08/11/2022 / By Zoey Sky
Prepping before SHTF isn’t limited to just stocking up on ammo for your firearms, food and water for your family.
Before disaster strikes, you should also stock up on other survival essentials like household cleaning products. Maintaining cleanliness in your homestead or bug-out location will help protect your loved ones from disease-causing germs and viruses. (h/t to SHTFPreparedness.com)
If you’re worried about running out of cleaning supplies after SHTF, learn how to make simple DIY homemade cleaning products like an all-purpose home cleaner or a non-toxic glass cleaner.
Even if you think you have enough supplies, it’s better to learn how to make different cleaning solutions from scratch. As a bonus, these DIY home cleaning products can also make the most of the ingredients you have in your pantry.
Here are some simple and non-toxic DIY cleaning recipes.
Use this all-purpose home cleaner to remove hard water stains, get rid of molds and mildew or disinfect kitchen counters and other surfaces in your homestead. (Related: Home cleaning hacks: Non-toxic DIY carpet cleaner recipe.)
The recipe calls for vinegar, a versatile ingredient with mild acidic properties. Vinegar will help melt deep-seated dirt, neutralize unpleasant odors and kill harmful bacteria.
You will need:
Steps:
Use this non-t0xic and vinegar-based cleaner as a natural alternative to store-bought, chemical-based products that may contain harmful ingredients.
Note that you can use the all-purpose cleaning solution on almost all surfaces except granite and stainless steel. Both surfaces can react poorly to the acid and result in discoloration and other irreversible damages.
This non-toxic toilet bowl cleaner requires Castile soap, a vegetable-based soap that is 100 percent natural and biodegradable. It is also free from animal fats and toxic ingredients.
Castile soap is traditionally made from olive oil, but it is also now made with other ingredients like castor, coconut or hemp oils.
Castile soap has many uses for maintaining personal hygiene such as body wash, deodorant and wound cleaning. It can also be used as a natural household cleaner, like for washing dishes and doing the laundry.
Castile soap combined with baking soda also produces an effective toilet bowl cleaner. To make your bathroom smell good even after SHTF, add your favorite essential oils to the toiler bowl cleaner.
You will need:
Steps:
Keep the windows in your homestead squeaky clean with this non-toxic mirror and glass window cleaner.
You will need:
Steps:
Avoid cleaning your windows when it’s hot and sunny outside because the heat will dry out the cleaning solution too quickly and leave streaks in the glass.
Here are more recipes for simple and non-toxic cleaning solutions you can use around your home.
Heavy-duty kitchen cleaning solution
Use this heavy-duty cleaning solution to deal with big kitchen messes.
You will need:
Steps:
DIY mold and mildew cleaner
This natural cleaning mixture will help eliminate mild mold and mildew without any harsh chemicals.
You will need:
Steps:
Homemade hardwood cleaner
Use this non-toxic and homemade cleaning solution to make hardwood floors shine again.
You will need:
Steps:
Before SHTF, stock up on natural ingredients for non-toxic cleaning solutions like vinegar, Castile soap and essential oils so you can keep your homestead clean and fresh-smelling.
Watch the video below about a DIY natural bleach alternative and furniture polish.
This video is from the Natural News channel on Brighteon.com.
Mold, begone: 5 Non-toxic DIY mold cleaner recipes.
Unleash your inner neat-freak with these cleaning hacks.
No muss, no fuss: 6 Natural ways to remove mold.
Sources include:
Tagged Under:
all-purpose cleaner, cleaning products, DIY, glass cleaner, green living, homesteading, how-to, ingredients, Non Toxic, off grid, preparedness, prepping, survival, sustainable living, tips, toilet bowl cleaner, Vinegar
This article may contain statements that reflect the opinion of the author
Homesteading.News is a fact-based public education website published by Homesteading News Features, LLC.
All content copyright © 2018 by Homesteading News Features, LLC.
Contact Us with Tips or Corrections
All trademarks, registered trademarks and servicemarks mentioned on this site are the property of their respective owners.