Homemade Lysol Spray

Ingredients Needed:

• 1 cup 3% hydrogen peroxide
• 1/2 tbsp water
• 15 drops orange essential oil
• 15 drops lemon essential oil
• 15 drops grapefruit essential oil
• 1 tbsp blue Dawn or any dish soap (OPTIONAL, please read details below)
• Dark glass spray bottle (must be DARK and glass is preferred)

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Directions on Mixing:

1. Add in the hydrogen peroxide to your dark spray bottle.
2. Add in the water, then essential oil drops. Why water? It makes the oils mix better.
3. If you want to add in dish soap for cleaning, add in the 1 tbsp now. This is optional, read why below.
4. Give solution a little shake. Follow directions below on cleaning or disinfecting.

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Directions for Cleaning with DIY Lysol Spray:

For cleaning, I recommend using the dish soap in the mixture. The surfactant makes this solution clean well. It will clean without it, but I really love the addition of dish soap. Spray the mixture onto your surface, scrub or wipe off with a microfiber towel.

Directions for Disinfecting with DIY Lysol Spray:

After you have cleaned your surface, now you can disinfect. Spray the solution (no dish soap needed for the disinfecting) onto surface and allow to sit for 10 minutes. Make sure area is saturated. This step is crucial for all disinfecting!! You can read this on the back of all disinfectants purchased from the store. After 10 minutes, wipe off with a towel. Be sure to read about cleaning vs disinfecting in this post: https://chemistrycachet.com/the-truth-about-cleaning-vs-disinfecting/

Do you have questions like are the oils necessary? What can this be used on? Please visit the blog post link to learn more!