How to Make Your Own Reusable Cleaning Wipes

Don’t you love the convenience of using the cleaning wipes by Clorox or Lysol? I’m not sure which is better: having a cloth ready to clean and just be able to toss it in the trash when I’m done with it or the lovely smell the wipes leave behind.

Recently though, I found out that although these wipes smell great and are convenient to use, there are health risks for me, my family, and my pets associated with using them. What to do? Quit using them? I hated to give up the convenience, so I decided to search for how to make my own. I discovered how to make something safe and better that had no health risks yet was just as convenient to use.

I found several recipes for the solution to soak the wipes I would make in. The one I chose to make used Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day Multi-Surface Cleaner Concentrate. Out of the huge selection of scents this came in, honeysuckle was my choice. Its subtle fragrance lingers in the air and makes everything smell so good.

The first time I made cleaning wipes, I used Viva paper towels. Viva paper towels are really strong and soft, and I was sure they would stand up to being soaked in the little bit of liquid. After all, I had wet them before using them several times, rinsed them out and used them again, and they had worked great! In my mind, there wasn’t any reason that they wouldn’t make great wipes. Well, I was wrong. Their strength disappeared after they soaked in the solution and became saturated with it. They fell to pieces when used. So my first attempt at making my own cleaning wipes was a dismal failure.

But the second time was a success. I had succeeded in learning how to make my own cleaning wipes that work great and smell even better than the scented Clorox wipes I had been using.

What You Need to Make Your Own Reusable Cleaning Wipes

1/3 cup of Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day Multi-Surface Concentrate, any scent

Hand iWipes, each wipe cut into four pieces

An airtight container to keep your wipes in – You can used use an empty Clorox or Lysol wipes container. Containers that are used for baby wipes will also work great. You could even use an empty jar.

1 cup water

Put the Handi Wipes that you’ve cut into pieces in your empty container that you are going to store them in. Take 1/3 cup of Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day Multi-Surface Concentrate and pour over the top of the Handi Wipes. Now pour 1 cup of water over them, put on the lid, and allow to sit for around thirty minutes before using.

So what do I do with the wipes once I have used them? I have an empty coconut oil bucket that I washed just to keep the used wipes in. Once I have used an entire container of them, I can throw these wipes in the washing machine, wash them on the regular cycle, and then hang them to dry before making cleaning wipes out of them again.

I would suggest keeping two to three container of these wipes made at a time. That way, you won’t be in any danger of running out. In my opinion, these wipes are stronger and work much better than the Clorox wipes I was using.

Writing Prompts:

A young mother searching for ways to clean her home with all nontoxic cleaners once she discovers what is in the cleaning products she had been using. During her search for ways to do this and her attempts at making cleaners that work, she has many hilarious mishaps.

In a world where it is law that a person can only use cleaners made by the government, one individual discovers why this is a law. Through what is added to these cleaners, the population is controlled. What does this person do with this knowledge?

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