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Cleaning the floor in your home can prove to be a task, especially if you are trying not to use chemical cleaners. Most commercially produced floor cleaners have chemicals that can make you and your family ill, and are damaging to the environment.<\/p>\n
A homemade floor cleaner, on the other hand, can adequately clean your floors as well as any store-bought floor cleaner, is not damaging to the environment of your home, and results in fewer allergies or asthma attacks.<\/p>\n
Making a homemade cleaner is easy, most of the time you will probably have all the ingredients at hand, and you end up saving a ton of money while protecting the environment. A win-win situation through and through!<\/p>\n
Before you start exploring the different DIY floor cleaner recipes you need to understand how each ingredient works and why it is used in recipes. Here are some of the most commonly used homemade floor cleaner ingredients and a brief about how they work.<\/span><\/p>\n While using an all-purpose cleaner is good, sometimes certain ingredients present in the cleaner can damage certain surfaces. So, it is best to make a custom home made floor cleaner based on your flooring so that your flooring does not get damaged.<\/p>\n Wondering how to make the floor cleaner? Read on to know!<\/p>\n Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n This solution can be used to clean bamboo floors and dirty walls too.<\/li>\n Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n If your laminate floor is sticky and you cannot figure out why, it is probably because your cleaner is building up on its surface. An easy way to get rid of all the built-up cleaners is to use a mix of warm water, liquid dishwashing soap, vinegar, and alcohol to mop your floor. You will notice a change within the first mopping cycle.<\/p>\n Vinyl flooring is highly durable and robust, which is why it is a popular choice for most people. While it can handle most cleaning products, vinegar is highly acidic and can damage the surface of your vinyl. An easy fix for this is to dilute the vinegar with water in a 1:4 ratio and you should be good to go.<\/p>\n Sometimes, mopping solutions contain too many surfactants (soap), which causes them to leave behind a residue. While soap is a necessity for cleaning dirt, it can cause streaky, unsightly-looking floors.<\/p>\n While using any floor cleaner, even a pet-safe home cleaner, it is best to keep your pet away in another room until the floors are completely dry. If you are making a homemade floor cleaner and adding essential oils to your floor cleaner, make sure you use only pet-safe essential oils to keep your furry baby(s) safe.<\/p>\n One of the quickest and safest homemade floor cleaners is this all-purpose floor cleaner. Simply fill a bucket with about 8 litres of water. Add \u00bd cup vinegar, \u00bd cup rubbing alcohol, and 5 to 7 drops of liquid dishwashing liquid to it and mix well. Mop the floor with it and then rinse with fresh water if required.<\/p>\n Rubbing alcohol or 70% alcohol or isopropyl alcohol is a great disinfectant and can be used to disinfect your floor at home.<\/p>\n Here you have some of the best homemade floor cleaner recipes for some of the most common types of flooring<\/a>. You can easily make these at home with natural ingredients at a fraction of the cost of store-bought cleaners while creating a healthy environment for you and your family.<\/p>\n Also read how to clean the cement stains from tiles<\/a> using home made solutions.<\/p>\n\n
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Using 70% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol as Floor Cleaner<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nRubbing alcohol is a natural disinfectant and can kill the germs on your floor. It also helps break down the grit, dirt, and grease on the floor, ensuring easy cleaning. Rubbing alcohol also evaporates quickly preventing the formation of unsightly streaks on the floor.<\/p>\n\n
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Use White Vinegar as Floor Cleaner<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Vinegar is essentially acetic acid and works as a degreaser and a disinfector too. This helps in loosening the stuck dirt and cutting through the stubborn grease that may have built up over time. But, due to the high acidic content, it is best to dilute it before using it on the floors, especially on natural stone floors, natural wood floors, and laminates as the acid in vinegar can permanently damage the surface of these floorings and even etch upon or eat away the top layer of these flooring materials.<\/p>\n\n
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Liquid Dish Soap as floor cleaner liquid<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Regular dishwashing liquid soap is pH neutral and safe for use on all kinds of surfaces. Liquid soap is a great cleaner and can easily break down dirt and also help get rid of built-up grease. It is imperative that you use plain dishwashing liquid in your recipes and avoid those with added fragrances and ingredients. Also, never mix dish soap with bleach or any kind of oil as the mix can be toxic. While using a soap-based recipe make sure you do not use too much, since using a lot of soap can result in the formation of a film on your floors.<\/p>\n\n
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Essential Oils Mixed In DIY Floor Cleaner<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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If you cannot stand the undiluted smell of rubbing alcohol or white vinegar adding a few drops of your favourite essential oil to the mix can help. Essential oils do not help in cleaning or degreasing or even disinfecting \u2013 they are purely added to mask the scent of the ingredients and offer a pleasant smell to the floor.<\/p>\n\n
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Lemon Juice Mixed In DIY Floor Cleaner<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Lemon juice is a great acid-based cleaner that can help rid the floor of hard water stains and stubborn grease buildup. It is a great choice for ceramic tiles<\/a>, porcelain, and vitrified tiles, but make sure you do not use it on natural stone floors or any other floors that can get damaged by the acidity of lemon. The added advantage of using lemon juice is that it adds its lemony \u201cfresh\u201d scent to the cleaner, giving you a fresh feeling.<\/p>\n\n
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Warm Water: A Natural Floor Cleaner<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Using too much floor cleaner, homemade or otherwise, can end up damaging your floor, sometimes causing irreversible damage. Always make sure you dilute your homemade floor cleaner with enough water since it can dilute the effect of some of the harsher cleaning ingredients. To increase the longevity of homemade floor cleaners some recipes even ask you to use distilled water.<\/p>\n\n
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Borax Mixed in Homemade Floor Cleaner<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Borax is an alkali-based cleaner that can help cut through oil and grease. Once upon a time, Borax was a highly used cleaning supply, but it phased out with the advent of modern cleaning supplies. But, now, Borax is making a comeback. This powder can be used for a variety of things, such as scrubs, pastes, and cleaning sprays.<\/p>\n\n
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Use Ammonia for Homemade Floor Cleaner<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Ammonia is one the toughest cleaning ingredients out there and can provide you with a clean, streak-free surface. It can help cut through all kinds of tough dirt and grime quite easily. But, beware, it is a very potent ingredient and care should be taken while using it. Firstly, always wear gloves while using ammonia and open all doors and windows for better ventilation. As an additional safety measure, you can wear a mask too. Also, most importantly, never ever mix ammonia with chlorine bleach \u2013 it produces a dangerous chloramines gas that can cause symptoms such as nausea, coughing, chest pain, fluid in the lungs, watery eyes, shortness of breath, irritation in the throat, nose, and eyes, and wheezing.<\/p>\nDifferent Types Of Floor Cleaner For Different Flooring Materials<\/h2>\n
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Laminated Floors
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\nLaminate flooring is hassle-free and does not require extensive maintenance. But, to clean up the occasional messes, a strong floor cleaner is required. Using the wrong kind of floor cleaner can have a disastrous impact and can permanently damage the finish of your floor. This floor cleaner will get your laminate flooring gleaming, without damaging the flooring.<\/p>\nDIY Laminate Floor Cleaner Recipe<\/h3>\n
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Vinyl Floors
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Vinyl should always be cleaned using non-abrasive floor cleaners that are free from some of the harsher chemicals. The following cleaning solution can be used on vinyl flooring without damaging its surface.<\/p>\nDIY Homemade Vinyl Floor Cleaner Recipe<\/h3>\n
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Hardwood Flooring
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Hardwood can be mopped on a daily basis with warm water, but in case of stubborn stains, you need something stronger. With this homemade wood floor cleaner you can mop your hardwood floors to clean all the built-up grit, dirt, and grease. This recipe will also help polish your floor and give it a beautiful sheen. The lemon juice and the hot water in the recipe make the solution strong enough to clean out the dirt, while the olive oil helps polish your floor.<\/p>\nDIY Homemade Wood Floor Cleaner Recipe<\/h3>\n
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Tile Flooring
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If the floors of your home are tiled using ceramic, porcelain, or vitrified tiles<\/a>, you can use ingredients commonly found in most households to clean your floors and get rid of the layers of built-up dust, grime, and dirt. The best part about this solution is that it doesn\u2019t leave behind a sticky soapy residue. With this solution, you can easily stop buying commercially produced cleaners completely.<\/p>\nHomemade Tile Floor Cleaner Recipe<\/h3>\n
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Carpeted Floors
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The easiest, no-fuss way of keeping a carpet clean is to vacuum it on a daily basis. But in cases of spills and stains, a vacuum can do no good. In such cases, you need a cleaner that can clean your carpet without damaging it and without leaving behind a soapy or sticky residue. Here is an easy homemade carpet cleaner recipe that can be used for spot cleaning.<\/p>\nDIY Homemade Carpeted Floor Cleaner<\/h3>\n
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Natural Stone Floors
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Natural stone, whether a tile or a slab, is usually porous in nature. This means that if the stone is unsealed it can easily absorb the cleaner that you use and get discoloured and damaged. To avoid this, you need to use a pH-neutral cleaner that contains neither bleach nor any kind of acid. Here is a tile floor cleaner recipe that can help you clean your natural stone floors without damaging them. Try this cleaning solution in a fine mist spray bottle.<\/p>\nHomemade Floor Cleaner For Natural Stone Floors<\/h3>\n
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Marble Floors
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Marble is temperamental and even the slightest imbalance in the pH of your floor cleaner can cause irreversible damage to your marble floors. Using the right floor cleaner is imperative. Here is a recipe for a mild floor cleaner that will clean your marble floors without damaging them.<\/p>\nDIY Marble Floor Cleaner<\/h3>\n
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Frequently Asked Questions on Floor Cleaning (FAQ\u2019s)<\/h2>\n
How do I clean a sticky laminate floor?<\/h3>\n
Can you clean vinyl floors with vinegar?<\/h3>\n
Why do some mopping solutions leave a residue?<\/h3>\n
How do you make floor cleaner safe for pets?<\/h3>\n
What is the best homemade floor cleaner?<\/h3>\n
How can I disinfect my floor at home?<\/h3>\n