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Homemade Granite & Marble Cleaner
Here’s a recipe for an earth-friendly “green” cleaner suitable for many household surfaces including granite and marble.
Ingredients:
2 cups water
1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
1 tsp pure castile soap (peppermint, etc.)
3/4 cup hydrogen peroxide
20 drops tea tree oil
20 drops lavender or lemongrass essential oil.
Directions:
- Mix all ingredients in a 32-ounce plastic spray bottle.
Cleaner can be used to clean surfaces of acrylic, ceramic tile, wood, marble and granite. You’ll find more homemade cleaners here.
Source: Sophie Uliano, author of Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life
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This is a great recipe for cleaning. I’m still waiting to see if it leaves a film on my granite counter tops, but so far I’m pretty happy with it!
I used lemongrass essential oil instead of lavender and like the scent even more (hides the vinegar smell quite well).
I always heared not to use vinegar on marble or gramite are you sure this is ok?
I understood it to be straight vinegar that can be a problem Tonya (too acidic). There’s a lot of dilution in this recipe between the water & the hydrogen peroxide. I did a quick search and found other recipes that contained distilled vinegar including this one from the NY Times for cleaning granite:
“Or you can make a homemade solution of equal parts water and distilled white vinegar. Beth Haley, a Nashville interior designer who frequently works on kitchens, recommended it as simple and effective.”
Just received an email that this recipe is from Sophie Uliano, author of Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life. I’ll update the recipe to include the info. The recipe states it is suitable for acrylic, ceramic tile, wood, marble and granite.