Homemade Natural Wood Furniture and Floor Polish

Apr 12, 2015 | Posted by Kelly | Essential Oils, Natural Cleaning | 4 comments

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Yes, my going slogan these days is… “There’s an oil for that.” Because there always is! A teenager asked me the other day if I put essential oils on vegetables to make them more healthy. Ha ha..No! I do not do that, but I’m sure there are people who do – I would in a dressing or dip

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Well, this Homemade Natural Wood Furniture and Floor Polish with essential oils is no different. Those essential oils give you the aromatherapy scent you want in your home and often kill germs in the air as you polish! Bonus!

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On a side note, if you want to learn more about Essential Oils, there’s actually a FREE online Essential Oil Summit coming up in May. I was interviewed and am excited to be a “bonus podcast” in the Summit as well.

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There are interviews about:

1. How to choose good quality essential oils

2. Essential Oils for animals

3. Essential oils and cancer research

4. Using essential oils to relieve stress

5. Essential Oils to enhance beauty

6. Essential Oil use with children

7. Oils that aid the thyroid and gut health

And on and on with the essential oil information….and it’s FREE. Very cool! You can find out more HERE.

Ok, on to the Furniture polish.

All you’ll need is 3 Ingredients.  That’s it!  And it creates a shine just as good as the nasty stuff that gives me asthma. You can add whatever essential oils that you like.

Essential Oils:

If you want a Citrus Scent: then add some Orange, Bergamot, Grapefruit, or Lemon essential oil, or a combination of the four.

For Light Floral Scents: try Lavender, Geranium, or Neroli. A great blend is lemon and lavender.

For a more Earthy Scent: try Fir, Cedar, or Patchouli. For a blend, try cedar and lime, or patchouli and lavender.

The Other Two Ingredients:

1. Vinegar

2. Oil

I said it was simple.  Jojoba Oil has a very long shelf life, is a light oil, and has little to no scent. This makes it my first choice of oil.  But you can use Grape seed, apricot kernel, sweet almond, or even olive oil. I like to use Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, but you can use plain white distilled vinegar as well.  Both work great.

 

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Homemade Natural Wood Furniture and Floor Polish

You can adjust the ratios depending on where you live.  If you live in a more humid climate, you may want to reduce the oil even more. An extremely dry climate may require you to increase the oil ratio until you have your favorite shine.

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup vinegar

• 1/3 cup jojoba oil

• 10 drops essential oil of choice

Directions:

• Combine all ingredients in a spray bottle or seal-able container.

• Shake well before each use.  The vinegar will separate from the oil.  But when you shake it well you’ll get a combination of the two when you use it (just like salad dressing).

• Spray lightly on a cloth, or directly on the wood, and shine.

Let me know if you’ve tried using anything similar and what your results were.

linked on some of these great blogs.

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