The Best DIY Cleaner 

DIY VINEGAR MIX 1 cup white vinegar 1 cup water 1 Tsp dish soap DIY ALCOHOL MIX 1 Cup water 1 Cup 70% isopropyl alcohol 1 Tsp of dish soap For the ‘I’ll copy and paste that in my notes for later’ peeps like myself:)

For smelly fabric consider a spray of vodka…professional dance costume company trick for combatting odor between performances

I do exactly those products for many, many years now... the only difference is that I put essential oils in it. I love the lemon and spruce ones... leave the things shiny and more disinfected with the lemon and sooo good smelling with the spruce one. Now, just one thing to add... is that vinegar IS a disinfectant and kills loads on viruses and bacterias. A trick also... isopropyl/water and essential oils (like eucalyptus, thyme, lemon, orange, etc..) in a small spray bottle is making a very nice house deodorant spray which also "purify" the air... very good when somebody in the house have a flu... help to limit the contamination.

Thanks for the cleaner recipes! These are wonderful suggestions for 90% of modern houses. Ammonia is a most powerful degreaser. Back in the day when we really did wax our kitchen floors, ammonia was the only thing that got the old yellowed wax up. if there's a thick black greasy muck on your kitchen cabinets, either straight ammonia or a mix containing ammonia gets it off. if its a very, very old house with blackened layers of hand oils on old banisters, knobs, doors, or anywhere, ammonia gets it up. When the filth is layered and thick, the ammonia isn't even reaching the woodwork until layers are cleaned off. [ammonia is drying, but with woodwork glycerin and a spray of water heals it - plus then the appropriate wax for protection - there are many wood-healing recipes out there] Ammonia in the washer is great for getting skin flakes, body oils, and perspiration out, especially with today's lousy detergents and cold water washes. Many cleaning shows focus on clean suburban houses with drywall and easily cleaned counters, baseboards and such. So yea, light cleaners are sufficient. But rural living in old farmhouses is a very different cleaning challenge...!! mouse poop, drafts bearing dust, oil furnaces that create grime and sticky surfaces, crumbling rock and mortar walls, oh man.

Great timing! Moving house in two weeks and was looking at reducing my cleaning supplies to general purpose solutions for more efficient cleaning time! Thanks for the explanations

I've made my own for a while now .. 1 -3 Sprays of Dawn Powerwash Half water Half vinegar In whatever size bottle you have 😂 I love your videos 😍

You have no Idea how much you really help me with cleaning tips .... Big thanks 😎👏🏻💐

They will save a ton of $$$

I've been using these since watching your channel and they do work great. Thanks for putting the info in one video that I can send to family🎉

Thank you so much for sharing!!

Thanks for your great explanation, love your channel 👍🏼

I make my own cleaners, just like these and they work great!!!

I use vinegar as a fabric softener!

Thank you! Can you please do a video on mops. I'm deciding if I should get a steam mop, use the microfibre mop or get an electric scrubber mop.

Thank you so much for this!!!

Have you ever watched the Japanese companies using RU-vid that tackle abandoned rental homes and intensively cleaned?? They have an amazing own mix of degreaser..... would love to hear your thoughts and what's in it after watching I'm a new sub 🎉

Great stuff!

I've been using them on the last few years.

Brilliant !

Came at the right time❤thx

Can you suggest anything for stainless steel (fridge and dishwasher). Thank you!

Brilliant thank you 🙋‍♀️😁👍

Great information!

Great vid! Can we use these on shower tile?

Any tips on cleaning linen upholstery ? I have a linen upholstered bed that the puppies love to rub against and many linen dining chairs that get smudges.Thanks. I enjoy your channel.

Hello! What is the best way to clean limescale deposits from glass? I'm referring to the glass shower door. It's so stubborn! Help! And the best way to remove really stubborn baked grime in the oven. I've tried a scouring pad (which worked to an extent), white vinegar and baking soda and grease remover. But i still have the hard baked on bits that won't come off! Love the channel and your enthusiasm!

What mix or products do you use to mop floors? We have three types of hard floors: linoleum, laminate, and some kind of stone tile in the bathroom. We use a specific spray for the laminate, but would love ideas for the linoleum and tile

Can u do a video on cleaning the top vent thing above stove. And the kitchen cupboards. Please.

How do you clean soap scum off a fabric shower curtain? Thanks! Love your videos! ❤❤❤

What do you recommend to use on hardwood floors?

I just moved into a new home and some of the wooden kitchen cabinets are sticky/tacky to the touch around the stove (from grease no doubt). Suggestions for getting rid of this? Thanks. I love your videos…so helpful.

What about doing one with both the vinegar and the alcohol plus dish soap & water???

Thanks Brandon 👍😀 Will set up 2 spay bottles tomorrow 👍👏 I found that by doing so, I’m going to $ave some ca$h by not grabbing The ‘cleaning wipes’ that are so convenient

P.s. how do you remove the stickiness that remains on the wall when you've used sellotape to stick a picture to the wall? Thanks! 😊

???Can essential oils such as lemon be added or will that make the surface have an oily film? Great video!

I do the dish soap + water but don't add the isopropyl alcohol. In Australia, isopropyl is $1.67 usd per cup, which makes 2 cups of your mixture. At that point I could buy a multipurpose cleaner for $1.00 usd per 2 cups. Is it similar priced in the US for the isopropyl?

How do you clean engineered wood floors

I'll try those recipies! I can't stand the strong smell of cleaning products and I really don't mind the smell of vinegar, I already use it to disinfect and dehodorize my thrashbins.

Yay at least you tell people what you can’t use vinegar on.

Hey Brandon, with the homemade vinegar mix, how long is it shelf stable? Do you make it fresh each time and use it all up or can it be stored? I'm just wondering if bacteria will build up because of the water. Thanks Xx

which one of these two mix can you use to clean the shower and get rid of mold? Thanks!

Do we need to rinse off either of these solutions with water after using on furniture (table tops, counters, etc)?

Would you recommend any of those for mirrors? (Sorry if any mistake English isn't my first language)

OMG I love the board games mug in the background!!!

Thank you very informative. I hadn't heard before that the vinegar/water/Dawn dish soap DIY mix was bad for cleaning wood floors. I was mixing the Vinegar/Water/Dawn with Murphy's soap. What about just in between? I like the look of your video. Can I ask what kind of camera, lighting and microphone you used? I have some things to say, I've done comedy, book reviews, Chicago history tours (I got fired a few times 20 best ever reviews, one bad review - always an older woman, corporate fires me). I 'd like to do some videos in my home, possible out and about. I don't want to use my personal Phone. I have a GoPro now but don't know how to use it.

Can I use my homemade citrus vinegar for this?

Do you rince? Thanks

Which one of those daily cleaners would you use to clean a daily on a glass top stove?

Hello! New here, so forgive me if you’ve addressed this but, what are your thoughts on cleaning with Castile soap?

Hi! Do you have any advice about cleaning glass stoves? Particularly like water deposit under the surface of the glass? The surface will be completely clean, but if I run my finger over the white spots under the surface, I feel slight resistance. I'm not sure how to explain, but it's not on the actual surface of the glass.

Do you have a video for getting rust stain out of shower-bottom grout. My metal bottle-holder stained the grout in my shower tiled stall.

Hey do you find microfiber flat mops over O cedar spin mops? I've seen you use flat ones and they seem fast and efficient but o cedars are all the rage right now

What type of spray bottles do you use cuz the ones we had keep breaking if we add the dawn soap😢

Does the dawn in the mixture not leave a residue on whatever you’re cleaning??? This is what I’m always afraid of so I’ve never tried it.

Do you have to heat the mixture in microwave? some say yes

What percentage vinegar do you use, do you notice a difference between like 7% and 9%?

Don dish soap.❤

I dont have 70% but 90% iso alcohol, would that work aswel?

QUESTION husband cleaned my vanity mirror with a supposedly clean microfiber but it left what I can only assume is car wax residue on it. I don't want to damage the wood frame and counter with a harsh product. Do you have any suggestions please?

Thank you!! How do you clean and sanitize brooms?

Can anyone recommend an acid resistant spray bottle? The vinegar ate through the rubber seals on the spray that I was using

I am new to this channel, so I don't know wether or not you covered this already: Do you have a diy (or at least not so harsh to the environment) way to create a lotus effect on glass doors, windows, etc? The stuff made for cars does a decent job, but I don't like the ingredients nor the price tag. 😅

I dont dilute my vinegar. I don't mind the smell of vinegar.

Doesn't vinegar cancel out the effects of the dish soap and leave it at a ph that is stripped and milky and not that effective for cleaning? Just curious!

Is there a reason why it should be Dawn dish soap, or would any dish soap work? 😊

I only have 91% isopropyl alcohol in my cabinet right now and would love to us it for the mixture! Would that work if I upped the amount of water?

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I have 91% alcohol… how do I adjust this for the stronger alcohol?… would I still use 1 cup or less? Thanks!

Will the vinegar cleaner help with hard water/calcium deposits in the shower? Thanks!

If you don't like vinegar, use citric acid powder. It's just as good and a little goes a long way!

Which one do you think will work better on the bottom of a plastic laundry basket with quite a lot of ground in dirt from a basement floor?

Would either mixture work on slight mold around shower ceiling? Or would the full strength cleaning vinegar work better for that? Thanks.

dosent the cleaner big companies make already contain these 3 ingredients

4:27 Something one should be aware of... "In this analysis, a 50% isopropyl alcohol solution kills Staphylococcus Aureus in less than 10 seconds (pg. 238), yet a 90% solution with a contact time of over two hours is ineffective." Also, when concentration is below 50%, disinfection usefulness drops dramatically. 70% IPA is most effective at disinfecting.

What about just water and Dawn

What about dog urine in carpets? How do I get rid of odor and clean?

Wait... what about hydrogen peroxide? I have seen you use that in videos. Where does that fit in with these 2?

Any ideas on how to get the stinky out of a leather chair? Beautiful leather chairs that were in a house that smelled of moth balls.