DIY Non-Toxic Disinfectant Recipe

Create your own homemade disinfectant with non-toxic ingredients!

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Keep your home clean without harsh chemicals using our DIY non-toxic disinfectant recipe.

Made with simple ingredients like water, vinegar, vodka, and essential oils, this homemade disinfectant kills germs naturally and leaves behind a fresh scent.

How to make your own DIY non-toxic disinfectant

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups water
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup vodka or Everclear (60% + alcohol content)
15 drops essential oil (peppermint + lemon or lavender + lemon)
Glass spray bottle

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients together in a spray bottle.

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Authors

Camille May, Product Curator

Hey, I’m Camille—co-creator of Welpr and your go-to guide for all things clean living. After selling my last company in the health food space, I went non-toxic to heal an autoimmune condition. It did wonders for my health, but navigating which products to buy wasn’t easy. We built Welpr to make that journey feel a bit easier. When I’m not working on Welpr, you’ll usually find me in the sauna, sipping a raw milk latte while doing a puzzle, or walking with my pit bull Romeo in my hometown of Austin, TX.

Olushola M. Awoyemi, Medical Reviewer

Olushola M. Awoyemi (aka Shola) is a board-certified toxicologist and a research scientist with a PhD in Environmental Toxicology. Shola's long-term ambition is to be recognized as a world-renowned expert in toxicology, risk assessment, and management, with experience spanning across institutions like the US EPA, US FDA, NIEHS, USDA, UNEP, WHO, and possibly within Fortune 100 companies in the Chemical, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Consumer goods, or IT sectors.