How to Use Essential Oils When Cleaning at Home?
While trying to maintain hygiene at home, we can get help from some natural products. Among these natural products are essential oils with both their beautiful scents and the benefits they provide. You can prepare an effective home cleaning product by mixing more than one natural product. Let's take a look at the titles together to give you an idea.
Cleaning Spray
Add water to a spray bottle. Then, depending on the type of surface you are cleaning, add a few drops of essential oils that have antibacterial properties, such as lemon , tea tree or lavender oil . Shake the spray bottle well and use it to clean.
Surface Cleaning
Add a few drops of essential oil to the cleaning products you will add to a bucket of water. For example; lemon oil or tea tree oil. You can use this mixture to clean surfaces such as countertops, sinks, tiles.
Washing machine
You can add a few drops of essential oil to your washing machine along with your laundry detergent. Lavender oil can give your laundry a pleasant scent and extra cleaning power.
Room Fragrance
To use as a room scent, add water to a diffuser and add a few drops of your preferred essential oil. Refreshing scents such as orange, bergamot (Litsea) or mint can be preferred. You can benefit from the oil you use depending on its properties. For this reason, you can decide which oil to choose according to its benefits.
Carpet Cleaning
To clean your carpet, mix some baking soda with a few drops of essential oil and sprinkle the mixture on your carpet. After waiting for a few hours, vacuum your carpet. This way, you will both clean your carpet and make it smell nice.
Which Essential Oil Should I Choose When Cleaning at Home?
We mentioned that you will clean using essential oils… but do you know which oils to choose? Let's take a look at the essential oils that you can clean with:
Clary Sage is a great option for cleaning surfaces. It also has an invigorating scent, so you can both clean your home and provide positive energy to the environment. Lavender oil has antiseptic and antimicrobial properties. It has a pleasant scent. Therefore, when used while cleaning at home, it both cleans surfaces and refreshes your home. Tea tree oil has strong antimicrobial properties. For this reason, you can use it for bathroom and kitchen molds. Peppermint Oil is an effective solution for sending ants home. When you find the entry points to your home and drop a few drops of peppermint oil, you can see that they decrease over time.
You can use each oil on its own, or you can combine several different oils to get the scent you want. For example, you can combine lavender and lemon oils to create a pleasant clean scent.
