Cathy's Oil Experience

Kitchen Cleaner

Cleaning Wooden Cutting Boards

The only ingredients you need to clean your cutting boards are salt and citrus. You can use the peel from a lemon or grapefruit, or you can use the essential oil (or both!).

Dishwasher Detergent Powder

For best results, include vinegar in rinse dispenser.

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Ingredients
  • 1 Cup
    Borax
  • 1 Cup
    Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda
  • 1 Tablespoon
    Kosher Salt
  • 1 Tablespoon
    citric acid

Dishwasher Detergent Tabs

Replace the toxic chemicals that you might currently use in your dishwasher (like I did until very recently) and replace them with natural ingredients. And, the basic ingredients are so easy to find! Most of us can find the main ingredient in the detergent aisle of our grocery store.

To make this even better, we add citrus fresh essential oil blend to create a clean and refreshing aromatherapy session. Get your dishes clean while adding the uplifting burst of citrus fresh essential oil in your kitchen. That’s enough to brighten anyone’s day!

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Important Tip:

The key to this recipe’s success is the square silicone pan. The dishwasher tabs get formed into the perfect size for the detergent compartment on my dishwasher and they pop out of the mold in a snap!

Ingredients
  • 1 1/4 Cup
    Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda
  • 3 Tablespoons
    Sea Salt
  • 45 Drops
    Citrus Blend
  • 1/2 Cup
    water

Garbage Disposal Fizz Bombs

If you liked the Toilet Fizz Bombs, these are also easy to make and work wonderfully in refreshing the garbage disposal. They smell SOOOOO good!  I used lemon essential oil but you could also use Citrus Bliss or any other citrus scented oil.

Ingredients
  • 3/4 Cups
    Baking Soda
  • 1/2 Cup
    Salt
  • 3/4 Teaspoons
    Dish Washing Soap
  • 10 Drops
    Lemon Essential Oil

Greasy Pots and Pan Cleaner

It’s so fun to clean greasy pots and pans . . .

You can stand at your sink for hours, working your fingers to the bone and tiring your arm out as you scrub-scrub-scrub away.

Here is an all natural abrasive salt soap recipe that helps cut through grease. You can use it on any pots and pans that tolerate abrasive scrubbing well (but you might want to use something else for pots and pans that have a protective coating, which might not respond so well to abrasion).

Ingredients
  • 2 Tablespoons
    Pink Himalayan salt
  • 4 Tablespoons
    castile soap