Cleaner Recipies

Laundry Detergent and Fabric Softener | Dishwasher Detergent and Rinse Agent

All Purpose Cleaner | Scrubbing Cleaner

Food Prep Surface Disenfectant and Fruit / Veggies Wash Spray

Window and Glass Cleaner | Liquid Castile Soap Uses

Homemade Cat Litter and Pet Bedding

Munchkin Momma's Homemade Laundry Detergent

Laundry Detergent:

• 2 cups of Borax

• 2 cups of Washing Soda

• ½ fluid ounce of Liquid Castile Soap

• 1 gallon of boiling water

• 2 gallons of cool water

Step 1: Dissolve Borax and Washing Soda in the boiling water, stir until well dissolved.

Step 2: Add ½ ounce of liquid Castile Soap to the boiling mixture, turn off the heat, and stir until well mixed.

Step 3: Once mixture has cooled some (about 15 minutes) pour it into the 2 gallons of cool water, mix well.

Step 4: Pour into appropriate containers and label.

Step 5: Use ¼ cup per load, can use more for heavily soiled laundry if you like.

Tip: use distilled white vinegar as a fabric softener for soft clothes with less static. It doesn’t take away from the absorbency of things like towels or diapers.

Homemade Cleaner Recipies

Laundry Detergent and Fabric Softener | Dishwasher Detergent and Rinse Agent

All Purpose Cleaner | Scrubbing Cleaner

Food Prep Surface Disenfectant and Fruit / Veggies Wash Spray

Window and Glass Cleaner | Liquid Castile Soap Uses

Homemade Cat Litter and Pet Bedding

Basic Ecological & Economical Homemade Household Cleaners

Basic Household Cleaners
These are Natural Cleaners that are better for the environment, your family, and your wallet!

All you need to clean your home including laundry,dishes, kids and pets!

These are recepies for my homemade cleaners. I love these cleaners and have personally had no problems using them at all. There are few basic ingredients used throughout all the cleaners. Below is a list of where you can buy these products if you are having trouble finding them. I researched these all over the web and tweeked them for my liking. I'd put the links up for where I found the original posts but it would be inaccurate (not to mention that it was a while agoand I honestly don't remember where I found them all!). I took several different ideas and combined them or reduced them to come up with the simplest possible recepies that would work for my needs. I was tired of having tons and tons of cleaners that all did the same job, just didn't work on all my surfaces so I had to buy more and more crap. Same with laundry, I needed one detergent that worked for diapers, one for sensitive skin (we are allergic to alot) and would still clean my mud loving 3 & 2 year old's duds plus my hubby's grimy work clothes with who knows what black muck ground in. I hate the smell of chemicals, I can taste the bleach in  most dishwasher detergents, most household cleaning sprays drive my allergies insane, and honestly its all too stinking expensive for my budget.

So for less than what I used to pay for 1 large jug of Tide I can now clean my whole house, my kids and pets, do my dishes and my laundry!

What You Will Need and Where to Buy:

Liquid Castile Soap: Dr. Bonner's is sold at Target near the Burt's Bees stuff in the Beauty Section. I paid less than $10 for my bottle and I got the one with Tea Tree Oil in it.
Washing Soda: Made by Arm & Hammer Called Super Washing Soda. I found it at Shop n Save for $2.30 a box. Some Wal- Marts have it and some Ace Hardware Stores, you can order it on-line as well. Ace has it on-line for under $4 per box and has free shipping site to store if you are unable to find it anywhere else.
Borax: most stores with a laundry section have this, Wal-Mart & Target both do for about $3.65 a box (price varies by store).
Low Sudsing Ammonia: Dollar General is where Ifound mine for $1 a bottle. I imagine that stores like walmart may have it too!
Distilled White Vinegar: again Dollar General I think less than $2.00 for a huge bottle. this will be in any grocery store though
Hydrogen Peroxide: in the first aid section of most stores, buy a big bottle but search for the lowest price! I got a big bottle for 75 cents at Dollar General.
Salt: some people use kosher salt, i used generic plain old table salt for 33 cents at the discount grocery store. one of the big containers with a pour spout.
Baking Soda: grocery, dollar and big stores like wal mart all have this just search for the best price. I buy small boxes for 50 cents because i can get them close to home as opposed to driving for a better price on the big bag. Unless I am at the bigger store anyhow.
Lemonade Packets: These are the kool-aid packets with out sugar in them.Any grocery store should have them. I wait till they are on a huge sale and buy a ton, like 20 for a dollar, you can use a generic one its the citric acid in them that you need. You could use actual citric acid but I didn't have any way to buy that near home and for all I needed it for, lemonade works just fine. This is to cut down on the spots and the film dishwasher detergents leave on dishes.
Containers: you could buy new ones or in the interest or reusing and saving money you can clean your old spray bottles and detergent jugs or otehr appropriate sized containers you have around home.
News Paper: pretty self explainatory lol
To clean the containers: make sure that all of the old product has been thouroughly rinsed with hot water. Then rinse well with peroxide and allow to air dry before reusing.

Cleaner Recepies:

Laundry Detergent and Fabric Softener: Good for all laundry, can use to treat stains and soak clothing, diapers ect. I even wash our shoes in this. We have very sensitive skin and this does not bother us at all and I think it cleans better than Tide did.

Dishwasher Detergent and Rinse Agent: No problems in my dishwasher with glass, plastic, ceramic or metal. Doesn't leave a film and it even cleaned chili and spagetti sauce off of white and clear plastic!

All Purpose Cleaner: Cleans every type of surface we have from wood and ceramic to marble and countertops. Works great on stoves and all other kitchen appliances. Terriffic on kids toys, inside cars, on leather, even spot cleaning couches and my bathroom! The only thing I don't use it on is windows and glass or T.V/ computer screens.

Scrubbing Cleaner: Whatever the all purpose spray doesn't clean this does. I use this one my tub, in my kitchen sink when its super dirty, in my toilet, on the cooked on spots on my stove top, oven and microwave.

Food Prep Surface Disenfectant / Fruit and Veggies Wash Spray: Disenfects counters, glass, plastic and wood cutting boards etc. You can also use this to clean your fruits and vegetables. It is safe to spray an apple or salad geens and then eat. It kills bacteria like E Coli, samonella, and other food bourne bacteria.

Window and Glass Cleaner: works great I use it on all my windows, mirrors, my stained glass lamp shades and nick nacks, even my car windows.

Liquid Castile Soap Uses: This is such a wonderful product with so many uses throughout the home and for my family and pets. I love this stuff and I wish I had found out about it a decade ago!

Homemade Cat Litter: my kitty loves this and as long as you scoop it daily and change it weekly I have had no problems with it!

Good luck with all of these if you have any suggestions please feel free to post them! If you found somewhere else to buy one of these items or if you found a super good deal please post it and let us know what area you live in too! Not all products are available in all stores in all areas sadly.