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I’ve shared a free printable for Cleaning With Baking Soda, a free printable for Cleaning With Vinegar, a free printable for cleaning with Borax , a free printable for cleaning with lemons and today I have 11 simple cleaning recipes that use castile soap.
Castile soap is an all natural, vegetable based product made primarily of coconut and olive oils. My favorite is brand is Dr. Bronner’s and I love the citrus version. It smells fresh and citrus-y. It also comes in unscented, almond, lavender tea tree and many other scents. If you have never heard of Dr. Bronner’s you can purchase online through Amazon or I purchase at my local Target (in the natural beauty section). It’s extremely concentrated and will last a very long time. One word of caution – castile soap and vinegar can create a funky sludge. None of these recipes use vinegar – I do use one or two other recipes with a teeny tiny bit of castile soap and vinegar and haven’t had a sludgy reaction, but just be careful as you’re mixing up cleaning concoctions.
Grab the FREE printable here and if you prefer black + white go here to grab that version.
Put it in your cleaning binder or just pin it and reference it as needed – happy {castile soap} cleaning! Looking for more DIY Homemade Cleaning Recipes? Check out this series.
What’s your favorite way to clean with castile soap?
rita Says...
Don’t know what castile soap is??
Becky Says...
Post authorIt’s an all natural vegetable soap.
xo, Becky
vicky Says...
Castile soap is usually soap made with straight olive oil, not including coconut or other oils. the definition seems to have changed recently.
Andrea Says...
Hi – found my way here from new nostalgia I love these. I already have most of these recipes but it s such a pain to have to look them up in my clean and green book each time I need a new batch. I’m going to print these put and laminate them and keep them in the kitchen. This will be so much easier. And prettier.
Julie Says...
Hi there, in your castile soap recipes do you Dr Bronners liquid soap or the bar soap? Thanks.
Becky Says...
Post authorLiquid in everything except the powdered laundry detergent 🙂
Julie Says...
Thanks Becky, Looking forward to trying some of the recipes.
Shari Says...
Would you consider putting these printables into a higher resolution (something closer to 300dpi)? PNG files print at web resolution (72dpi) and these print very faint.
Becky Says...
Post authorI think you’re looking at the picture of the printable – click on the link for the pdf. It should open in googledocs – if that doesn’t work let me know and I can send them to you via email.
xo, becky
PhyllisAdelle Sherer Says...
I agree, mine printed out very lightly and I have fresh color ink installed. It’s hard to see the ‘white’ text on the light gray background as well.
And thank you for this great list. I have always used non-caustic products from a specific company, was running low and wanted to just *try* Dr Bronner’s as an extra/fill-in.
Heather Says...
I love these printables, however, when I print them the headings in each of the boxes get all jumbled. I have a Mac. I am using the current Acrobat Reader and printing from Acrobat Reader. It shows up great in Reader…but it doesn’t print that way. Any ideas? Have you encountered this problem?
Becky Says...
Post authorHi Heather! Make sure you don’t have it in ‘preview’. There’s something with MAC OSX that defaults to preview instead of Adobe Reader. Once you’ve verified that, make sure you have the most updated version of Adobe Reader (free):
get.adobe.com/reader
Let me know if you have any questions!
xo, Becky
Heather Says...
It’s using Adobe Reader and it’s the latest version. It’s weird because It prints as it would show up in Preview, even though I’m using Adobe Reader and it’s printing menu. I’ll try to see if there is something in my settings, but is there anyway to get these besides through google docs? I noticed the font was different in the google docs.
Becky Says...
Post authorIf you email me I can send them to you that way instead of going through googledocs 🙂
clean.mama@yahoo.com
xo, Becky
Shelley Says...
I just used your soft scrub recipe, and oh my heck…I love it!!!! Super easy to use, cleaned nice, rinsed great, and smelled wonderful!!! All without those caustic smells. Thank you so much.
Andrea Says...
Hi Becky! What is “super washing soda?” I am planning to use what’s left of our cleaning supply’s and detergent and switch to your cleaning recipes! Eeeek so exciting!
Becky Says...
Post authorHi Andrea!
It’s a detergent booster and household cleaner sold under the Arm & Hammer brand name – you can find it at Target and Wal-Mart. Here’s a link on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Arm-Hammer-Washing-Detergent-Household/dp/B004HCLFDI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1398188726&sr=8-5&keywords=super+washing+soda
marly m Says...
Hello,
I have a question about the counter cleaner. Why rubbing alcohol? Does it at as anti-bacterial? Do you think I could use vinegar instead? The recipes looks great thank you
Becky Says...
Post authorVinegar and castile soap gets a little bit sludgy and you don’t want to use vinegar on marble or granite.
mandy cat Says...
I made up a batch of soft scrub recently with baking soda and Dr. Bronner liquid and have never looked back. It works as well on my marble tile countertops and stainless steel sink as Soft Scrub (which is a pain to use IMO and smells like an industrial solvent) plus I don’t have to worry about using it on dishes and cooking utensils.
My only complaint is that the unscented Dr. Bronner liquid can be hard to find. I use it for a number of things around the house and I prefer adding different scents as desired. Citrus soft scrub, yes. Lavender body wash, yes. Lavender soft scrub, hmmm.
Becky Says...
Post authorI get the unscented from Amazon 🙂