Orange Peel Cleaner is great. ๐ I just started making some.
You save up all your orange peels. We eat so many we can fill it up quickly. If you need to save them up- freeze them till you need the peels.
Once you can fill a jar up with peels then pour in enough vinegar to cover them all. Make sure the lid is on tight.
Sake it up ever so often. I leave this on my window sill in my kitchen so I see it. Its rather pretty and makes me feel like Martha Stewart. ๐
Shake it up- and let it sit for at LEAST 2 weeks. However the longer you let it sit the better. ๐
Once you let it sit a while- the vinegar gets syrupy .
Then when you are ready to mix up your cleaner- you strain out all the liquid. Toss the orange peels in your compost or whatever you want to do with them.
Mix two parts water to one part vinegar/orange together. Put it in a spray bottle and use as a cleaner. Because of the citrus it is antibacterial ๐
It smells heavenly!!
You can do this with limes, lemons and other citrus peels as well
I am using a super large mason jar that I got from Michael’s Craft store.
Great idea!! I will be trying this as soon as I can save up enough orange peels! Thanks
This is so awesome!! I am really loving your blog. Off to check out more!
Came by for a visit…loving your home remedies! I am going to have to bookmark this for sure!
Jessica @ Mom 4 Real
I love all the ideas! How did you make the super cute gift tags? Is there a particular program you use?
What type of vinegar? white or apple cider? thank you
So sorry. Regular WHITE Vinegar ๐
I should have remembered that cleaning is done with white vinegar. thank you
Ok! My sister just brought me a huge bag of oranges from Florida where she lives and I have the beginning of my batch started.
I have a couple questions though. How long does it stay “good” and do you have to keep it in the fridge?
Thanks!
this is so awesome! I am so excited to know that. Thanx for sharing
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I just mixed up my batch and used it, I love it. Gotta get more oranges to make more. I also my my own laundry detergent which equals out to about a penny a load and I will never buy laundry detergent again.
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