Thieves Household Cleaner: The many uses

Thieves Household Concentrated Cleaner is hands down the one product I will continue buying from Young Living no matter what. I have tried relentlessly to replace my (eep!) bleach wipes, bathroom, and counter top cleaners! I really wanted to go all natural, but making my own cleaners just never had the powerful punch I was use to after using harsh toxic cleaners for most my life. Enter essential oils into my life, and, after several months of buying oils for various reasons, I finally bought a bottle of the household cleaner. I was totally blown away. After using vinegar and baking soda combinations that just kind of spread the dirt around and did nothing for stuck-on-whatever that kiddos leave behind, I was so happy to find a natural solution that worked well, and cost so very little!

Here is a break down. A bottle of Thieves Cleaner costs $22.00 for a 14.4 ounce bottle of cleaner. The bottle is concentrated, so you put one cap-full of cleaner into a spray bottle, and the 14.4 ounce container can make up to 30 bottles of cleaner. That is .73 center per bottle of cleaner!! You can't get anything as cheap as that, that cleans as well as this does!

The back of the bottle shows how to dilute for levels of de-greasing in your kitchen. Here is a list of ideas on what the "normal" dilution of 1:30 would be used for:

• Walls
• Windows
• Counter tops
• Table tops
• Toilets
• Floors
• Cupboard doors
• Shelves
• Fridge and freezer
• Children's toys
• Dog toys
• Dash and doors in vehicles
• Appliance fronts
• Microwave
• Inside motorhomes, campers, and trailers
• Light fixtures and light switches
• Fire place
• Doors and door knobs
• Wood furniture
• Dusting
• Cell phone
• Bbq
• Garbage Cans
• Under the sink
• Pots and Pans
• Exercise equipment
• Oil and grease stains
• Eyeglasses
• TV and computer screens
• Kid and dog messes

Here are 11 other ways to use your Thieves Household Cleaner:

1. Laundry Assist: Place 1-2 cap-fulls in the soap dispenser of the washing machine. Or make this spot remover spray for stubborn clothing stains.
2. Dishwasher: Put one cap-full of cleaner in dish washer and run as normal. 
3. Floors: Place half a cap-full into refillable bottle for spray mop and top off with water. Or mix 1 cap-full with 4 cups of water and 3-5 drops of Lemon essential oil to mop tile, hardwood, and laminated floors.
4. Carpet: Fill carpet cleaner reservoir with approximately six cups to one gallon on water, then add a cap-ful of thieves cleaner and 2-4 drops of Purification essential oil. 
5. Bathrooms: Dilute thieves cleaner as recommended in spray bottle and use to wash mirrors, floors, counters, toilet, sink and bathtub. For inside toilet use our Cleaning Bombs and for hard water stains or stubborn tub stains make a Salt Scrub Faucet Cleaner. 
6. Windows:  Use cleaner diluted for everyday use, or mix half a cap-full with 1 tsp vinegar and 2-3 drops of Lemon essential oil in a spray bottle to clean windows, mirrors, and window sills. 
7. Toys: Use regular dilution and spray over toys, then let air dry. Or fill sink with hot water and add one cap-full of thieves cleaner and half a cup of vinegar, let toys soak for ten minutes, then air dry. 
8. Hand Cleaner: Mix half a cap-full of cleaner with half a cup of water and place in a 4 ounce spray bottle to use as an on-the-go hand cleaner.
9. Grout and Tile: Mix half a cap-full of thieves cleaner with a cup of water. Spray on tile or grout and let sit 10-15 minutes and then scrub with brush. 
10. Fruit and Veggie Wash: Fill sink with water and add one cap-full of thieves cleaner. Let veggies and fruit soak for 10 minutes to remove grime, stickers and wax. 
11. Foaming Hand Wash:  Mix a third a cup of unscented hand soap with a quarter cap-full of thieves cleaner in a foaming hand wash container, then top off with water. Gentle shake and you are all ready!

What would YOU clean?

Happy oiling, Mandy