DIY All Natural Disinfectant Wipes: 4 natural ingredients come together to create all purpose natural wipes that disinfect and clean hard surfaces, keeping your house germ free and ready to welcome anyone over!
It is that crazy time of the year.
Running here and there desperately trying to wrap up Holiday shopping, baking Triple Chocolate Cookies and Sugar cookies, and wrapping, all while entertaining last minute guests.
And hopefully, actually finding the time to celebrate and enjoy the season too.
The LAST thing I have time for is getting sick!
And during the holidays we entertain and open our house up to guests frequently. Which in turn means opening our house up to the germs that may come with them.
Being immune compromised with Cystic Fibrosis, I really do not want to welcome any germs around any time but especially the holidays, when so many events are going on and fun is to be had.
But I do not want to turn people away from my house either out of fear–and while I can’t protect myself 100% of the time, I do my best to try!
So how do I protect myself and my family?
I make my own Disinfectant wipes with paper towels, liquid soap, and rubbing alcohol.
This combination of alcohol and dish soap kills the germs and wipes surfaces clean.
Meaning, I get cleaning and germ killing done with one swipe of my homemade wipe and can prepare for company quickly. And clean up spills of Homemade Peppermint Hot Chocolate and crumbs of Greek Pinwheels after the party— making my life EASIER!!
All Natural Homemade Wipes for Cleaning and Disinfection
What makes my version of homemade cleaning wipes the best?
Well, the rubbing alcohol kills the germs, Dawn cuts grease and dirt, and strong paper towels hold up to a little elbow grease!
I always have these wipes stocked in my cleaning closet! These wipes paired with my Green Tea Ramen and Triple Berry Smoothie make a great arsenal to those nasty winter bugs out there.
Homemade antibacterial wipes are:
- SIMPLE to make
- As effective as name brand wipes
- Free from harsh chemical
- Frugal, as these homemade disposal wipes are cheaper to make than any wipe you can buy.
Follow these simple steps to make your wipes and protect your family.
How to Make DIY DISINFECTANT WIPES
- Mix together 2 cups warm water, 1 tablespoon liquid soap, 1 cup rubbing alcohol together.
- Place paper towels in a container that just fits them. I use a large glass cylinder container that was made to store food, but you could tear off the paper towels and place them in a large rectangular container. You just want the container to not leave much space around the paper towels, so they absorb the liquid.
- Pour liquid over paper towels.
- Now the cardboard tube is easy to pull out.
- And you can easily pull paper towels out one at a time!
Now you are ready to cross stressing about germs off your list, along with running out of all your basic needs. You can welcome people into your clean, well stocked house, and just enjoy your company–planned or unexpected.
A Few Notes on these Homemade Disinfectant Wipes:
- If you can’t find a large glass container to hold a whole roll of paper towels, tear the roll into individual sheets and roll up lengthwise and place in a 2 quart glass ball jar or lay flat in plastic container. You can even rinse out an old Clorox wipes container or baby wipes container to use.
- I love to make Homemade Disinfectant Wipes with essential oils. You can add in 10 drops of any essential oil you like. I personally prefer lemon, as lemon is known for antibacterial qualities as well.
- You can omit the soap and these wipes would become strictly antibacterial wipes, NOT a multi-purpose cleaning and disinfecting homemade wipe.
- If you omit the dish soap, these wipes are safe to use on granite counter tops, as alcohol is safe on granite according to Granite Care Pro. You can still use them with the soap on granite, but would need to rinse off and buff dry, as the soap can leave a residue on the granite over time.
Directions For Homemade All Purpose Wipes
Click on Image for Printable PDF for natural disinfectant wipe directions.
I sometimes wonder how we have tended to move away from natural cleaning like this when it works so well and is better for everyone. Great tips!
I totally agree Caroline! I hope you try these out and love them!
I love this idea! I will be sure to try this as I like that it’s all natural and so easy to do.
Super easy! I hope you do it!
Who knew these would be so easy to make at home. Thanks so much!
You bet!
Simple solutions are sometimes the best. Will be making these.
Simple is often best indeed.
I seem to always run out of disinfectant wipes, great idea to make your own. I do keep all the ingredients to make them on hand, so I will have to give this a try, thanks!
I hope you do try it Joy!
Fantastic idea! I am pinning for later!
Thanks Analida!
This is so awesome and so useful! I’m always running out of these, and they are expensive, too! I can’t wait to try this out!
I hope you give it a try soon Ashlyn–you will be amazed!
I need to file this one away for the next time I run out of wipes. And so important this time of year!
Yes, you do–it is so great to have on hand at all times!
I am loving this idea, I love all natural cleaners!
Cathy
Certaintly the way to go!
Do I need to rinse after swiping with these or just air dry?
Ty
Let it air dry for sure!
Ty for your quick reply. I will have to try this out. Looks great!
you bet!!
i hope to try these for my senior project in order to see if these are effective thank you for sharing such a lovely recipe
Let me know your results 🙂
Awesome post to clean our home. As I was addicted to using disinfectant wipes for whatever cause that’s to wipe. Here I got more valuable tips to follow to keep our home clean and hygiene. Thanks for your writing.
Happy these tips helps!
Alcohol in a spray bottle is all you need to disinfect and it cleans grease and other stuff in my kitchen and bathroom. I have a terrible allergy to artificial fragrance and strong chemicals, and keep the alcohol spray bottle and one with peroxide in my kitchen and bathroom, along with paper or cloth towels. you can also easily use them to spray doorknobs, light switches, and anything else touched by someone with a cold or other contagious illness. I’ve never been much for wipes- I think they have limited uses for what gets thrown away. For heavier cleaning, soap and baking soda, followed by one of the sprays, or vinegar and salt or baking soda. Voila!