Homemade Cleaning Wipes to Disinfect Naturally

Homemade Cleaning Wipes

Prepackaged disinfecting wipes are full of toxic chemicals. Disinfect naturally with these homemade cleaning wipes that cost a fraction of the price!

Hey guys! Welcome to Spring Cleaning Week at Crafting a Green World. I’m so excited to share this recipe for homemade cleaning wipes, and I’ve got a DIY soft scrub recipe coming on Friday. Happy cleaning!

Commercial disinfectant wipes use chemicals like bleach and triclosan to kill bacteria. Those chemicals are definitely good at what they do, but the impacts on the environment and on our own health are not worth it. You can read up on the problems with triclosan here and learn more about the trouble with bleach here.

OK! So we got the bad news out of the way, but there’s good news too! You can make your own homemade cleaning wipes that disinfect without polluting water, damaging muscle function, or disrupting hormones. They’re easy to make, and they cost less than the ones you buy at the store. BOOM! Get the recipe below.

Homemade Cleaning Wipes

Materials

+ 1/2 yard organic flannel fabric or old t-shirts

+ sewing machine, serger, or pinking shears

+ 1 cup water

+ 3 tablespoons liquid castille soap, like Dr. Bronner’s

+ 20-30 drops lemon essential oil (depending on how lemony you want it to smell)

+ mason jar or other clean, glass jar that’s a similar size

+ our Homemade Cleaning Wipes printable label, optional

+ double-sided tape, optional

+ packing tape, optional

Directions

1. Cut your flannel fabric into 15 6″ squares. Use your sewing machine’s zigzag stitch or your serger to finish off the raw edges. You can also cut these out with pinking shears and skip the sewing all together! To make the wipe below, I cut a t-shirt and a piece of vintage linen to around 6″ square, then serged them together, right sides out. You can also use rags or even plain old cut up t-shirts to make your wipes!

Homemade Cleaning Wipes

2. Place the wipes in a bowl large enough to hold them all. In a separate bowl, combine the water, soap, and lemon oil. Stir well, and pour the mixture over your wipes in the large bowl. Make sure the wipes get totally saturated, then wring out the excess liquid.

3. Store the wipes rolled up in your mason jar. Rolling them makes it easier to grab a single wipe when you need it.

4. If you’re using our printable label, print and cut it out, then wrap it around your mason jar, using the double-sided tape to secure it in place. Cover the label with a piece of packing tape to protect it (mostly) from moisture damage, and you’re ready to go!

6 thoughts on “Homemade Cleaning Wipes to Disinfect Naturally”

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  2. So the castile soap is the disinfectant part? I thought soap just made surfaces slippery so the dirt washes off. If we’re making this to save money, can we use real lemons instead of essential oil? The oil costs over $25 for 2 ounces!! and if you need 20-30 drops, that’s quite a bit of the bottle. A lemon on the other hand is about 33 to 50 cents, depending on the season. Organic flannel costs from $12.40 to $36.50 a yard. So the old T-shirts and undies are the cheaper solution. When I want to disinfect a surface, I just spray white vinegar or 91% rubbing alcohol and wipe with a microfiber cloth.

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