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October 30, 2018 By Stacy Williams

How to Make Homemade Cleaning Wipes

Filed Under: DIY and Crafts, Green Living Tips, Upcycling IdeasTagged With: Frugal Living, Homemade Cleaner Recipes, zero waste

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I confess that I love having something quick to grab when I need to clean up messes, but since we stopped buying paper towels, it has been rather hard to find something that works well but is reusable. We initially moved to only using unpaper towels like THESE. While we still use the unpaper towels most of the time, there are times when you just don’t want to pull out your spray bottle of homemade all-purpose cleaner and a towel. That’s where these homemade cleaning wipes come into play. They’re perfect for those messes that only need a quick swipe with a rag to get clean, but are strong enough to handle the tougher messes! They’re great if you’re looking for ways to save money on cleaning supplies!

Make Your Own Homemade Cleaning Wipes - Skip the paper towels and the disposable wipes and make these homemade cleaning wipes instead! They're super simple to make and zero waste!

Seriously. It was like a light bulb went off in my head when I realized that these homemade cleaning wipes were what I needed. You know those moments; they’re the ones that should have come to you long before they actually did; otherwise known as a face palm moment. Don’t be like me. Learn how to make your own homemade cleaning wipes instead of working for months to try and figure it out while you overlook the simplest answer that is probably quite literally staring you in the face.

How to Make Homemade Cleaning Wipes

Now that I’ve been making these DIY cleaning wipes for a while, they’re one of my favorite homemade cleaners (Six Dollar Family) hands down. They’re quick to make, quick to wash – simply toss them in the washer with your regular cleaning rags – and work so much better than the thinner natural cleaning wipes I’ve found. They’re simply amazing at not only cleaning, but disinfecting too.  Since I first began using them, I have never regretted adding them to the list of things we stopped buying and started making homemade.

These DIY cleaning wipes are made with regular washcloths using an upcycled container. Ideally, you want to use something that is sturdy and will make your wipes easy to pull out, but you can use anything you have on hand. We use an empty baby wipe container that we had on hand from one of our family camping (Six Dollar Family) trips. I do want to point something out to real quick though. While these are made with all-natural ingredients, they do contain essential oils (Six Dollar Family). If you use an empty wipe container like we do, make sure you label them correctly so that you don’t accidentally use them on baby. I’ll show you how I make my wipes container pretty and keep them labeled properly in the steps below. If you end up not liking the cleaning solution that is below, you can also use our all-purpose cleaning solution instead – either solution will work

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Supplies needed to make your own cleaning wipes

  • Storage container
  • Dishcloths or washcloths
  • 1/4 cup white vinegar
  • 7 dropslavender essential oil
  • 5 dropslemon essential oil
  • 10 drops tea tree oil
  • 2-3 cups water

To make the cleaning solution that you’ll need to make your own cleaning wipes, combine the vinegar, water and essential oils in a container and give a good shake. If 1/4 cup vinegar is too strong for you, you can use less, but don’t use too much less. The amounts in the recipe are there for a reason. Lavender oil is a known disinfectant because it is anti-viral and anti-fungal. Lemon essential oil and tea tree oil are disinfectants as well. The vinegar, while strong is also a powerful cleaning agent so if you remove too much of it, you’ll lose that cleaning power.

Once your cleaning solution is made, saturate your natural cleaning wipes with the solution. At this point you can choose to either leave them wet when you place them into your container or to wring them out and then store them. I personally wring them out so that they aren’t dripping, but I leave them a bit wet so there’s less chance of them drying out. You can use either dishcloths or washcloths when you make them. I use THESE Amazon Basics washcloths since they are thick enough to hold the cleaning solution and cheap enough that I am not spending a ton out of pocket.

You don’t have to use washcloths if you don’t have any extra and don’t want to buy any. There are a lot of different things to reuse that would work very well for these too. T-shirts or use them as a way to use old towels. Just be sure that the ends don’t fray and you’ll be fine.

Because I get asked a lot about which essential oils brand I prefer, I’ll answer that here quickly too. I use either Plant Therapy essential oils personally. They are every bit as quality as the more expensive or well known brands but are much, much cheaper on my wallet. Use whichever ones that you prefer. It won’t make a difference in your homemade cleaning wipes as long as the recipe is the same.

Homemade Cleaning Wipes - Skip the paper towels and the disposable wipes and make your own homemade cleaning wipes instead! They're filled with all-natural cleaning and disinfecting power and super cheap to make too!

If you’re going to pretty up your container like I have, print out a label using Microsoft Word then cut 2 strips of scrapbook paper to fit your wipes container. One for the front and one for the back. Use a hot glue gun to glue the scrapbook paper to your wipes container and let dry. Then, attach your label to the scrapbook paper and let dry.

Once the hot glue is dry, fold the wipes one inside of each other so that when you pull one out, another pops up. Thread your first cleaning wipe through the top and close the lid. That’s it! You’re done! You’ve made your own homemade cleaning wipes and it only took 5 minutes!

*Originally Published April 2016. Updated Oct 2018.


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  1. Debbiesays

    January 13, 2020 at 6:15 pm

    I read this post a few days ago and today I went out and got an old receiving blanket and cut into 24 7″x9″ wipes. Total cost was .25. I have on hand all the ingredients so I only needed the fabric. T-shirts were $2 each, so I opted for the receiving blanket. Can’t wait to read more of your posts.

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