All Natural Homemade Hardwood Floor Cleaners
These 3 All Natural Homemade Hardwood Floor Cleaners will tackle all your cleaning needs. Each recipe is safe and non toxic for the little ones.
As a mom with two little ones, I try my best to get on the ‘all natural wagon’. Through trial and error, I’ve narrowed it down to 3 All Natural Homemade Hardwood Floor Cleaners that I can easily customize. Not all hardwood floor cleaners give the results I’m looking for. While some cleaners leave floors looking either dull or streaked, you will find these cleaners to be efficient, non toxic and leave your floors looking squeaky clean.
White Vinegar is an active ingredient in each of the following recipes. Vinegar acts as a disinfectant, cuts through dirt and grime and eliminates pet and food odors. White Vinegar is acidic, therefore, diluting with water is important.
If you’d like to try all 3 recipes, why not print out labels. Get creative. Cleaning isn’t always fun but the labels can be!
Always make sure to vacuum and/or sweep dirt particles off your hardwood floor before mopping. (The vacuum found in 7 Helpful House Cleaning Mommy Tips, is what I use). Leaving dirt on the floor while mopping could result in scratches.
Recipe #1 Basic Hardwood Floor Cleaner
This recipe is my “go-to” for every day cleaning.
What you’ll need:
- Spray bottle
- Vinegar
- Water
- Dish soap or Castile soap
- Essential oils (Optional)
Directions:
- Take your clean spray bottle and add 3 parts water and 1 part white vinegar.
- Add 1-2 tablespoons of dish soap or Castile soap (If the spray bottle is only 16oz, add 1 tablespoon. If the spray bottle is 32oz, add 2 tablespoons).
- Choose to add essential oils? Add 4-8 drops (If the spray bottle is only 16oz, add 4 drops. If the spray bottle is 32oz, add 8 drops).
- Shake bottle and you’re ready to clean!
Recipe #2 Deodorize and Disinfecting Hardwood Floor Cleaner
This recipe is one of my favorites. Smells incredible and cleans beautifully.
What you’ll need:
- Spray bottle
- Vinegar
- Water
- Lemon or Orange Peel (peel only)
- Rubbing Alcohol
Directions:
- Take your clean spray bottle and add 3 parts water and 1 part white vinegar.
- Peel Lemon or orange, and add the peel directly to the cleaning bottle with vinegar and water (If the spray bottle is only 16oz, add half the peels. If the spray bottle is 32oz, add all peels.)
- Add 1-3 tablespoons of rubbing alcohol (If the spray bottle is only 16oz, add 1 tablespoon. If the spray bottle is 32oz, add 3 tablespoons.)
- Shake and let sit for at least 24 hours before using to clean (This allows the natural oils from the lemon peel to mix with the cleaner)
Recipe #3 Clean and Polish Hardwood Floors
This recipe is best when you find your floors are looking a little dull and want them to shine.
What you’ll need:
- Spray bottle
- Vinegar
- Water
- Essential oils (such as lemon or orange)
- Olive oil
Directions:
- Take your clean spray bottle. Add 3 parts water and 1 part white vinegar.
- Add 4-8 drops of essential oils (If the spray bottle is 16oz, add 4 drops. If the spray bottle is 32oz, add 8 drops.)
- Add 2-4 tablespoons of olive oil (If the spray bottle is 16oz, add 2 tablespoons. If the spray bottle is 32oz, add 4 tablespoons.)
- Shake bottle and you’re ready to clean!
Here are a few addition helpful tips:
- First of all, when mopping your hardwood floors, make sure to go with the grain. This will help your floors look bright and clean, not dull.
- Needing to clean up after your sweet little one has puked, or the family pet has made a ‘mess’? Add a few drops of tea tree oil or 2-3 tbsp baking soda to any of these Hardwood Floor Cleaners to deep clean those soiled areas.
- Another tip for when floors start to look dull, use recipe #3 to help make the floors shine and bring them back to life. Try using a few tablespoons of olive oil on a rag for scuffed, dull or or scratched areas. Making sure to buff area with a clean cloth.
- In conclusion, use a mop with washable cloth attachments. Simply toss soiled cloths into the washing machine. No need to keep dirt and germs sitting on a mop in the closet.
- I use the O-Cedar Microfiber Flip Mop. I also have an extra Microfiber Mop Refill. Rather than using the same mop for the entire house, have a few microfiber refills on hand.
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Heather Johnson
I totally need to try your homemade hardwood floor cleaner. My three bedrooms have hardwood. Although all three have some water damage from the past 70 years.
Nellie Blazina
These cleaners are amazing. I would highly recommend that you try the recipe #3 on the bathroom. If you use extra olive oil on a rag to work on those damaged areas, make sure to buff with a clean rag after. Its really helped bring back life to our hardwood floors.
Neely Moldovan
We have hardwoods all over our house and with a new mobile baby this is perfect timing. I may have to try this!
Nellie Blazina
It gives you peace of mind, thats for sure. Hope you like these Hardwood Floor cleaners as much as I do!
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These are all great cleaners! I definitely use something similar but slightly different to clean our hardwood floors. There are a lot of natural cleaners you can use in your home so that you can cut out those pesky chemicals.
Nellie Blazina
I love finding ways to cut out chemicals in our house. Thanks for visiting our site. Have a great rest of your week!
Janella Panchamsingh
Thank you for this, now you feel safer with knowing your floors are clean enough to eat off of.
Nellie Blazina
Exactly, Having peace of mind while the sweet little ones are crawling around is so very important. Thanks for visiting our site. Have a great rest of your week!
Melanie Payne
I make my own cleaners as well! So much better than any other thing you buy in the store and it is so much healthier to have around the family
Nellie Blazina
Yay, another homemade cleaner mama. That’s fantastic. Thanks for visiting our site. Have a great rest of your week!
Courtney
We just put new wood floors in our house so I couldn’t have found this at a more perfect time. Definitely going to be giving this a try
Nellie Blazina
Congratulations on the new hardwood floors. I hope you like these hardwood floor recipes. Have a great rest of your week!
Tiara Wilson
We have hard-wood floors in our house. These are some incredible tips. I’m going to have to try this tomorrow, as Sundays are our cleaning days 🙂
Nellie Blazina
I hope you liked the results from using this hardwood floor cleaner. I love how it cleans beautifully while not having harsh chemicals. Have a great rest of your week.
Annemarie LeBlanc
Thanks for sharing these DIY hardwood floor cleaners. I occasionally babysit my grandson and he is just like all over the place. Keeping the floor clean without using harsh chemicals will give me peace of mind when he is home with me.
Nellie Blazina
I couldn’t agree more. Having peace of mind while the sweet little ones are crawling around is so very important. Hope you like these recipes and enjoy your sweet grandson. They grow up so fast.