You see, I’ve been on a mission to make cheaper products for my home so I can save money, and sharing them with you, so that, of course, can save money too.

Vinegar is such an incredible all natural disinfecting cleaning product that doesn’t cost very much at all.

These are the DIY recipes I have used vinegar in so far:

• Wood Furniture Cleaner
• Stainless Steel Kitchen Sink Cleaner
• Leather Sofa Cleaner
• Laminate Floor Cleaner
• Garbage Disposal Cleaner
• Easy Shower Cleaner
• Toilet Bowl Cleaner
• Glass Cleaner
• Natural Fabric Softener

While I love using essentials oils in my DIY recipes, they can be quite costly to purchase outright which can make these recipes quite expensive to make, sometimes defeating the purpose of saving money.

But, if I can make some vinegar citrus cleaners using leftover citrus peels, I could use the vinegar citrus cleaners in all my recipes instead of using the essential oils, or as an addition to, so that I don’t have to use as much of the oils.

The great thing about these homemade citrus cleaner is that you only need 2 ingredients: Vinegar and citrus peels making this recipe very cost effective!

And you know this DIY citrus vinegar cleaner will already work because vinegar works great at all your cleaning needs making it a powerhouse all natural cleaner.

Plus oranges and lemons (basically all citrus) are great at cutting grease, and they just smell so good anyway. You know that this all-purpose citrus cleaner is going to help boost your cleaning and your mood too! Making it a double win!

So let me show you exactly how to make some very cheap and effective vinegar citrus cleaners.

Ingredients & Supplies:

• Vinegar
• The peels of 2 – 3 whole citrus fruits: Lemon, Lime, Orange, Grapefruit (or a mixture of any of them)
• Pint Jar to steep your peels (or you can repurpose a spaghetti jar or just use the vinegar jug)
• Time

That’s it! All you need are the 2 ingredients for your vinegar citrus cleaners and something to seep them in to save you money in all your DIY cleaning products that use vinegar!

Essentially, you can replace the vinegar component in all your DIY cleaning recipes with this DIY citrus vinegar cleaner one instead! Pretty neat, right?

Directions:

If you are using a pint jar, or repurposing a spaghetti sauce jar like I was:

First, peel your orange, lemon or limes and try to get as little of the “flesh” of the citrus. The flesh will make the solution cloudy and can make it sticky, so you want to try and avoid including it on your peel.

If you don’t have a large family like mine, that eats an entire bag of oranges at once, you can refrigerate or freeze the peels until you have enough to fill your jar halfway to 3/4 full.

Once you’ve got your jar of citrus peels, then fill in all the nooks and crannies by pouring vinegar in the jar. This homemade citrus cleaner is super easy to make!

Unfortunately you’ve gotta let it sit for 10 -14 days to seep. And I’ll tell you, the longer it sits, the better it will smell!

I like to write the date on the top of the jar (on a piece of washi tape) so that I can quickly look at it and know how long it’s been seeping for and how long it has to go (I am impatient).

This is how they becomes vinegar citrus cleaners. The citrus soaks into the vinegar.

I guess it’s kinda like you are pickling citrus rinds. But it makes the best all-purpose citrus cleaner so waiting for it is totally worth it!

Be careful to use a small mesh strainer, or pour the vinegar through coffee filter laid on your strainer, so that the pulpy remnants from the vinegar citrus cleaners don’t get caught in your sprayer nozzle.

You can use this DIY citrus vinegar cleaner as a 1:1 replacement for vinegar in any of your other DIY cleaning recipes.

Total Cost

• 2 Cups Vinegar =  34¢
• 2-3 Citrus peels: Lemon, Lime, Orange, Grapefruit = FREE

Total Cost = 34¢ for 2 Cups of Citrus Vinegar 

See how easy this DIY citrus vinegar cleaner is to make?!! And so cheap too!

Now let’s make it into a All-Purpose Citrus Cleaner.

All-Purpose Disinfecting Citrus Cleaner Recipe

Here’s what you’ll need to make it:

• 1/2 Cup Vinegar
• 1/2 Cup Alcohol
• 1 Cup Distilled or Reverse Osmosis Water
• Spray lid for regular size mason jar (or spaghetti jar like I used)

By using the citrus vinegar you’ll get a clean orange scented citrus cleaner. Or lime or lemon… whichever citrus peel you use.

And you can use this all-purpose disinfecting citrus cleaner to disinfect kitchen counters (yes, even after meat) as well as anything in the bathroom.

So there you have it. And talk about cheap. I hope it makes you want to use DIY citrus vinegar cleaner in all your DIY recipes!

The great thing about these homemade citrus cleaner is that you only need 2 ingredients: Vinegar and citrus peels making this recipe very cost effective!

And you know this DIY citrus vinegar cleaner works great because vinegar is a powerhouse all natural cleaner.

Plus oranges and lemons (basically all citrus) are great at cutting grease, and they just smell so good anyway. You know that this all-purpose citrus cleaner is going to help boost your cleaning and your mood too! Making it a double win!

Aren’t you just so excited to be saving even more money with these vinegar citrus cleaners? I know I am!

YOUR TURN: Which vinegar citrus cleaners are you going to try first: Lemon, Orange, Lime or Grapefruit? Let me know in the comments below!

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