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You are going to LOVE this DIY all-purpose cleaner with a delicious autumn scent!

Something that brings joy to me is the smells of autumn!

Just inhaling the smell of leaves, pumpkins, cinnamon, spices, and all that wonderful aroma immediately puts a smile on my face.

We are getting into my absolute favorite time of year, and I am excited to share with you a Chemistry Cachet autumn based cleaner you can use for the rest of the season.

It is so easy to make!

DIY All-Purpose Cleaner With Delicious Autumn Scent

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After we share this recipe, you can read below it to learn how this works as an all-purpose cleaner.

Ingredients Needed for DIY All-Purpose Cleaner:

• 2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon rubbing alcohol (just basic 70% is fine)
• 1 tablespoon dish soap (try autumn scented if you find one)
• 30 drops pumpkin pie essential oil blend
• Spray bottle (glass is best for essential oils)

Directions:

1. Add about 2 cups of water to a spray bottle (The spray bottle I used holds 14 oz of water, so anything around 2 cup is good).
2. With a funnel, add in rubbing alcohol, dish soap, and essential oil.
3. Give a gentle shake before each spray.

This follows the same formulation as our famous DIY all-purpose cleaner from the eBook:

After our eBook was published in 2016, readers have come to use time and again saying the all-purpose cleaner on page 13 of the eBook is the best cleaner they have used! Everyone in my family uses it for everything, it is just the best homemade cleaner because it has the best ratios for all-purpose use.

This recipe inspired our autumn all-purpose cleaner today. This particular recipe won’t be as potent without the lemon infused rubbing alcohol addition, but it is still absolutely wonderful to use for the fall and Christmas season. It smells AMAZING!

How Long Will This DIY All-Purpose Cleaner Last?

Readers always ask this question about our homemade cleaners, so I wanted to include this. Since this is alcohol based, it will be good for months. We create homemade cleaners in a small ratio, so they should be used up in the right amount of time.

The Science Behind How This DIY All-Purpose Cleaner Works:

Each Ingredient in this recipe has a specific purpose. The pumpkin pie essential oil is just for scent though. The other ingredients are for the cleaning aspect.

Rubbing Alcohol

This is one of the best all-purpose cleaning ingredients because it is safe for all types of surfaces. I love adding this to a homemade cleaner, and readers have said it is their favorite too. Remember, cleaning and disinfecting are different. If you are making homemade cleaners, please remember they are for cleaning. To disinfect, you always need to use the full strength of a household item like rubbing alcohol or peroxide. Read our post about cleaning vs disinfecting so you can learn more about these steps.

Isopropyl alcohol works well when it is mixed with water and dish soap to clean grim, dirt, soap scum, food messes or more! You can use it in the bathroom, kitchen, living room, or anywhere else in your house. Since the alcohol is diluted to the right ratio, you can even use it on wood, trim, and walls.

Dish Soap

Dish soap is always the best household surfactant for DIY cleaners. After all the years of testing I have done, this ratio of dish soap is the best for cleaning. It is just enough to have scrubbing power, but not too much to leave any film or suds. As you know, Dawn is typically my dishwashing liquid of choice because it performs the best out of all the brands I have used including things like Castile soap. For this recipe, I went with an autumn themed dish soap to make this mixture even more fall scented! You can use any dish soap you like for this recipe, but results will vary depending on the concentration.

Pumpkin Pie Essential Oil Blend

I have purchased many different types of pumpkin or pumpkin pie blends over the years, but I think this one had the best scent! And it really smelled like a pumpkin pie! I use this brand for my wool dryer balls, and it is good quality with wonderful scents! The essential oil for this recipe is just for an autumn smell 🙂

Water

Water is actually an important ingredient. If you look at the back of any store-bought cleaner, you will see water listed as one of the main ingredients. Water has a naturally high surface tension. This is why when you wipe off a counter with just water, it will remove debris. It doesn’t remove it all, but it dissolves dirt or certain food particles. Water is also a universal solvent, so it mixes well with the other ingredients. It is a key part of this solution!

Does DIY All-Purpose Cleaner Disinfect?

No, homemade cleaners don’t usually disinfect. You must disinfect in a separate step. Even store-bought cleaners are the same! Read this post now to learn important information on disinfecting surfaces vs cleaning surfaces!

To disinfect, you will need to use pure rubbing alcohol. I recommend cleaning with this DIY cleaner, and if you need to disinfect a particular surface, follow up with a spray bottle of pure rubbing alcohol. Again, please read this post to learn more about this. Many miss this step, so educating yourself on how homemade cleaners work is important!

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