Waste not, want not. Homemade Glass Cleaner

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor. – Samuel Johnson

Everyone should be doing this. It's great.

Here’s a quickie post before we all get going on our day.

I have discovered one of the best kitchen “secrets” on how to make a homemade cleaner that will help replace window cleaner and other kitchen/house cleaners.

It’s as simple as you can imagine: lemon rinds and vinegar. That’s it.

Last week I made a lemon tofu (yet to post) and was thinking it was a shame to throw out the squeezed lemons. 

I placed the squeezed lemons in a sealable jar and topped them with vinegar. After sitting on the window sill (looking not un-aesthetically pleasing) I strained the result and bottled it.

At first the mixture smells very vinegary, but within a week it takes on a very pleasant lemon smell. You could also do this with orange, grapefruit or lime – or a mixture.

It cuts through grease splatters like nobody’s business and doesn’t leave streaking when used on glass.

Vinegar is really cheap. The rinds were going to be thrown in the compost. I now have another batch brewing on the sill. The downside was I didn’t make enough!

I have to use a bigger jar.

So next time you’re ready to take those squeezed lemons to the green bin, think again.

Keep some money in your pocket with this simple – and effective – homemade cleaner.

I’m really, really pleased with how well this works. I’m sure you will be too. Especially since it costs a fraction of what we pay for commercial cleaners.

My spray bottle came from a dollar store.

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