Thursday, October 6, 2011

Tips n' such - Uno (Homemade glass cleaner)

Going to separate my regular blog from this DIY blog.  What the hell, I've got lots of time on my hands.  :) 


Tip #1: Homemade glass cleaner


I started making my own cleaner mainly to save a buck.  Everything costs more and more these days and the only way to combat that is to just make it yourself.

There are other recipes out there, some using all more natural ingredients, which I may try sometime but for now, these stuff cuts all the crap off your mirror which is mainly why we use it right?

  • 1 gal Distilled water ~$.84
  • 32 oz bottle Alcohol ~$1.97 (The kind for first aid.  The "Ahhh, my arm was just severed from my body" kind.  Not the "Dude, lets get wasted" kind.)
  • 1c. Ammonia ~$.14
  • 2tsp Dish Soap ~$.06
(Cost total ~$3.01 for 168oz of cleaner.)
Mix the ingredients in two-1 gallon jugs.  Empty half the distilled water in another clean gallon jug.  Then add 1tsp of dish soup to each using a funnel.  Add 16oz of alcohol to each and use the alcohol to rinse the dish soup off the spoon & funnel.  Add 1/2c of ammonia to each jug.  Then gently swish your ingredients around... WALLA!  Now get your clean on!  

I reuse old spray bottles since they are like $5 at the store.  Screw that!