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!

How to Make Homemade Window Cleaner- the Video!

Printable Recipe Card

Questions People are asking about Homemade Window Cleaner

Grab the Printable Label with the Recipe Instructions HERE.

Other labels included in this printable include: our Tallow and Honey Body Wash, All-Purpose Cleaner, my Favorite Hair and Scalp Tonic, Natural Dry Shampoo, or course, the Homemade Glass Cleaner that you just made (and coming soon to the blog) Homemade Dishwashing Soap, Soft Scrub and Natural Deodorant.

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