Let me show you how quick and easy it is to make your own window cleaner, right at home!

Why Make your Own Window Cleaner?

A few years back when I was pregnant with our third baby, I decided to ditch the store bought cleaners and make up my own with ingredients that I keep under my kitchen sink: vinegar, rubbing alcohol, and cornstarch – with these household staples, a great cleaner is just a couple of steps away!

I did this for a few reasons.

#1. We live real rural which meant I would have to drive a while until I found a store with windex.

#2. I like knowing what I am cleaning with. I really don’t have time for things not to be hearty and tough around here!

#3. Because I knew exactly what was in this window cleaner, the kids could handle the spring window cleaning! Perfect for getting their toothpaste spit off of the bathroom mirror 🙂

I used these ingredients in my original All-Purpose Household Cleaner and Disinfectant but wanted a way to get my windows and mirrors super, streak free without the dawn dish soap that I use in the other recipe.

Why You’ll Love This Cleaner

• Use fewer ingredients, taking up less space under your kitchen sink.

• It’s so reassuring to know just what is in the cleaner you are spraying around your house!

• This window cleaner is safe for anyone to use, even kids!

An Ingredient Rundown

Vinegar: The acid components in vinegar will break down dirt, film, and whatever else accumulates on your windows

Rubbing Alcohol: It’s purpose is to kill the bacteria on your windows and other surfaces.

Cornstarch: Cornstarch is the thickest ingredient and the only dry ingredient in this recipe. Because of this, cornstarch serves it’s purpose as a gentle yet abrasive component that will effectively remove dirt and other substances off of your windows.

How to make your own Window Cleaner

Materials

• A refillable spray bottle. I love these glass spray bottles with the silicon sleeve.
• Vinegar
• Rubbing Alcohol
• Corn Starch

Ingredients

• 2 Cups Warm Water
• 1/4 Cup Rubbing Alcohol
• 1/4 Cup Vinegar
• 1 Tbsp. Corn Starch

Steps

• Mix all ingredients together, whisking in the corn starch.
• Add all ingredients to a spray bottle.
• Spray windows and glass and wipe with paper towels.

Tips about this cleaner

• You can make up a big jug of this and keep it under your sink for quick an easy refills. We refill our window cleaner about every couple of weeks.

• Keep a little plastic bottle of this solution in each of the farm trucks and tractors with a roll of paper towels. This way everyone can safely see through mirrors and windows!

• Let the kids help out! Spring and fall is the time when we do a good window washing and the kids love to help with this

• Print out this recipe and tape to the inside of your kitchen cabinet for quick reference!

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