How to Make a Floor Cleaner With Vinegar

Mop your floors with diluted vinegar.

White vinegar works well on any hard-floor surface. It cleans, disinfectants and leaves behind no residue when dry. To use vinegar properly as a floor cleaner, dilute the vinegar so it causes no damage to the flooring. Vinegar is acidic, making it important to find the right balance between pure vinegar and a diluted solution still strong enough to clean and disinfect.

Things You'll Need

• Bucket
• Mop

Instructions

1. Mix 1 gallon of water with 1/2 cup of white vinegar in a bucket. Diluting the vinegar with this ratio keeps it strong enough to disinfect yet mild enough for use on any hard-floor surface.

2. Dip your mop into the cleaning solution and wring it out well. Wringing is important as you don't want to soak the floor as you clean.

3. Continue across all of the hard-floor surfaces in your home and allow the floors to air-dry.

References

• Keene State College: Green Cleaning
• Michigan State University Extension; Homemade Cleaners; June 2008