Any one have a recipe for home made airfreshner/febreeze?

fluffybunnies

ON 'how clean is your house' kim and aggie reccommend filling a spray bottle with vodka and adding a few drops of essential oil to it and spray on fabrics to stop them smelling.

Bicarbinate of soda (rub in, leave then hoover off) is also supposed to be good at neutralising smells.

Barneysmom

Lemongrass essential oil is lovely, you could put it in a burner or dilute with alc or water and spray it around. Another plus is that flies don't like it...

BonkeyDollocks

I buy a lot of febreze but it does cost £/4 a time is there is a cheaper way say making your own? i used to use ironing water in a spray bottle but the smell didn't last as long

thanks

MrsB2100

Have you tried the supermarket own brands? I know it's not OS or making your own, but I personally prefer Sainsburys one to Febreze ... smells like violets!

squeakysue

What do you spray it on? The only things I would think to spray on in my house would be couches ( but we have leather) and beds but I find fresh clean linen does the job there. We have no pets or smokers so have no need for it?

BonkeyDollocks

Hi no i don't smoke and have no pets i spray it on beds curtains sofa etc maybe i just use it too much (cleanaholic)

Linda32

BonkeyDollocks wrote: »

Hi no i don't smoke and have no pets i spray it on beds curtains sofa etc maybe i just use it too much (cleanaholic)

Yep it sounds abit that way, sorry

Do I assume you use Fabreeze in between washing the bedding anyway.

I surpose you could use it on sofa's as you can't very well wash those, although I don't. No pets or smokers either.

What I would suggest (which isn't very helpful from someone who dosn't use the stuff - admittedly) is try not using any for two weeks and see if you notice anything.

I tried this with fabric softener and kitchen roll about 10 years ago, never bought either since.

BitterAndTwisted

BonkeyDollocks wrote: »

Hi no i don't smoke and have no pets i spray it on beds curtains sofa etc maybe i just use it too much (cleanaholic)

I don't think that there's any "maybe" about it! What is the intended purpose of all this spraying stuff about all the time? Do you fear that your things smell bad or do you just like the scent?

You could make your own by mixing water and vodka 50/50 and then adding a few drops of scented or essential oils to it in a spray bottle. It could save you an absolute fortune

BonkeyDollocks

Linda32 wrote: »

Yep it sounds abit that way, sorry

Do I assume you use Fabreeze in between washing the bedding anyway.

I surpose you could use it on sofa's as you can't very well wash those, although I don't. No pets or smokers either.

What I would suggest (which isn't very helpful from someone who dosn't use the stuff - admittedly) is try not using any for two weeks and see if you notice anything.

I tried this with fabric softener and kitchen roll about 10 years ago, never bought either since.

ha yep that's me cleanaholic i will try and wean myself off for a bit:rotfl: and see if i notice don't know how long that will last lol

thanks

BonkeyDollocks

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

I don't think that there's any "maybe" about it! What is the intended purpose of all this spraying stuff about all the time? Do you fear that your things smell bad or do you just like the scent?

You could make your own by mixing water and vodka 50/50 and then adding a few drops of scented or essential oils to it in a spray bottle. It could save you an absolute fortune

Both of them