If there are still lumps of baking soda go ahead and add a few drops of water at a time until the paste is a good spreadable consistency.
Essential oils in water to mop ceramic tile.
If you have unglazed ceramic tile floors use hot water and a few drops of dish soap to remove grime from the floor.
That haze on dark ceramic floors can be awful to deal with.
Problem is too much soap and water leaves a residue in the carpet and actually attracts dirt.
Here are 5 fun alternative scents for your tile floor cleaning solution.
In a small dish combine the baking soda and essential oils.
1 cup of vinegar in 1 gallon of water.
It is not necessary to add essential oils but i like to add them because 1 they smell good and 2 lemon and lavender essential oils have natural antiseptic properties perfect for cleaning jobs.
Add in the remaining ingredients.
I love using the original blue dawn to clean my tub in my homemade tub and tile cleaner.
10 drops tangerine essential oil.
Fill mop bucket or glass bowl with hot water first to prevent bubbles.
This recipe works if you have tile hardwood linoleum ceramic laminate and vinyl.
The acidic properties of pure distilled white vinegar are likely to do more harm than good on these surfaces and can also dull the polish or wax finishes.
One bucket of water.
Vinegar water essential oil for scent mainly and sometimes 3 4 drops of sal suds.
1 cup of white vinegar.
15 drops of essential oils.
Mop your tile floor as normal.
On wood flooring ceramic tile and natural stone it s always best to use a more diluted concentration of vinegar think.
10 drops rosemary essential oil.
When i need something more than just water a simple mopping solution works well.
The key to mopping is to apply a very light coverage to floors no soaking.
Use the mop to combine ingredients.
One method involves using a gallon of water and 1 2 cup of household ammonia which is fantastic at cutting through grime.
Cleaning glazed ceramic tile flooring.
Add vinegar and essential oils.
If you prefer a spray for your shower tile use the same steps to mix in a spray bottle and apply to bathroom tiles as needed.
Also getting the backing of the carpet wet can create a pool for the dirt and stains to collect in.
Using essential oils can be really helpful when trying to clean naturally.
You can mix any of the oils i recommend above to make this recipe or use one single oil.
Instructions for homemade tile cleaner.
1 tb of castile soap.
Put all the ingredients in a bucket and use to mop.
Apply a generous amount of the mixed liquids to your floor and let that sit for a few minutes then rinse your mop and bucket and use fresh water to re mop the floor.
It s a miracle worker.
With this in mind most of the time mopping with warm water is just fine on our tile floor.
Use rubbing alcohol for cleaning glazed ceramic tile floors.
When it comes to cleaning carpets the adage less is more applies.
10 drops lime.
The following method works well for light duty floor cleaning.
Put the water into your mop bucket.
