How to disinfect naturally?

[joyluc]

I have been using Lysol or Clorox products to spray on the kitchen counter when it gets really dirty or exposed to raw meat. I want to stop using bleach products but I don't know how to disinfect my kitchen (and I need to when DH cooks). What do you use?

[Nitenites]

nak...
i use a combo of water, dr bronner's soap, & tea tree oil. go check out the book, clean house, clean planet from the library. there are lots of great recipes in there!

[jyurina]

We use white vinegar for that stuff mixed with tea tree oil if it is really gunky. I worked with a woman whose mother was a nurse and she said her mom always just diluted plain old rubbing alcohol to disinfect. I have used it in the bathroom once in a while and it worked really well.

[I Fly]

I just use dishsoap and hot water in the kitchen. To disinfect bathroom-type areas, I use white vinegar, diluted or not depending on the strength I want.

[SoHappy]

This explains how to safely use vinegar and hydrogen peroxide as a one-two punch for disinfecting.
http://www.michaelandjudystouffer.co...es/vinegar.htm

[Kleine Hexe]

Originally Posted by SoHappy

This explains how to safely use vinegar and hydrogen peroxide as a one-two punch for disinfecting.
http://www.michaelandjudystouffer.co...es/vinegar.htm

I was just about to recommend the 2 punch method...vinegar followed by peroxide.

You can even use it on fresh produce that you won't be cooking like salads and such.

[Collinsky]

I use a spray bottle with diluted white vinegar in it for most cleaning, with a few drops of TTO in it. (The dilution depends on the job. For most cleaning it's about 1 part vinegar to 8 parts water. For a really dirty job I'd do about half and half.)

[JTA Mom]

I'd use vinegar for most normal stuff, like sticky counters.

However, I am paranoid about raw meat. So I spritz on full strength rubbing alcohol to disinfect those areas. It's just as strong as bleach, but a lot better for the environment. And I am sure that nothing will be able to survive it either, lol!

Ami

[HappiLeigh]

Not meaning to derail, but for those of you who use the vinegar/peroxide, doesn't peroxide bleach your clothes? How do you avoid getting it on yourselves or your colored dishtowels?

[Mallori]

I did the vinegar in a spray bottle too. But then I met and fell in love with Sal's Suds. I keep a spray bottle with some of that diluted, and use it everywhere.