5 Eucalyptus Cleaning Tips You’ll Love

The best thing about eucalyptus, is that it is incredibly versatile!

Eucalyptus is one essential oil that that I keep on hand 24/7. It’s a powerful eco-friendly cleaning product, great during cold and flu season and ideal for topical application on mosquito bites and stings in the summer. With powerful antiseptic and antiviral qualities, eucalyptus is also an extremely useful and powerful eco-friendly cleaning product you can use around the house. Eucalyptus has a reputation for helping those with skin conditions and allergies, so if perfect for washing all your baby and children’s clothes and bed linen as it does not have all those “extra” chemicals and additives which can affect young sensitive skin. A simple, powerful natural potion in a bottle!

Mind, Body and Health:

Eucalyptus is gentle and kind on your body ensuring holistic wellness.

Medicinal:

Eucalyptus is used widely to alleviate flu and fever symptoms, acne, cuts and wounds and many other conditions

Eco-Friendly Cleaning:

A safe, environment friendly, effective and economical cleaning product. Here are five Euca cleaning life hacks that will make you want eucalyptus on hand 24/7.

1. Natural "Gunk" Remover

Looking for a natural substitute to the toxic supermarket sticky gunk removers? Use eucalyptus to dissolve the sticky remnants of tape on furniture, floors, and appliances. Note: It can lift the varnish from the wooden furniture, so use with care and test on a hidden spot if you’re not sure. Never use eucalyptus on fabrics or surfaces that require special/specific care kits [such as wooden floors or leather].

2. Natural Sanitizer

Sanitize rooms with some eucalyptus essential oil in a diffuser or make a spray and use around the toilet and bathroom.

3. Fresh and Clean Floor Cleanser

Add a teaspoon of eucalyptus to a bucket of hot water when mopping or scrubbing floors. (Again, use with care on hardwood since it can strip the varnish.)

4. Bathroom Freshness

Place 2 drops of eucalyptus in the inner cardboard roll of toilet roll. Or use 2 drops of eucalyptus essential oil on a light bulb ring in the bathroom.

5. Natural Shoe Deodorizer

Drop 4-6 drops of eucalyptus essential oil onto blotting paper (or cotton balls) and leave in sports shoes overnight. No time? Find equivalent Australian Made, Eco-Friendly Eucalyptus Cleaning Products here. Euca does not use Fillers, Zeolites, SLS, Enzymes or Palm oil and we don’t use any raw materials that has been tested on animals. Guaranteed.