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Cut paper towel roll in 1/2 (width-wise) with a sharp, non-serrated knife. Carefully remove the cardboard from the middle using your fingers to break it away from the paper towels. Remove the outer 1/2 of the roll by using your fingers to break apart one of the paper towels at a perforation and carefully sliding the two parts apart. Now you have two rolls. Save the outer one and you can use it as napkins or on your paper towel holder.
Pour water and vinegar in the holder and add 10 drops of tea tree oil and 6 drops of lemon oil. Mix well.
Put the inner portion of paper towels in the holder. You may have to work it in. Make sure you can get ahold of the inner-most paper towel, the one you broke the cardboard away from. This will be the piece that you can thread through the top.
Let the paper towel soak up the mixture and then carefully feed the inner sheet through the top. They will continually feed through this way and will break off at the perforations.
Essential oils can seem expensive, but you are only using them several drops at a time, and the little bottle lasts forever. You are still saving money, and not using harsh chemicals in your home or adding to a landfill.
Every little bit we can do to save money and the environment means something!
By Carrie from Okemos, MI
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02/05/2011
Tea tree oil is a wonderful anti-viral, anti-bacterial & anti-fungal essential oil. However, be sure that the ratio you use is at least 5% to prevent "super bacteria" just like antibacterial soaps have been doing. Also, although is can be used directly on the skin some people have shown irritation so check on skin first. And do not use tea tree oil if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Keep your tea tree oil out of the reach of children & pets.
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05/14/2010
It's a great idea for all-purpose cleaning; but the jury is still out on how effective vinegar is by itself as a disinfectant ( also,not figuring in the water dilution).
http://www.household-management-101.com/uses-for-vinegar.html
This would still be great for quick cleanups and cut down on the $ spent for disinfectants, though.
By
03/06/2007
Awesome idea! I use the products that you mentioned anyway, might as well fix myself up something that will help me save time as well as money! Thanks for sharing that "recipe" for the cleaning product.
Never buy disposable cleaning wipes again. Layer inexpensive coffee filters in a resealable container and pour in just enough multi-surface cleaner to dampen each one. Coffee filters are made with longer fibers than paper towels and will stand up to your toughest scrubbing.
Source: Women's magazine
By Anne from Green Bay, WI
Shared on: 05/05/2011
I save the large can that cleaning wipes come in and then make my own. Buy a roll of good quailty paper towels. Cut them in the middle with a knife and remove the cardboard tube. Then add 2 Tbsp. of your favorite cleaner, plus 2 Tbsp. water to the can. Put the roll in the can and wait about 30 minutes. Turn them over to the other end, and that's it! Poof, a large quanity of wipes for a small price. This can also be done with baby wipes, using baby oil and water.
By Carmen from Daytona Beach, FL
Shared on: 07/22/2011
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